Friday, August 31, 2012

They played real good, for free


I was walking around the Palo Alto Arts and Wine Festival the other day (in the Silicon Valley, you apparently cannot have arts without wine; they all include both) and came upon a string quartet.

Now, this is a bit out of the ordinary, although it was the “arts” and wine festival. But usually you’ll have a single musician, or maybe a duo, with CDs for sale and an open instrument case for donations.


These four (as you can see) were just playing—Pachelbel, then a czardas and then a tango. No sign, no container for coins.

They’re from the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestraand they were a delight.


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