Symphony in the City

After last years event was such a great success, the city of Perth launched another Symphony in the City. This time even bigger, including a video screen and a better sound system. The Western Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO) was playing together with the Chorus several quite famous pieces like Carmen, Carmina Burana or Verdi’s Nabucco. When we arrived half an hour before the start, the big lawn of the Esplanade was packed already. There were thousands of people and we only got a picnic spot right at the edge. So we sat there while the sun set behind us over the river, eating delicious salads and drinking a glass of red wine :-)
The concert was great! The last piece they played was Tchaikovskies 1812 Overture with real cannon fire!
They even did two encores - the Radetzky Marsch and the Can Can. I've never seen people dancing, singing and laughing along to classical music. It was fantastic! Ian and I got up from our picnic blankets and started dancing the Can Can as well - it was really great fun! We truly enjoyed the whole evening!