You can attend free concerts in Washington. Another reason this is a good place to retire.
Saturday, at the Andersen House, we attended a piano-cello recital of pieces by Schumann (Immanuela Gruenberg and John Kaboff) and today I went to Grace Episcopal Church and saw solo pianist Joseph Currie. Currie played Schumann's Arabeske (a familiar piece) and Liszt's Annes de Pelerinage (2nd Annee), which I had not heard before. Gruenberg and Kaboff played pieces that were unfamiliar to me: Three Romances, Five Pieces in Folk Style and Fantasy Pieces. Most were written originally for instruments other than the cello, and transcribed by Schumann. Gruenberg and Currie gave interesting introductions to what was played.
The musicians were all of high quality, although none of them will probably solo with the New York Philharmonic.
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