I discovered the Hunchback of Notre Dame True Love dress floating around by itself. Colleen exclaimed that Nakoma was wearing one of the Earth Dance Fashions we didn't have. They were all from the 1990s mostly-a selection of random clothes and accessories was strewn at the bottom of the box. Just as we were about to walk away, the seller said she had more dolls in a box on the ground, behind her table. I recognized her as Paris Elegance, but I knew it wasn't worth buying her in the wrong attire (as I didn't have her original gown at home). At the time, she was wearing a random clone dress. There was a box of them standing upright on a table. I knew there was another table with dolls nearby-I glanced at some fluffy hair when we were making our rounds. But I figured they were worth it since the gals were sporting their original ensembles with shoes! In fact, Freddie even had her purse still attached to her arm (she's literally only missing a headband)! They were pricey at $5 each (last weekend they were only $3 a doll.other weeks the seller has wanted $6 a doll). I knew she was from the Neon Lights Ball collection though. I also quickly detected Freddie, who's name escaped me in that moment. To my delight, there were a few different faces. Last weekend, we had looked at the dolls at this same booth so I wasn't expecting anything new. I spotted McKeyla's flannel jacket from quite a distance when we were walking by. They were at a booth I've purchased from before (although not often since the prices of the dolls are kind of steep). These four dolls came from two different sellers. Some years are very prosperous, others are like a dolly drought. It's been a painfully slow season-most weekends we come home empty handed (or with one item that didn't make the trip worth the gas money). (Come to both performances if you can, the price is the same.I was so grateful we found dolls on Sunday at the local flea market. Reservations: 1,000 baht per person for either one or both of these performances. This is a very testing work and I'm confident that Suvida will give us a compelling performance. Like the great opus 110 of Beethoven, the Wanderer culminates in a fugue, in this case grand and triumphal - no doubt an inspiration to Liszt who transcribed the work for orchestra and whose own Sonata in B minor reaches a similar apotheosis. There are no clear breaks between movements which gives the work a sense of unity. But all four are based on the same theme taken from the composer's song, The Wanderer. It is a titanic work, technically challenging for the performer both in texture and structure. The Fantasy was composed in 1822, a year after Beethoven's Sonata opus 110 (see above). "The devil may play it," said Schubert of his most technically demanding keyboard work. It shows the mettle of any serious pianist.įranz Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy. This sonata is one of Beethoven's most sublime works. The slow movement returns for a few plaintive, contemplative breaths before creeping back to the fugue, this time inverted, in emulation of Bach's fugues and culminating in a robust, tumultuous, crescendo. The fugue creeps out from the slow movement and takes the form of a dance, building in a slow, restrained crescendo. The slow movement is in the nature of a recitative - a continuous line of melody. The sonata proceeds in a medley of slow movement and fugue. The scherzo is playfully centered on two lumbering folk songs, "Our cat had kittens" and "I'm a slob and you're a slob", perhaps taking a leaf from the Quodlibet in Bach's Goldberg Variations, which elevated drinking songs to the high art of polyphony. The first movement is gentle and mellifluous. It is written in three or four movements, depending on who is analysing it. It is the penultimate of Beethoven's 32 sonatas, completed in 1821. It is a delightful work and will be a joy to hear.īeethoven's piano sonata opus 110 is the most substantial work on the program. It is the fourth of a series known as the Munich sonatas, or the 'difficult sonatas' and is the only of Mozart's sonatas to begin with a slow movement. Mozart's Sonata K282 is an early work, written in 1775 when the composer was 19.
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