Phoenix culture

The theatre performance was Lombardi a fictional play about a newpaper reporter spending a week in 1965 with Vincent Lombardi, head coach of the Green Baypackers.I had heard of Lombardi, and given he has a trophy named after him, thought he might have been quite good. As it happens he was the Alex Ferguson of his day, both in success and character - focused, domineering, inspirational. The play was excelleny, humourous, insightful and to the rest of the audience no doubt, bringing back some memories.

The concert was Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, first performed of course in Frankfurt in 1937. Well when i say of course, i do have the benefit of the programme and did not really know what to expect. I was surprised to find that I did recognise the opening, O Fortuna, which is one of the theme tunes from X Factor. Thankfully what followed was significantly better than the rubbish that Simon Cowell calls entertainment.