an evening of beautiful music

Yesterday evening a friend and I heard "Joshua Bell in Concert" at the Embassy Theater. It's always a visual treat to attend any concert there because it's such an elegant old. beautifully restored, building. Last night's program opened with Elgar's "Enigma Variations" which I had never heard before,  It was my favorite piece of the evening even though Joshua Bell didn't perform in that piece.  He played in Berstein's "Serenade, after Plato's Symposium". He is a brilliant violinist and played wonderfully, and got a huge long standing ovation, but, personally, I enjoyed the first piece more. Bell played an encore piece that I liked more than the Bernstein piece.  I admitted this to my friend who said I must prefer the more mellow sounds of a violin, and I realized he was exactly right.  All in all it was a lovely evening.