Mozart on a Winter's night

We braved the snow and ice tonight to attend a wonderful performance by two flutists, a harpsichord player who did a little piano also, and a cellist. The setting was perfect. A small sanctuary, close seating, perfect acoustics, just enough brave music lovers, and a mix of music from Magic Flute to Bach.
The Oregon Mozart Players Chamber Music and Chocolate events are so wonderfully innocent, disarming, and intimate, much like I would assume they were 300 years ago but with better lighting.
Many years ago (1976) I was fortunate enough to be invited to attend a concert of Mozart's music in the palace on Lake Chiemsee in Bavaria. It is a scale model of Versailles, and has it's own Hall of Mirrors. It was lit by more than a thousand candles! As we sat in awe of the music, the wines, the feel of the room, and, after about an hour, the smell of wax, burnt wicks, and people who at that point in time, did not see the need to bathe every day.... I began to fold into the time that the music was written, to feel as if we were indeed transported to a slower time. I do admit to a love of the grand theatric, and dancing the night away in Ludwig's last castle was indeed a life shaping event, but equally as important is the small event we find here in Eugene, presented by our friends and neighbors, such as tonights concert. We must take advantage of these and enjoy that small moment that shapes us forever.
Here is a little night music.