Saturday 11 April the last day of Pessah so synagogue in the morning and lunch there. In the evening, we attended a concert (Haendel) which David did not like much. Both the orchestra (at HK City hall) and the Composer were...a bit too "heavy" to his and my taste, while Mark enjoyed it.
Samedi 11 Avril etait le dernier jour de Pessah, donc synagogue le matin et dejeuner la-bas. Le soir nous avons ete au concert (Haendel) que David n'a pas beaucoup aime. Il faut dire que l'orchestre (a la Mairie de HK) et le compositeur etaient ...un peu trop "lourds" a son gout et au mien, tandis que Mark a bien aime.
On Sunday David started packing, and we did some shopping as he needed a few Tennis clothes. He went back to Melbourne, and we started missing him as we don't know when we will see him again...
Dimanche, David a fait sa valise, et nous avons fait quelques courses car il avait besoin de vetements de tennis. Puis il rentra a Melbourne, et il commenca a nous manquer car nous ignorons quand nous le reverrons...
On Monday Mardee and I changed all the plates and dishes again. Bye, bye Pessah stuff!!! See you next year!!!
Lundi, Mardee et moi avons change toute la vaisselle. Aurevoir affaires de Pessah!!! A l'annee prochaine!!!
On Tuesday as the weather was beautiful and the light was good I started painting a rather big, but not huge painting which I painted during the whole week. Once it's dry I must improve it because it is not yet as I wish it was... In the evening Mark and I went to Kennedy Town (extreme west of Hong Kong Island) where there are lots of small restaurants.
Mardi comme il faisait beau et que la lumiere etait superbe, je commencai une grande mais pas immense peinture, que je peignis durant toute la semaine. Une fois seche, je dois l'ameliorer car elle n'est pas du tout encore comme je le voudrais... Le soir Mark et moi sommes alles a kennedy Town (extreme Ouest de l'Ile de Hong Kong), ou il y a plein de petits restaurants.
The MTR (Underground) line has just been extended West, with 3 new stations the last being Kennedy Town. We had a look at lot's of restaurants and choosed a French one which had good reviews. In fact it was very desappointing, the so called "sole" was a horrible tasteless fish which had nothing to do with a sole... Not a place I would recommand. Anyway it was fun exploring the Kennedy Town area, for the first time.
La ligne du MTR (metro) vient d'etre prolongee a l'Ouest, de 3 stations la derniere etant Kennedy Town. Nous regardames plusieurs restaurants et choisimes un Francais qui avait bonne presse. En fait, il fut tres decevant, la pseudo "sole" etait un poisson sans gout, qui n'avait rien a voir avec de la sole. Vraiment pas un endroit a conseiller. Malgre tout, nous etions contents d'explorer le quartier de Kennedy Town pour la premiere fois.
On Saturday evening (yesterday) we went to Tsim Shat Tsui to attend a "risky" concert :The HK Philarmonic Orchestra directed by Zang Xian a woman Chinese conductor, was giving the "World Premiere of Luan Tan, by the contemporain composer Qigang Chen (born in 1951) and actually attending the premiere. The concert hall was not full, as people like what they know and are sure they will like.
Samedi soir (hier) nous sommes alles a Tsim Sha Tsui ecouter un concert a "haut risque" : l'Orchestre Philarmonique de HK, sous la direction de Zan Xian, une femme Chinoise, chef d'Orchestre, jouait le "premiere Mondiale" de Luan Tan, piece ecrite par le compositeur contemporain Qigang Chen (ne en 1951 et present dans la salle pour la premiere. La salle etait loin d'etre pleine car les gens aiment ce qu'ils connaissent deja et sont surs d'aimer.
The program started with 4 short pieces by Respighi, an Italian composer (1879-1936) whom, I not only did not know, but had never heard of... His music was exhuberant, too noisy to my taste, with some lovely parts when less loud. Not my favorite but interesting. Then the contemporain Chinese composer's piece and after the interval, Tchaikovsky 2nd Synphonie (also extremely loud... What an evening my God!!!)
Le programme commenca avec 4 courtes pieces de Respighi, un compositeur Italien (1879-1936), que non seulement je ne connaissais pas, mais dont je n'avais jamais entendu parler a ce jour... Sa musique etait tres exhuberante, trop bruyante a mon gout. Pas mon prefere, mais interessant. Puis le Compositeur Chinois contemporain et apres l'entr'acte, la 2eme Synphonie de Tchaikowsky (aussi extremement bruyante... mon Dieu quelle soiree!!!)
Let's go back to Qigang, his music had a strong Chinese influence with a lot of percusions some very delicate sounding like bamboo, or horses hoofs on the pavement but lighter...I loved his music when it was mysterious and unexpected, but I did not like the over-loud parts with so many trumpets, French horns, Chinese like percussions, tuba, basoons...and all the strings. During this short time 25mn, I went from heaven to hell but never wanted to run away from the concert hall!!!
Revenons a Qingang, sa musique a une forte influence Chinoise avec beaucoup de percussions, certaines tres delicates comme du bambou frappe ou des sabots de cheval sur le trottoir mais en plus leger... j'ai adore sa musique quand elle etait legere et inattendue, mais je n'ai pas aime les parties trop bruyantes, avec trompettes, cors Anglais, percussions a la Chinoise, tuba, bassons et toutes les cordes...Pendant ce court morceau, 25mn, je passais du paradis a l'enfer, mais ne voulus jamais m'enfuir de la salle,
He came on stage and was cheered by the public. He looked very classical, after hearing his music, I expected someone much more eccentric. (I must be very prejudiced). During the interval we treated our souls with very good sandwiches and were ready for Thaikovsky.
Il vint saluer sur scene, et fut applaudi par le public enthousiaste. Il avait l'air tres classique, je m'attendais a un look beaucoup plus excentrique (Je dois avoir des a priori). Pendant l'entr'acte, nous nous restaurames de bons sandwiches et fumes prets pour Tchaikovsky.
I don't know if it was me...or the orchestra...but what a noise again... I wished I had earplugs, and the second symphony is not Tchaikovsky's best music. Anyway interesting first part of the concert, full of discoveries, worth bearing the nerves shaking racket!
Je ne sais pas si c'est moi... ou l'orchestre... mais quel bruit cette fois encore... Je regrettai de ne pas avoir de boules Quies, et la 2eme symphonie n'est pas le meilleur de la musique de Tchaikovsky. Quoiqu'il en soit, la premiere partie du concert fut interessante, pleine de decouvertes, elle valait de subir le bruit penible de l'ensemble!
On Sunday, Myriam told us she had found a new job and will start it in a month. She was so happy and we were delighted for her. Sounds great and very exciting!!!
Dimanche, Myriam nous annonce qu'elle a trouve un nouveau job et le commencera dans un mois. Elle etait ravie et nous etions enchantes pour elle. Ca a l'air super et tres interessant.
A quiet week, but ending well as you can see!
Dimanche, Myriam nous annonce qu'elle a trouve un nouveau job et le commencera dans un mois. Elle etait ravie et nous etions enchantes pour elle. Ca a l'air super et tres interessant.
A quiet week, but ending well as you can see!
Une semaine tranquille, mais qui finit bien comme vous pouvez le constater!
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