A night on the town!

Saturday Joseph and I were able to go up to Salt Lake City for a fun night out. We took Trax up and that was a very nice way to go - much less stressful for me and a first time on Trax for Joseph. We first went to one of our favorite restaurants up there, Biaggi's, that is located at the Gateway. We got two appetizers and a dessert to share. The stuffed mushroom appetizer is simply wonderful and we just adore the bananas foster for dessert. They also have great entrees, but we decided to just go with the appetizers and desserts for this occasion.

Then, we were given free tickets to the Utah Symphony this week and so we took Trax a couple of stops back to Abravanel Hall. The seats were incredible - we were very lucky to have been given these tickets. The first piece was Symphony No. 8 in B Minor (Unfinished) by Schubert. It was very good. The second piece was Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 by Mendelssohn, with a guest pianist, Louis Lortie (see picture below). This was amazing! It was beautiful musically as well as incredibly engaging to watch. Louis Lortie was a fabulous performer and we were so glad to listen to and watch him play. We could have left then and been happy - and maybe we should have...

The last piece was Petrushka (1947 version) by Stravinsky. Let's just say that it wasn't our cup o' tea. It was about a Russian carnival and some of the happenings there, and although we are definitely music appreciators, the cacophonous sounds and "story" being told were not really that appealing to us.

The overall experience was marvelous, however, and we had a very pleasant night, although we were out much later than usual and we could feel it. Many thanks to our sister-in-law, Amy, for babysitting our children!