I want my money back!

Well...a glass of wine is going someway to restore my calm...but not far enough.

We have just got back from a concert at the university which was billed as an 'intimate gathering' and for which we paid $42 each for our tickets.  When we booked, five months ago, the advertising just billed the artists as 2 Cellists, no other clue about the sort of music they played.   We were expecting standard cello repertoire...and what we got was a huge auditorium, lights, smoke, electric cellos, showmanship, crowd pleasing heavy metal.  Ouch!  It was dreadful.  Discordant, noisy and thoroughly unpleasant.  And their credentials as classical musicians are great.


I lasted an hour and left and Peter followed soon after.   We were not alone in leaving early and the people we spoke to outside were similarly surprised.  I suspect they didn't know what to expect when they booked them but obviously they have become popular.  The programme is peppered with Elton John and the names of other pop musicians and the shift to a much larger venue hints at a change of gear!  That sort of information would certainly have jumped out at us and the moody photographs would also have been a give-away!  Here's a taste...though there is a moment in this video where they actually play a tune!

Of course I have just penned an email to the managing director of the music programme and wait with interest to see what she says.    Yes, I know we are being old fogeys, but we likes what we likes!


In sharp contrast the FREE concert on Monday night was delightful.