Silk Road Ensemble at Bing Concert Hall, February 24, 2016

Stanford University Live presents the Silk Road Ensemble
Bing Concert Hall
Stanford University, 327 Lasuen St, Stanford, CA
7:30 PM, Wednesday, February 24, 2016

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[7:35 PM lights down, announcements]

1. [7:36 PM] Cristina Pato & Kojiro Umezaki: Vojo
2. [7:39 PM] Kinan Azmeh: Ibn Arabi Postlude
3. [7:53 PM] Giovanni Sollima: Taranta Project
    
   Edward Perez: the Latina 6/8 Suite
4. [8:01 PM] I: Tarantella-Muiñeira
5. [8:04 PM] II: Tanguillo: the High Seas
6. [8:15 PM] III: Jaropo-Festejo: Muiñeira de Chantada
7. [8:18 PM] IV: Fandango: Prueba de Fuego
8. [8:22 PM] ? (counting error on my part?)
   [set ends 8:29 PM]

[8:45 PM lights down]

1. [8:46 PM] Kojiro Umezaki: Tsuru no Ongaeshi (Repayment from a Crane)
2. [8:59 PM] Osvaldo Golijov: Night of the Flying Horses
    
   Home Suite
3. [9:07 PM] Sandeep Das & Kojiro Umezaki: If You Shall Return…
4. [9:13 PM] Michio Mamiya: Miero vuotti uutta kuuta from Five Finnish Folk Songs
5. [9:16 PM] Kinan Azmeh & Jeffrey Beecher: the Wedding (Syrian Improvisation)
6. [9:19 PM] John Zorn, arr. Cristina Pato: Khabiel from Book of Angels
   [set ends 9:24 PM]
    
   Encore
7. [9:26 PM] ?
   [show ends 9:35 PM]

• Kinan Azmeh: clarinet;
• Jeffrey Beecher: contrabass;
• Mike Block: cello;
• Nicholas Cords: viola;
• Haruka Fuji: percussion;
• Johnny Gandelsman: violin;
• Joseph Gramley: percussion;
• Cristina Pato: gaita, piano;
• Shane Shanahan: percussion;
• Kojiro Umezaki: shakuhachi;
• Michi Wiancko: violin.

Guess I should have made time to jot down my impressions while they were fresh. At this point about a year later, about all I can remember is that I enjoyed the show, and I'd quite likely go see them again, assuming that they were out performing new repertoire.

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