Sandra Shen was a joy to hear!
She played Bach (a transcription of Sheep May Safely Graze, and Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring), Mozart (Sonata in B-flat Major, KV 570), Chopin (4th Ballade in F minor), a piece by Muczynski, and the anticipated Rachmaninoff Second Piano Sonata (she played his "revised version"). Her special skill is in bringing out the lyricism of whatever she tackles, and this was especially evident in the Rachmaninoff. The Muczyinski was a nice novelty. He's a living American composer of Polish extraction, new to me. She programmed his Desperate Measures — a set of variations on the familiar theme by Paganini that has inspired so many sets of variations. Sandra's web pages are here and here.
M50 turns out to be a huge multi-building complex of museums, galleries, studios, and other stuff. We will have to go back sometime and spend a day exploring it. The concert was in a gallery that regularly programs jazz evenings, but Sandra's recital seemed to fit right in.
I want to announce that this blog has officially broken through the "google ceiling." You can google it now, any number of ways.
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