A Gentle Evening ~ 2

Walking in the quiet evening around Cook Street Village
there is music all around, spreading through cool summer air from the Symphony Splash at the Inner Harbour ~
And now I hear plaintive bagpipes playing ~
A sound that I love and that connects my heart to some distant longing ~
And now a choir, their voices full and strong

musical messengers through trees and grasses

to strolling lovers and families in far flung Beacon Hill Park.

The evening shivers with the classical melodies in the air

while fireworks spread coloured notes high over the water.

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, 

flight to the imagination and life to everything.”

~ Plato

Symphony Splash is an annual event with the Victoria Symphony held the first weekend in August each year. On stage on the water at the Inner Harbour in Victoria, it closes with a grand musical finale and fireworks.