====== Midori at Bing Concert Hall, February 6, 2013 ======
[[http://www.gotomidori.com/english/|Midori]]\\ 
[[http://live.stanford.edu/bingconcerthall/|Bing Concert Hall]]\\ 
Stanford University\\ 
[[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=327+Lasuen+St,+Palo+Alto,+CA&hl=en|327 Lasuen St, Palo Alto, CA]]\\ 
8 PM, Wednesday, February 6, 2013

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=====  Set One =====
[8:01 PM lights down, Midori and Özgür take the stage, followed by a student page-turner]

==== Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3 (1801-02) ====
  * Allegro assai
  * Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso
  * Allegro vivace
[work ends 8:24 PM]

==== Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Violin Sonata No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1014 (1720) ==== 
  * Adagio
  * Allegro
  * Andante
  * Allegro
[work ends 8:40 PM]

==== Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24, “Spring” (1800-01) ====
  * Allegro
  * Adagio molto espressivo
  * Scherzo: Allegro molto
  * Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
[set ends 9:06 PM]

=====  Set Two =====
[9:29 PM, lights down; getting ready]
==== Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12, No. 1 (1797-98) ====
  * Allegro con brio
  * Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto
  * Rondo: Allegro
[work ends 9:47 PM]

==== Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Violin Sonata No. 3 in d minor, Op. 108 (1888) ==== 
  * Allegro
  * Adagio
  * Un poco presto e con sentimento
  * Presto agitato
[work ends 10:10 PM]

==== Encore: Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904): Slavonic Dance No. 2, Op. 46, arr Fritz Kreisler ====
[show ends 10:17 PM]

===  Performers ===
  * Özgür Aydin: piano;
  * Midori Goto: violin.

=====  Notes =====
Tonight's recital was a real gem -- plenty of great works from the big B's (that's Bach, Beethoven and Brahms to you illiterates), performed with panache by a pair of terrific musicians.

I was joined tonight by TC, Jeff & Sandra, seated in the back row of Terrace 3 - at roughly 10:30 PM if you imagine looking out from the stage with midnight straight ahead, but raised up quite a bit higher than the equivalently distant seats in the center section. Afterwards, TC complained that he thought we were too far away to really hear the violin, but I thought the sound was fine. Sure, it might have been more fun to sit onstage and be only a few feet from the musicians, but that seating choice wasn't available when I first placed my order.

Surprisingly, it appears that this event failed to attract the attention of any professional reviewers -- shame on them!

{{tag>music Midori Özgür_Aydin Bing_Concert_Hall Beethoven JSBach BWV1014 Brahms Dvořák}}

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