The time (6.30 p.m.), the location (Kala Academy) and the date (Monday, March 17) were all part of the original headline to the newsitem. Victor
On Friday, March 14, 2014 9:00 AM, Wendell Rodricks <wendellrodri...@gmail.com> wrote: In all the romp between Sheba and Solomon, someone forgot to mention the time ; ) W Sent from my iPad Wendell Rodricks, Campal, Panjim. GOA 403001. INDIA Off tel: +91-832-2420604, Shop tel: +91-832-2238177 Off email: rns.wend...@gmail.com On 13-Mar-2014, at 11:22 PM, Goanet News <news.goa...@gmail.com> wrote: > From Victor Rangel-Ribeiro > > Friends, Romance writers, and countrymen (and women), fair warning! > > On Monday, March 17, I will be conducting the Goa String Orchestra in > a concert of international classical music. The programme will begin > with Handel's jolly "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba", which foretells > she will be having a jolly good time with King Solomon if he gets to > the Kala Academy on time. To enhance the couple's amorous mood we will > then play Edward Elgar's "Salut d'amour", and follow that up with his > "Chanson de matin" (Morning Song) to set the mood for when the royal > philanderers finally wake up. > > The main work of the evening will be Mozart's very lively and tuneful > early piano concerto No. 14 in E flat; the soloist will be Karl > Lutchmayer, a Goan Brit who is a professor at the Trinity College of > Music in London. We will also be playing Mozart's rousing Serenata > Notturna for four string soloists and string ensemble. (I use the term > "rousing" because, while one expects the normal serenade to be a > quiet, romantic song that a lovestruck swain (are there still swains > around, or are there only young fellows these days?) would softly > croon beneath a loved one's window, in this particular serenade Mozart > has the soloists cooing like lovebirds, while the rest of the group > comes up with a boisterous response every time. > > The concert will end with a couple of surprise pieces that will > fortunately be of very short duration. > > So do come in with a group of as many friends and relatives as you can > put together, and if classical music is not something you or your > friends would waste an evening on, send me your enemies instead.