New York in late spring ... Hamlet, Frick concert, Turandot and everything Russian.

Some people are rude about pot-boilers but I generally love them.  And we had our share in New York this May.  Hamlet (the play), Nessun Dorma (twice), Mozart symphony 12, a group of Handel counter-tenor areas ending with Lascia io piango, Handel concerto grosso, Eugene Onegin, Haydn trumpet concerto, Evgeny Kissin alone then in a violin and 'cello trio both at Carnegie Hall.  We heard graduating orchestras (it's that time of year) at Julliard and Curtis schools and even some serious jazz with Wynton Marsalis and the Philadelphia Orchestra, balanced by a rousing rendition of Beethoven's 7th symphony at Carnegie Hall.    

The Frick Collection has reopened after extensive renovations and they now have a charming theater in the basement with about 250 seats.  We heard Les Talens Lyriques under Christophe Rousset and counter-tenor Key Mon Murrah.  These concerts are proving to be very popular and may need to be put on more often in future such is the demand.  

Here are some program titles in case anyone is interested in the details.  My head is full of those tunes, those songs and those soliloquies.  My sure-fire way of getting rid of an ear worm  is to listen to Schubert's Trout quintet with its catchy tunes (but how to get rid of them?!).