Eugene Symphony last night

Eugene Symphony played beautifully under guest conductor Alasdair Neale last night. Prokofiev Classical Symphony--demanding great precision--Stravinsky, Glinka, and the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with Vadim Gluzman on a Stradivarius. Stunning! Ukrainian-born Israeli--looks more like a Soviet apparatchik than a sensitive Jewish musician, but brilliant playing and very friendly signing CDs afterwards.

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