quattrocelli blog

After staying in Los Angeles we went to Victorville, CA to play our second last concert. It was nice and we already felt that the tour was almost over.
On the next day we had a Sunday afternoon concert in Paso Robles in a church.
It was a nice concert and we hope to come back to the US soon!

Looking back to the tour that was starting on March 5, 2010 we must say: it was great! It was the best tour in the US that we had so far. We had a lot of fun, we visited very interesting cities and we met a lot of really nice people.

Pictures:

This is the link to the slide show of the pictures on flickr.

We met Lalo Schifrin at his house in Beverly Hills to work together with him on the new composition that he wrote for quattrocelli. The piece is called “crosscurrents” and we had a lot of fun working with Lalo Schifrin on that piece.
After that we played some pool in his game room and went out for dinner with his wife Donna and him.
We had a great evening and we are very much looking forward to premiering the piece in Rutesheim on May 30, 2010.

Pictures:

This is the link to the slide show of the pictures on flickr.

Today we had a concert at Borrego Springs, CA. It was one of the smallest places we played on this tour, but still it was a lot of fun. All the hotels were fully booked because of the blooming desert.
And we met some Germans that we know from Stuttgart there. The world is so small…
The landscape is beautiful and everywhere are cactuses and palm trees.

Pictures:

This is the link to the slide show of the pictures on flickr.

Relaxing in a golf resort. It was just great!

Pictures:

This is the link to the slide show of the pictures on flickr.

The concert in San Bernardino was a lot of fun. We played there 4 years ago and we met some people that saw us at our last concert as well.
Weather is great and palm trees everywhere. What else do you need? We are already in Palm Springs.
Concert at Plam Springs High School tomorrow.

Pictures:

This is the link to the slide show of the pictures on flickr.

As we are travelling with two cars we took different routes to San Bernardino. Hartwig and me (Matthias) went down to Bakersfield first.
We took the beautiful Highway 1! But first we all met in Pacific Grove, which is a small city with lots of riffs and big waves. We saw seals and other (for us unknown) creatures.
Later on we enjoyed the great view to the Pacific Ocean from Highway 1 and had some great sushi on a hill while we watched the sunset…
Tomorrow off to San Bernardino, where we all will meet again and have a concert at a concert hall, where we already played a couple of years ago.

Pictures:

This is the link to the slide show of the pictures on flickr.

It was again a nice ride through “Silikon Valley” to Los Gatos. Everything is very green here at this time of the year – and lots of palm trees everywhere…
The concert in Los Gatos was great! We even had somebody dancing to our last piece “Misirlou”. The concert was in the afternoon, so we drove to Santa Cruz to stay in a hotel right next to the beach.
We had some fun at the many attractions that are on the famous “Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk” and just enjoyed being at the beach.

Pictures:

This is the link to the slide show of the pictures on flickr.

It was an endless ride from Elko to San Francisco. We went over the mountains and when we got down we suddenly had 28 Celcius!
That was a nice surprise and it was a perfect timing. The weather was great in San Francisco and we had 3 beautiful days in this intersting city. When we arrived the city was full of green people (St. Patrick’s day) and a lot of partys were going on.
Our concert at Amnesia Cafe was really something special. The audience was standing and they were a really great audience! San Francisco has a lot of live music in lots of bars and clubs and the city is very alive. It was a great experience for us and we hope to come back one day. Cellists are very welcome in SF.
We did some sightseeing, had good food and just enjoyed this wonderful city.

When we arrived in Turlock, CA today we got the scores from the new composition that Lalo Schifrin wrote for quattrocelli. We will rehearse it during the tour and meet him in Los Angeles on March 26 to work together with him on the piece. We are very much looking forward to that!

Pictures:

This is the link to the slide show of the pictures on flickr.

The drive from Sakt lake City to Nevada was: driving straight on for hours! No curves and around the Highway it looked like a desert. When we finally arrived in Nevada the first thing we saw were a lot of casinos.
The concert was a lot of fun and the audience was great. Tomorrow we will drive to San Francisco, where we will stay for 3 nights.

Pictures from the road and Elko, Nevada:

This is the link to the slide show of the pictures on flickr.

That was the most beautiful drive we had so far!
And we had a really good steak in Salt Lake City…

Pictures:

This is the link to the slide show of the pictures on flickr.