Busy couple of weekends for music!

It started last Saturday with the boys' spring piano recital.  They all three played great.  Mosey was especially nervous and spent the 20 minutes before the recital telling me how he wasn't ready.  But, he was.  :-)
Here is Mosey playing Bouree and Musette by Martha Mier:

And here is Joseph playing Anitra's Dance by Grieg:


And here is Brigham playing Allegro from Beethoven's Sonata in F Minor:


Then this week, on Friday night with Mosey's Music on the Mezzanine performance at the Long Center.  We stayed afterward for the Austin Symphony which the boys and I LOVED.  Quattro Mani performed with the orchestra and was fantastic.  On the way home Mosey kept raving about it-- he said it was better than any TV or movie he's seen!  That is high praise, indeed.
In general I don't adore modern music.  And today I talked to another one of the orchestra moms who stayed for the concert, who told me that she really didn't know how to appreciate it.  But I really, really loved it.  Plus, there is just something about the energy of a live performance that gives an excitement and life to a piece of music that you can't get any other way.
Here's a recording of "Circuit," the last piece on the program.  Friday night was the American premier of that piece.


Here is the first part of Mosey's performance, until my battery ran out.  :-)  There was an awesome view of downtown Austin from across the river.  It was a gorgeous day!


And here is Mosey, waiting for the performance to begin.  He is happy!

And here is Brigham:  The light was too pretty and he was too handsome for me not to take a picture of him.

Today (Sunday) was the final concert for the Austin Youth orchestras.  Mosey and Brigham both played.  I love how much they have enjoyed orchestra.  It was really fun to see Brigham as concert master!  :-)

And here is Mosey's performance-- he was the only cellist I couldn't see from where I was!  Oh well.

And finally, tonight was Brigham's violin spring recital.  He played the first movement of Vivaldi's violin concerto in A minor.  There was a miscommunication between him and his accompanist (our piano teacher) resulting in Brigham putting the stand opposite from how it ought to have been oriented, which resulted in them not being synchronized at the beginning of the piece (and Brigham facing the wrong direction!), but it was just a minor detail in an otherwise really great performance.