An evening out

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I'd had in mind to go listen to John Daniel's talk to the Natural History Club, but then my friend DO invited me to a concert at the same time. I've heard Daniel before, and since he lives in the area I'll probably see him again, so I went to the concert instead. DO is a professor in the German Department, and the German Consul has been on campus this week giving talks on the topic of German-Jewish relations, with this concert hosted by them on the same theme. Performing were a highly accomplished cellist, bassoonist, and pianist, doing works by Glinka, Beethoven*, Hans Gál, and Robert Kahn. The last two works had been destroyed by Nazis but rediscovered** by the cellist and bassoonist. Also there was an encore, "The Song of the Black Swan" by Heitor Villa-Lobos. It was a relatively private affair, 150 people maybe, in Gerlinger Lounge, a nice Tudor-style room, by which I mean panelled walls, tapestries, and cream-colored plasterwork. I had very good views of the bassoonist and cellist and came home with a cello CD.

* I don't know Glinka's connection to the theme, but the Beethoven piece was about Judas Maccabee.

**I'm curious as to what "destroyed and rediscovered" entails - perhaps an old recording turns up and the musicians reconstruct the score?