Tuesday, January 31, 2006
MuseVision News
Yesterday evening, Monday January 30th, Cliff, your unflappable moderator, happened to be in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina to witness the occasion of the final concert of the Hilton Head Orchestra's Beethoven Festival. Highlighting the program was the Beethoven 6th Symphony. During the performance something truly magical happened. Conductor Mary Woodmansee Green, was leading the orchestra through the joyful opus when she and the players began to realize that an actual thunderstorm was brewing outside the concert hall. By the time the orchestra had proceeded to the "Storm" section of the Symphony, the real storm was raging outside at the same time. The orchestra and the audience seemed a little disturbed by this mysterious congruence at first, but within seconds had begun to understand the meaning of the unfolding events. When the entire Symphony had been played, both orchestra, conductor and audience seemed to realize that they now shared a special catagory - those who had witnessed the "Pastorale" played during an actual storm. In all the world there could not be too many folks in that exclusive club. More power to the HHO. This concert will not soon be forgotten.
