Tonight's concert repeated the Tchaikovsky & Bernstein pieces, but added selections from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. It was a cute decision, in both concerts, to play West Side Story along with a bit of R&J (more subtly, the SSO did Gounod's "je veux vivre" on Tuesday night).
It wasn't too crowded -- perhaps in part because there were very localized "monsoons" in Dumbo and Tribeca in the afternoon, leading some people to conclude that the lawn would be a mud field -- so I snagged great seats just behind the VIP section. A guy came around a bit after 7pm and gave out these soft rubber rings with flashing lights. Put a ring on it, baby!
The orchestra was definitely into it:
The crowd, well.... It was a fun evening, but definitely much less about the music this time -- plenty of conversations around us which got louder in the second half (ironically, a guy near us had shushed us from speaking quietly in the first half, but he left at intermission so had no idea how things had degenerated since his departure). The fireworks were nice. Here are some samples:
I love the "fireworks" setting on my camera. So cool to catch the traces as the lights streak through the sky!
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