A Little Bit of Art and Music

Our drive up to see Lily's performance in a concert was lovely....although not nearly as long as I originally thought.  It was a 30-minute drive, mostly on a freeway and then over little one-lane country roads to the east coast of Sjaelland (the name of the island we live on).  We arrived in a town by the name of Nivaa, where a lovely little privately-owned museum was tucked away.

We love art museums!  We paid the entry fee, and then wandered around the museum enjoying art from many European countries, including Holland, Belgium and Denmark....specifically Denmark's Golden Age of Art.  We recognized some of the artists' names.

Then - Bingo!  We found five beautiful little portraits by Franz Scwartz...one of our new-found favorites.  We snapped a few pictures, we stood admiring them, we exclaimed about the delight we felt to see more of the artist's work.

This was done in pastels and it is excellent.

We moved on, and practically in the last little hallway we meandered down, we found two precious little paintings by Carl Bloch!  They were genre paintings....everyday life.  We couldn't have been more delighted in finding those very out of the way works.  I had never seen any copies of the Carl Bloch paintings....there is so little written about him, and so few of his works that have been printed and copied, except for his religious paintings, and paintings of royalty.

We found that we had more time than we thought, so we went into the small museum cafe and ordered dinner....there was only one dish on the menu for dinner, and the price was unusually reasonable for a museum cafe, so we each ordered one.

We sat for over an hour enjoying the view out the window and talking about what is coming up for the rest of the week, and planning how to work everything in. We have conflicting calendar items and it will be a challenge to get everything done.

While we were talking, young happy voices began to fill the museum, and then music.  Lily's group had arrive and began to practice their numbers.  We went into the area where the recital was held.  Lily attends an international school, and this was the music department.  The ages of the young people ranged from about 6 up to 17 (Lily was the oldest there at 17).  She was participating with the others, but she had agreed to accompany a couple of the numbers.

She is a very good pianist and we enjoyed her contribution.  She is a cute young woman and she is bright and cheerful.  She was genuinely happy that we had gone to see her.

Lily is way up at the front playing the piano...but the light makes it difficult to see her.  I wish I had asked if I could snap her picture with us.  Next time!

We had a nice visit with her before the concert, and then saw her mother afterward.  They are both such nice people!  We hugged and promised to try to attend other concerts that will be coming up.