I went to see the Colorado Symphony Orchestra on Friday night. The CSO was doing a tribute to American composers. They first performed pieces by two composers that were present for the concert. They then did a Copland piece, Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F and a couple of rags. The auditorium is really amazing. It surrounds the stage, so some of the audience is actually sitting behind the orchestra. I guess that's for people who wonder what faces the conductor makes during a performance. Something very unusual though that I've never seen done before...the conductor played the piano for all the pieces requiring one. They had the lid off and slid the piano so the conductor was facing the orchestra how he normally would be. He would sit and play nodding his head to get the orchestra to come in at the right places, then he would stand up and conduct when he wasn't playing.Earlier I had dinner at Rialto Cafe. I had brought Billy here during his visit last summer.
It's ranked with 3.5 stars - equivalent to PF Changs or Pappadeaux.
