What Are You Listening To This Weekend?

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Friday is upon us and it is time to ask:

What are you listening to this weekend?

The Aria Serious crew will start our weekend listening tonight as we walk down "America's best beer boulevard" and make our way to our local opera house (we love saying that) to see Seawolf and The Album Leaf in concert.
Saturday, we'll spend some time getting to know Der Rosenkavalier better. It's the one opera next season we don't know that well, but what we do know has some achingly beautiful music. We're looking forward to seeing this one live and in person next April and getting to know it better in the months in between.

Sunday, we'll spend some time in the hammock with the Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavillion LP. One of our favorites from 2009, still strong in 2010. We'll also make our way to the North Park Festival of the Arts to see what's going on.

What are your listening plans this weekend?

Share it in the comment section below, and please, make it a good one.

Comments

Keturah said…
I'll be listening to Jake Heggie's glorious MOBY-DICK one last time on Sunday before putting it to bed for a year and a half, which will make me cry at least twice if not several times. Before that, tomorrow, I'll be attempting to get in a good listen of BUTTERFLY to prepare for Catherine Malfitano's lovely production at Central City Opera this summer...

It's a good weekend.
May 14, 2010 at 12:30 PM
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