Did you have an enjoyable musical interlude in Row T for the Music Festival?
The Ralph Vaughan Williams setting of A. E. Housman was quite good, and the tenor, who was Vietnamese-American, gave a splendid performance. I'd like to hear him try some of Benjamin Britten's works for tenor.
The Ravel sonata, which I've heard many times, got a top-notch performance with all the humor intact.
The Shostakovich vocal piece was hard on the ears, but the soprano, who is Chinese, gave it everything she had.
The pre-concert recital was a short piano piece by Schumann along with five of his songs, sung by the Chinese lady. She has a way with German lieder that makes me think she has a major career ahead of her.
All in all, a great evening.