another musical evening

I have enjoyed a variety of musical performances over the last several days. Last week it was the Barber Shop extravaganza. Earlier this week a really excellent junior high band concert and tonight I went with some friends to the Philharmonic - always a treat.  I enjoyed the Mendelssohn symphony and Britten's "Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings" (a new piece to me) but the highlight of the evening for me was Rossini's good old "William Tell Overture."  The whole overture is beautiful with some lovely lyrical sections in the early parts but, of course, my heart beat a little faster when they swung into the fast loud part (I'm sure there's a correct musical term for the fast loud part but you know what I mean). While I saw several young people in the audience I'm sure I wasn't the only one who experienced an instant flashback to the radio, later TV, rousing intro to "The Lone Ranger". I'm pretty sure I even heard a murmur of "Hi Oh Silver, Away!!"