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[Ric Brekne]

Hi folks

Well the other day something happened that I would have never really 
thought would.  As part of this years Festspillene i Bergen  
<http://www.fib.no/> which I have responsibilites for I ended up 
spending an entire afternoon session watching Julian Rachlin and friends 
including one Sir Roger Moore put together for a concert performance the 
Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns.  007 did the narative 
and is a big fan of chamber classics.  All in all it was a fantastic 
experience.  Several of the players had just flown into town the day 
before and this session was their primary rehearsal for getting the 
peice together.  I have seen jazz players do this kind of thing many a 
time, but this was my first time watching world class classical 
musicians do their carpentry on a music peice.  I dont think I've ever 
enjoyed a concert as much as I did this rehearsal.  Fantastic is all I 
have to say.  Itamar Golan and Richard Hyung-ki Joo were the pianists 
and the concert featured two Steinway D's  and a chamber group of 8 
along with them players... and of course Sir Roger.

When you are a pianotuner... you just never know who you are going to 
end up eating brunch with do ya ??

Cheers
RicB
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