Last night we spent a lovely evening listening to Ravel, Prokofiev and Stravinsky at the Kennedy Center in DC. The third Friday in a row! The first piece was soft and serene. The second, a rousing piano concerto with the featured 21 year-old pianist, Yuja Wang, rendering the keyboard flawlessly and with power. She received three standing ovation curtain calls. The third, the Firebird, moved from quiet to resounding and ended the evening on a high note.
Tonight it's back to the District. But for something quite different. Roller derby at the DC Armory! Kate's church's youth minister in a roller derbyist. Or derbier. Or whatever they are called. You wouldn't think of making that connection looking at her with the children on Sunday morning.
But then, I wouldn't have imagined that the truth flowing through the hands of a 21 year-old pianist could be so profound either.
Truth has a way of creeping up on you like that.
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About Me
- Mark Gorman
- I was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, along the banks of the Susquehanna River, in the valley made up by Bald Eagle Mountain to the south, and gentle hills and valleys to the north. That place that sheltered me, gave me food and friends, and both physical and spiritual nourishment for 18 years. That is the space where I was physically and emotionally formed. Ever since growing up there . . . because of growing up there . . . I have been inexorably linked to nature . . . to the earth and to all life.