"The Travelling Cellist" at Fairview Mall

Today Dad and I went to Fairview Mall to see "The Travelling Cellist".

It's the last one I will get to see, but there is one more performance tomorrow at Albion Library.

David Hetherington performed Albinoni's Adagio at Fairview Mall. It was noisy but I could clearly hear his playing. He is an amazing cellist!

Here are some pictures from today.

I loved the arrangement of Albinoni's Adagio by Ed Hayes and I loved all of the performances that I saw.

Even though Mom wouldn't let me read the book, "The Cellist of Sarajevo" by Steven Galloway, I really loved going to see "The Travelling Cellist". I'm definitely going to read it when I'm older and I will remember these performances.

Here are the links to the other blog posts that I did about "The Travelling Cellist"

• "The Travelling Cellist" at Scarborough Civic Centre
• "The Travelling Cellist" at Harbord Bakery
• "The Travelling Cellist" at Malvern Library
• "The Travelling Cellist" at St. Lawrence Market
• "The Travelling Cellist" at Gibson House

And here is a link to the Toronto Public Library's website about "The Travelling Cellist"
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ktr/the-travelling-cellist.jsp

"The Travelling Cellist" at Gibson House

 This evening Mom and I went to Gibson House to see "The Travelling Cellist". The last time we went to Gibson House was in October 2013.

We looked around the house before the cellist came.
We forgot the camera but we still took some pictures with Mom's phone.

We started off in the kitchen. They had the fire going and it was nice and warm in there.
There were board games set up for games night which is the first Thursday of each month.

We peeked inside David Gibson's office.

This box and this table were close to the square piano in the parlour. They are both very interesting.

We went back into the kitchen before heading upstairs.

I couldn't help noticing the toys on the ground.
Can you believe that 4 boys shared one bedroom. There were 2 beds and 2 boys would sleep in each bed!

This room was the sewing room and the hired girl's room.

I was interested in the clock on the fire place in the parlour.

When it was almost time for the cellist to come, we were happily surprised that it was going to be Joseph Johnson, the Principal Cellist of the TSO. I've seen him play Albinoni's Adagio two times already (at Harbord Bakery and at St. Lawrence Market).

Of the 3 locations I've seen him perform, I think this was the best!
The room the smallest and it was nice and quiet. He played it differently as well. He didn't use pizzicato but instead played out the notes.

I like this photo because you can see a picture of David Gibson over Joseph Johnson's left shoulder.  

I've really grown to love the cello. :-) 

You can still get to see "The Travelling Cellist" in different locations across Toronto until April 7th.
Here's a link with more information:
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ktr/the-travelling-cellist.jsp

"The Travelling Cellist" at St. Lawrence Market

Dad and I went to see "The Travelling Cellist" early this morning at St. Lawrence Market. We got there early so we could get some British meat pies and gluten free things from the Farmers' Market before they sold out.

We were waiting for the cellist at the North Entrance where we thought it was supposed to be but it turned out it was at the West Entrance.

Joseph Johnson, the Principal Cellist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra played Tomaso Albinoni's Adagio. I think it was noisier than the north entrance because of the ventilation system but we were still able to hear him.

When he was about to get started the cello wasn't stable enough.

So he had to improvise.

 But it still sounded beautiful!

For more information about "The Travelling Cellist" check this link from the Toronto Public Library's Keep Toronto Reading Festival. They will have performances up until April 7th in different parts of Toronto.
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ktr/the-travelling-cellist.jsp