the shost heard ’round the world
this friday go see sakiko mori at the providence public librry, playing chamber music by mendelssohn and shostakovich with the community musicworks players. that’s sundy, february 14th, 2 – 3pm, providence public librry auditorium, 3rd floor, 150 empire st (near as220).
the website bills this as a special valentines day concert, but sakiko insists that the music isn’t very romantic- quite the opposite in fact. nonetheless it is special, and on valentines day, and undeniably a concert. anyway, i won’t be there- for the fourth year in a row, i’ll be at the 24 hour boston sci fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii motherfuckinmarathon! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzip!
ps secret (?) concert the night before, email for partial deets if like me, you also have a bomb-ass reason to not go on sunday.
[...] kokisa’s secret recital was pretty great, playing shostakovich at joe’s house, aka the house over oakie st.. naturally the performance was on point like open office, but the piece itself was also pretty brill- very cartoony and frantic, replete with tip-toeing around, shots fired, mirror routine, spooky ghosts in a graveyard, evil skull fountain, and revolting eyeball. the house was warm and bright, and sonically warm and bright as well– it was pretty amazing to hear such fire so close and so well and so full and rich. also everyone (piano, violin, cello) had a few dramatic “get this shit out of here” page turns, very ESPN. [...]