Trío de Viena

The other night, Brian and I noticed there was a show at the Teatro Heredia. I posted about it here. It only costs 20,000 pesos per seat. In America, something like this would easily cost about $75 USD, and this amounted to almost $25 TOTAL!

The group is from Austria. You can read more about them here.

The inside of the Theatre was absolutely amazing!!!! It was heart-wretchingly, and breath-takingly astouding. Words really can't describe the feelings I had when I stepped foot in there. Of course, I got some pictures, and of course, again, no justice is possible:


^^^ We were front and center of the stage. There were rows 5 stories high circling the stage in a panaramic style. These were the lower costing seats. On the floor you get a much better view in my opinion.

^^^This was directly to our right.


^^^This is the stage right before the performers came on. The backdrape is specific to the theater and not to the performance. The backdrape has a cartoonistic presentation of all the landmarks of Cartagena. It was fun to look at it and named everything. =)

^^^ This is the ceiling. In the middle is a beautful chandelier.

The show lasted about 2 hours. Having played the cello in the past, I was heavily enthralled in watching the cellist. It didn't take much time for me to actually "see" the music rather than just hear it. There were a couple of times where I noticed a note or two were out of tune.

So yes, I don't think many of you know, but I played the cello for several years when I was younger. Little did I know before, when this Trio played their second set, I recognized it immediately! It was the same exact piece I played in a quartet at regional competition in the 7th grade. Added to it was a Violist though. The piece is called Catorce Variaciones sobre un tema original en Mi bemol mayor, Opus 44 (1804) by Ludwig van Beethoven.

My eyes lit up and I lightly gasped when they started to play, as Brian promptly noticed. In retrospect, I'm not sure what Brian enjoyed more: the show or him seeing how much I enjoyed it.

For months before the trip, I've been aware that I'm in need of a creative outlet. Now I've found it. I'm going to do all I can to get a cello when I return. At least it will drown out the crappy saxophonist that plays out of key in our neighborhood.

Anyway, I keep learning over and over again, and on this trip especially, that the more you experience new and different things, the more you learn and discover about yourself. It all comes with the law of balance. Everything you experience that is uncertain, you can guarantee that you will have an equal, if not greater, certainty discovered as a result.