Irene Eng The Kibbitzer

I had a sad night, driving home feeling despondent.  FM 96.3 was playing Joshua Bell performing Mozart violin concerto #5, with San Francisco Symphony, live.  It’s lift my spirit tremendously.  Bell was flying, electrifying.  The audience on the west coast responded in kind.  We all have ups and downs in life, you do with all [...]

LOOK at this pic!!!  I’d love to swim at North Pole.  Hey Lewis, call me up next time, will you?  I’m serious.

The Beijing I grew up with had only few things: scarcity, monotonous and fireworks.  The glittering sparkles that failed to ignite my imagination graced the dark sky at least twice a year on May 1st and Oct 1st.  It still doesn’t.  I took those pictures just because I was there, immediately after the concert.  It’s cool but [...]

Music in the park has been going on for 30 years here, although it’s free, but it doesn’t measure up to Tangewood at all.  NY Philharmonic is great, and program has always included some of my most favored, this year Mendelssohn’s violin concerto and Tchaikovesky’s symphony #6, couldn’t get any better.  But the crowds and ambiance [...]