I arrived at the Town Hall at 6:30 for the pre-concert talk before the Tallis Scholars recital…. only to find out that the consort is delayed en route. It’s now 8:30, the organizers have arranged an impromptu buffet reception, and if we’re lucky the concert will get underway by 9 or 9:30. But everyone seems cool, no-one is demanding their money back, everybody is just getting to know each other. I just phoned Chris, and he reported that their performance in Berkeley last night was excellent. They’re supposed to be doing the same setlist.
We just got an announcement; they are “passing Safeco Field”, so they should be here soon.
This feels very different from Boston….
UPDATE: The concert started at 9; it’s now the intermission. Apparently the delay was due to a 5-hour repair to the plane in Oakland – and then when they tried to push back, the jetway jammed!
But enough irrelevancy. The Tye Missa Western Wynde was just glorious. Well worth waiting for.