Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Balalaikas at Church

I had not attended church since before Christmas.

OK, not church church, but the Tuesday noontime concerts at Church of the Epiphany.

So I was glad to get back this week, and hear the Balalaikas, a local group composed of Russians, Ukrainians and a couple of Americans.

The instruments are balalaikas, domras and a bayan.

The music was what I would call Russian easy listening. Familiar tunes with nice melodies and just the right rythm to keep you going. The only piece that I think they could have skipped was "Lara's Theme", the non-Russian tune from Doctor Zhivago. But I guess it is a crowd pleaser.

A very pleasant hour.

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