A few pictures from my Harmonia Mundi trip...
The Harmonia Mundi trip seems so long ago now, since I've delayed quite a bit in posting them. My recollection isn't so fresh anymore, but I can say that I had a great time and felt really refreshed in terms of my joy in recording and being around classical music. I've really gotten out of touch since I left college. Even at New World Symphony I didn't seem to connect very well with the music. I missed it. These players played so beautifully and I heard Beethoven in a way I never head before. I loved it.
The buildings of Boston were so gorgeous and storybook-esque. Colonial storybook-esque, that is... I wish I'd taken more pictures but I opted to walk and make a good memory of it rather than photobook.
More buildings...
The facade of my hotel, which was actually very tall, with perhaps 15 stories to it.
The hotel room was plush, roomy, and classy. I slept very, very well.
Brad, the engineer, picked me up in the morning and we had a nice chat on our way down to Bard College. This is very similar to the scenery we saw the whole way down, but this picture and those following were taken on our daily drive between our hotel and Fisher Hall, where we recorded on the campus of Bard College.
Froooooozen! I haven't seen frozen water in a long time!
My hotel room in Rhinebeck, NY was really quaint and again, colonial...
I felt like a little kid climbing onto the bed.
My part of the hotel...
A view out the window of my room.
The view of Fisher Hall, a Frank Gehry-designed building, as you drive around it.
From the back looking towards the entrance...
Inside the hall - the recording setup...
Brad, the engineer, and Robina, the producer, going over the previous day's session.
We just recorded a run-through of one of the movements on the last day and as usual, everyone came inside to listen, critique and discuss it for 10-15 minutes before going back out on stage to record sections and perhaps a few more complete run-throughs before the movement/piece would be declared good-to-go.
This was truly a great experience, and I look forward to recording with them again. If I work with them again in November, it will actually be the same musicians as well, which I would really like, because they were so friendly, professional, and amazing musicians.
The buildings of Boston were so gorgeous and storybook-esque. Colonial storybook-esque, that is... I wish I'd taken more pictures but I opted to walk and make a good memory of it rather than photobook.
More buildings...
The facade of my hotel, which was actually very tall, with perhaps 15 stories to it.
The hotel room was plush, roomy, and classy. I slept very, very well.
Brad, the engineer, picked me up in the morning and we had a nice chat on our way down to Bard College. This is very similar to the scenery we saw the whole way down, but this picture and those following were taken on our daily drive between our hotel and Fisher Hall, where we recorded on the campus of Bard College.
Froooooozen! I haven't seen frozen water in a long time!
My hotel room in Rhinebeck, NY was really quaint and again, colonial...
I felt like a little kid climbing onto the bed.
My part of the hotel...
A view out the window of my room.
The view of Fisher Hall, a Frank Gehry-designed building, as you drive around it.
From the back looking towards the entrance...
Inside the hall - the recording setup...
Brad, the engineer, and Robina, the producer, going over the previous day's session.
We just recorded a run-through of one of the movements on the last day and as usual, everyone came inside to listen, critique and discuss it for 10-15 minutes before going back out on stage to record sections and perhaps a few more complete run-throughs before the movement/piece would be declared good-to-go.
This was truly a great experience, and I look forward to recording with them again. If I work with them again in November, it will actually be the same musicians as well, which I would really like, because they were so friendly, professional, and amazing musicians.
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