On Saturday, September 13, Inna and I visited the Flower Piano show at the Golden Gate Gardens. We wanted to enjoy the sights and smells of beautiful flowers while listening to beautiful music.
When we arrived at Golden Gate Park, we had real difficulty finding parking. Eventually, we found a space many blocks away. After parking our Tesla, we stopped by Tartine Inner Sunset for lunch. We ordered a few delicious items (but way too much food) and ended up taking some back home.
After lunch, we walked to Golden Gate Park and stopped by for the 15:00 showing of Sixth Station Trio. We had never heard about the band, but it featured a cellist, a pianist, and a violinist. We had almost front-row seats and an excellent viewing position. The cellist sounded very "scratchy," and this playing didn't appeal to my sensibilities. Having listened to a few pieces, we decided to move on.
We walked in the park, stopping to listen to Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Unfortunately, we just heard the ending of the piece. This was much more to my liking.
We walked around the park a bit more, watching a few young girls play pianos scattered throughout.
Eventually, we stopped by another event to listen to a classical trio (piano, bassoon, and clarinet). The pianist, Ian Scarfe, was excellent and played some introductory pieces while the other players got ready.
The trio played a program of various composers, including:
- Beethoven's early work for clarinet, bassoon, and piano
- Debussy Prelude (tempo rubato)
- Richard Strauss
- Listening to Ian Scarfe (pianist) and the Flower Trio
- Missing out on "Rhapsody in Blue" on the lawn
- Difficulty finding parking
- Flower Piano
- Ian Scarfe (classical piano)
- Tartine Inner Sunset
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