[Thanks to Jim in Seattle]
Copenhagen Philharmonics playing Ravel's Bolero and leave.
This station is like a second home to me. I've no count of how many times I've been in it, but thousands for sure, maybe tens of thousands. I really like it, it doesn't have the hostile super-busy feel that bigger international stations do, it's more relaxed and friendly.
It changed over the years, the great pillars for instance didn't used to stand free.
I often used to have coffee in a coffee shop on the first floor, above the hustle and bustle, what a great place to read and look at people for a while. One day I saw a film crew film a scene with well known actors. They were using one of the long rows of pay phones which used to be there. That's another thing that's changed!
That was *so* COOL! Great venue! :-D (Were you there in December of 1990? :-D
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ReplyDeleteThat was so cool! Great venue! :-D (P.S. Were you there in December 1990?)
ReplyDeleteAt each concert I have ever been to, the orchestra has been dressed formally. There is something appealing about such great music coming from folks dressed like everyone else on the street, and in a "common" area. It sort of says that yes, you to can aspire to make beautiful music: out of the ordinary, beauty can emerge!
ReplyDeleteInteresting point.
ReplyDeleteI dislike formal clothing. It's just a class divider.
Eolake said...
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Det var det år, jeg gik til at tilbringe min første Jul med min Mormor i 25 år og fejre hendes 80 års fødselsdag, også sidste gang jeg så hende. Jeg var på denne station. :-)
Det kunne have sket, jeg boede ikke langt fra den i 1990 (omend ikke helt så tæt som i 1987).
ReplyDeleteTwo things.
ReplyDelete1)Perfect piece since it builds nicely from a simple beginning.
2)reminds me of a quote from the movie of "Shirley Valentine". "Where did that orchestra come from".
Babylon 9 free translation - Danish to English, for this reader, at least, seemed very impressive in translating the exchange between TC Girl and Eolake, on her grandmother and his likelihood of being on that station when TCG passed through.......
ReplyDeleteIs Babylon9 always that good for Danish, Eolake ?
I haven't used it, but this was very good, so I'll keep it handy, thanks.
ReplyDeleteApart from the word "French" sneaking in for no good reason, it seemed near-perfect.
Of course the text was idiom-free, which is a boon for machine-translation.
Nice station.
ReplyDeleteThat has to be Eo standing by the harpist, (pretending to?) playing the viola.
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