Enjoying our Wichita Symphony

Spent the evening at the Wichita Symphony, Beethoven and the Clarinet Collaboration, I've not spent a lot of time getting to know the symphony, but really enjoyed it. I love to just get lost in the music and watch the symphony of the instruments, from the ebb and flow of the violin bows, to the Timpani player, who steps up just in time to pick up just the right mallet, and step in to pound on the drum, put the mallet back on the rack, stand up and return to his chair behind the orchestra, and then do it all over again the next time needs to step in a make his statement. Absolutely beautiful! While watching the movements as well as listening to the beautiful sounds, I felt so grateful to be blessed with my hearing and to not have ever heard the perfect mix of such beautiful sounds.