Midori at Bing Concert Hall, February 6, 2013

Midori
Bing Concert Hall
Stanford University
327 Lasuen St, Palo Alto, CA
8 PM, Wednesday, February 6, 2013

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

• Allegro assai
• Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso
• Allegro vivace

[work ends 8:24 PM]

• Adagio
• Allegro
• Andante
• Allegro

[work ends 8:40 PM]

• Allegro
• Adagio molto espressivo
• Scherzo: Allegro molto
• Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo

[set ends 9:06 PM]

[9:29 PM, lights down; getting ready]

• Allegro con brio
• Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto
• Rondo: Allegro

[work ends 9:47 PM]

• Allegro
• Adagio
• Un poco presto e con sentimento
• Presto agitato

[work ends 10:10 PM]

[show ends 10:17 PM]

• Özgür Aydin: piano;
• Midori Goto: violin.

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!

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