on thursday evenings in the summer, the Vondelpark Openluchttheater has various classical artists. Last night i went with a couple of friends - and we heard a harpist followed by a string quarter. but it was hardly what i would call your typical classical music. after all, the harpist played jazz and the string quartet played a number of pop songs, including the Police's "Roxanne" and the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations." the harpist explained to us the history of a harp (although also acknowledged that we weren't there just to have a chat with her) and showed us the pedals. and then played a song a second time, so we could watch her play the pedals (impressive - although she had to do it in flats instead of her heeled boots). and the string quartet, with its very non-traditional string quartet music and its informal introductions was very down to earth. they even managed to convince the announcer to join them for one last song after he took the microphone over (they had already played two "last" songs already). but the announcer without much convincing, had no problem joining them and sang along to the song, Amsterdam (by Jacques Brel, I believe).
the whole experience felt typical for my life here (although i'm not sure if it's typical Dutch or typical Amsterdam). or just typical of my life :)
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