Today was the first concert of a new season of
Young People's Concerts performed by the New York Philharmonic at the Lincoln Center. Todays' concert dealt with the Baroque period featuring works by familiar composers like Purcell, Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and J.S Bach. They also featured an interesting piece by a contemporary composer
Christopher Theofanidis whose work is inspired by Baroque music. The Vivaldi piece was the Winter movement from his Four Seasons violin concerto featuring the 13 year old solo violin virtuoso Hana Mundiya. Very impressive!
On way back home I saw a big bird swoop into a tree along Hoboken's Hudson River promenade. It was Hoboken's resident
Red Tailed Hawk. It permitted Pierce and I to walk up right underneath the tree to take a picture and, after a minute, it swooped away prominently displaying its trademark red tail feathers.
