One of the things that I have been enjoying over the last couple of weeks is the way that music has played a part in our new way of life.
It's hard to go past the videos of the Italians and Spanish singing from their homes whilst they are in lockdown. I've been very emotional watching them
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The other thing that has been cool is that artists and organisations have given us access that we would never otherwise have had.
The first one I saw was when Keith Urban did a 30 minute performance in his warehouse. He was there with only a couple of other people (including Nicole Kidman doing a great line in mum dancing). I have long been a Keith Urban fan so I have actually watched this a couple of times now. He gave us another one this morning my time from his basement. I hope that we see more!
A funny story about Keith Urban. Last year we travelled to Nashville on our trip to the USA. I knew that I wanted to go to the Grand Ole Opry and as soon as we started planning I looked at the tickets and thought I really must buy tickets to the Opry. Every few weeks I would think the same again. Just before we left on our trip I thought I really must buy tickets to the Opry but I just didn't get to it.
As we were driving into Nashville my now husband pointed out a billboard asking did I know Keith was going to be at the Opry the next night! Ummmm, no I did not. You can bet that the very next thing I did was book tickets! And it was so fantastic to be in that famous place watching one of my absolute favourites play!
That's a very long introduction to say that one of the other shows that we watched was the livestream from the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday night. It featured Marty Stewart, Vince Gill and Brad Paisley. It was so good to be able to say we've been there and stood in that circle that remains unbroken. And yes, I got a bit emotional then.
I also listened to Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood this morning, and I hear that Robbie Williams has done a live karaoke today. My plan is to watch those tonight!
My husband likes classical music so we also enjoyed watching the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra playing Beethoven's Symphony No.7. We will definitely be watching more of these if they are streamed.
There are so many opportunities to witness performances that just wouldn't normally be available to us in this way.
And I haven't even touched any of the theatre that is being made available from Broadway to London's West End to shows from the Globe Theatre.
Have you watched anything interesting lately?
