smf36: like kinnear, but no in and with a u

"Dearie me, what are you talkin' 'bout now?"

The classical pianist who played music from the third Indiana Jones movie this afternoon, over at Trinity UMC. He was so excited to do that!!!

"Oh, I recognize him from last year, with Philip Dukes. He had an unusual last name... I'll think of it. However, you must be mistaken about that movie music being part of his set."

I most certainly am no! This concert was all about "Hollywood" and centered on music arranged by David Newman, a big name in movie music. Thanks for Newman, the pianist had an entire collection of musical scores that were for scenes shot in Venice, Italy, and that included that Harrison Ford flick as well as the one with Daniel Crag as 'James Bond'. Altogether there were eight films, but that one with the geologist and the one with Agent 007 were "living the dream" for him! The others were "A Little Romance", "Don't Look Now", "The Merchant Of Venice", " Casanova", "Casino Royale", "Le Guignola", and "The Tourist". I was so inspired that I bopped over to the Jepson Museum to catch "Venice And The Ottoman Empire" until they closed at 5 PM. I'll be going back there tomorrow to take my time with it! I just love that 'gondola ride' experience!!! It reminds me of going to the Venetian in Las Vegas with my BFF, back in 2010, and riding a gondola there. Most def something I want to do again in October!

"Oh, that will be such a good time of year to return to that shining, sleepless, city in the desert!"

For sure!

"So, are you going to tell me the pianist's name or what?"

Oops, my bad! He's Sebastian Knauer, but with a German pronunciation. So, that's why I said it's "like Kinnear", meaning the 'K' is sounded. I thought it was silent, like with 'knee', but, nope. So, no 'in' after the 'K', than throw in a 'u' and say it like 'now er' as in "now or later". That makes it 'K now er'. That means German is like Polish, with all consonants getting sounded, even if it means extra syllables.

"Okay, I hadn't heard that before, but it makes sense as both are from the same base. Who are the others on the stage?"

Let's start with the female on violin, Grace Park, and go counter clockwise, shall we? The other violinist is Benny Kim. The viola is played by Robin Ashwell, the cello by Brook Speltz, and the huge bass is wielded by Marc Chesanow. Speaking of him, I chatted with him before clocking in for my volunteer shift with SMF36. Guess what? He lives in midtown, too, and not far from me. We'd both been concerned about a possible lack of parking, due to the Publix 5K Races this morning, but neither of us had an issue. In fact, he left shortly after our talk to return home for his tripod and made it back just fine.

"Well, listen to you, g'friend! I'm so glad you got to meet one of the boys in the band!"

Aw, you know it wasn't like that... but it was nice to talk to him. That made the concert more personal for me, you know? When I signed up for this shift, I'd hoped to recognize much of the movie songs, but that wasn't the case. Most of the movies were ones I'd seen once, if at all, and there were no singable songs in these suites. Still, I did find myself dancing a bit, so that was definitely a win!

"I know it was! And where are you off to now, you busy, vibrant, woman?"

It's a Swap Party at Dawn's, to raise money for the Georgia Transplant Foundation. I haven't yet picked out some items to take with me, so I must go! Now! Bye!