I think it was the kangaroos that delayed Patrick and Jennifer for their gig at Wesley. They started on time but it was tight. But then Wesley is a fairly casual event, being a weekly lunchtime concert and Patrick had seen kangaroos. He's Irish descent but San Francisco-based and I think this was his first time. He asked about the difference between kangaroos and wallabies and we chatted otherwise about our fauna. Jennifer is an Aussie working now in Sydney and Canberra so she knows kangaroos. They both have SF Con in their CVs so I guess that's where they met. Whatever, this was a classy and singular collection of tunes. From Sibelius and Chopin arranged for violin and piano and Spanish Sarastate and an amusing Prokofiev march and a few solo violin numbers, not least con Westhoff, pre-Bach, to finish with American composer Amy Beach and a Romance for violin and piano. All attractive but also exotic. And all informatively introduced and played with awareness and chops. Interestingly, with a violin made in Sydney! A lovely afternoon concert of considerable depth. BTW, I still don't know the difference between kangaroos and wallabies: I must look it up.
Patrick Galvin (violin) and Jennifer Hou (piano) performed a glance at romance at Wesley.
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