Locations — around 27 of them
Ricardo Musica TV reality show possibilities
Ricardo Musica TV reality show possibilities
27 Mozart piano concertos. A different concerto in each location. So we're talking Mozart and a baby grand piano in 27 different locations, more or less, around the world. (I might do more than one concerto in a particular location, thus reducing the number of locations.)
I have in mind:-
out-of-the-way villages and towns wherever we can find them
roadtrips across rural America
expeditions into the Amazon
excursions around safe parts of Asia etc.
Here are a few places Ricardo Musica now has in mind. I'll add more as I think of them.
We'll use a standard format in each location.
A dramatically located white village between Sevilla and Ronda. Situs of the famous restaurant Meson El Tabanco, gastronomic haven of irresistible local gustatory delights for gourmets and gourmands. Wild rabbits and goats will also enjoy our playing.
Home of first-class folks and the Missouri fox-trotting horse. We'd like the pleasure of making at least one appearance at nearby McClurg. Atmospheric. Exactly what this project is all about.
In a wrapped minibus dragging a trailer containing a grand piano. We'll take the small roads, hoping to encounter lots of interesting folks, places, environments and situations and of course good food, and play Mozart, Chopin (Szopen in Polish), Bach and other classics. A ton of wonderful material here for sure. Time estimate 15 days.
The empty stage of the famous opera house — empty but for a handful of people in the highest tier — would be a good first gig, and then some Mozart in the jungle to the sound of amazing animals.
For its remoteness. The folks (apparently no official population count) might like some live classical music and we're certainly interested in how things are down there. A part of the world I've found fascinating since early reading of Tierra del Fuego storms and shipwrecks.
Temoto looks a nice place to put a piano. Arthur Grimble turned me on to this part of the world with his fascinating A Pattern of Islands and Return To The Islands. (We Chose the Islands is vastly entertaining too; I have come across it only recently). Very interesting Polynesian marine navigation. What fun to be on the open ocean playing Mozart in a dugout and no modern navigation aids. And to walk in the steps of Empire-builder Grimble.
Doubly remote. We like mountains and cold weather. We can introduce the good folks to Mozart if they don't already know it. Native musicians on native instruments a bonus.
We'll find a quiet spot somewhere. Lots of talented local classical musicians.
Of the numerous books on numerous aspects of Egypt, Edward Cecil's Leisure of an Egyptian Official is one of my favourites for its vivid witty evocations. We shall see what has changed and what hasn't.
Imagine hauling a piano up there. Can it be done? Quicker to just wreck it on the ground and get it over with.
Remote and umgespritz, just the way we like it. We'll check out the nearby Tsingy de Bemaraha nature reserve. Fascinating to interact with local musicians. Got to see Madagascar while it's still there.