Nice Little Venue! by bengy

classical-music · @bengy · Oct 20 '19

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Nice Little Venue!

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Okay... it's not a grand concert hall this time... but sometimes, I do play for the occasional smaller chamber sort of concert. Normally in an old castle room or something like that... but this time, it was for the retirement party of the chairperson of one of the groups that I play with. Actually, the retirement was from their day job (they were a judge...) and not from the board of the orchestra!

So, it was it was in this pretty nice looking little cafe/restaurant in Den Haag Luckily, I had managed to catch the lull in the rain... otherwise, performing whilst drenched is a little less than fun.... 


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There was a pretty nice spread that was being prepared... it was quite a bit tricky to remain focussed on rehearsing when you can smell the nice stuff being prepared! Luckily, this time we were invited to dinner... although, that isn't a guarantee for these sorts of concerts. However, seeing as there was a bit of a familiar connection here, it would have been a touch weird if they didn't invite us!

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The concert in this really quite lovely setting would only be for about 25-30 people... with a small group of only 4 of us playing from the orchestra. Violin, Harpsichord, Cello and Singer... a nice little combo that would allow us to do a programme with a nice variety of little pieces that would be entertaining for the non-Classical minded listener. 

A song about the perfect kiss... a Violin sonata of animal sounds... you know, lots of nice little lollipops! The sort of thing where it is nice to be able to chat with the audience (after all they were in close confines!) and jump straight into the musical jokes and sweets!


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There was a great design over the service area of the restaurant.. blocks of wood cut-outs that give a really nice geometric design. Actually, if you look closely, the design appears to be a tree! This is in keeping with the overall greenhouse aesthetic of the place!

Now.... the cooking did smell delicious... but due to the humidity and heat from the cooking, it was pretty tough to keep stable instruments. Well, the singer was fine... but the harpsichord would keep changing (it is a wooden sound board so that is affected by the changes in climate... not like the metal sound boards of modern pianos). For myself (and the cellist)... we use gut strings... again things that are heavily affected by changes in heat and humidity. Not the best conditions... but that is why we are paid to be professional musicians, we take the difficulties in stride and do the best performance possible (or some professionals just complain endlessly....). 



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So, this was the work station! All set up and ready to go... we managed to fit in a short pre-concert rehearsal before the guests arrived. It's always a touch daunting when the audience are really in your laps... it is quite a different style of playing and atmosphere to when they are about 50 metres away! Still, there is something quite nice about the intimacy of the venue... acoustically it was okay... not terrible, but the kitchen sounds were always present!


In the end, it was successful... we had no major casualties...and it appears that the audience actually quite enjoyed it. Most importantly, the guest of honour did!




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@thereikiforest · Oct 20 '19

That tree design is fantastic 👍👍 Looks and sounds like a delightful place to play 💕🙏💕

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@bengy · Oct 26 '19

It was quite nice... apart from the background noise and humidity! But that design was pretty nice!

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@papilloncharity · Oct 21 '19

Great that you guys were invited to the eats, as it definitely eases the mood, but of course you are all pros and take it in your stride.
Amazing that the instruments are so touchy about the humidity conditions.
Blessings!

👍 bengy

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@bengy · Oct 27 '19

Yeah, they are pretty touchy... but they are only wood and gut... not metal!

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@papilloncharity · Oct 27 '19 (edited)

Ah! That explains it, but I have never heard about it before.
Marian (wife) was asking if humidity could also affect guitar gut strings and guess who I told her that I would ask?
Blessings!

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