Time again for our second Sushi Monday, but Abe and I (mostly I) got mixed up with timing and Jessica and I went by ourselves. Jessica had some great vegetarian sushi, some of which had steamed egg! I miss steamed egg, but I can't justify getting steamers right now, schade. I had an elaborate fish-shaped combo platter that was really really great. Also, their avocado maki was amazing, like seriously great.
Post sushi monday, we went to Mahler 2 performed by the Jeunesse Orchestra under Möck at the Konzerthaus, for which we got 7 Euro tickets from our Mahler class. Party! First time I've heard Mahler 2 live and wow. Why did I not see this when UMS presented the SFO under MTT last year? I don't remember why I couldn't go that night, but I am so convinced that whatever I had wasn't worth it. The Jeunesse wasn't all that good, they are a younger orchestra and the soloists weren't amazing, although I liked the mezzo. Still an impressive work, and earlier in the day during our Nietzsche discussion, Dr. Solvik gave us a crash course in the philosophical implications of Mahler 2, as Mahler may have seen it. It provided a whole new way to listen to the symphony, which was interesting since the next time I listened to it after this discussion was live.
