The Fort Wayne Philharmonic almost never disappoints. Almost never. This evening was an exception, at least for me.
First I must say the piece performed before the intermission was absolutely wonderful. Peter Boyer's "Ellis Island: The Dream of America" was amazing. Beautiful music interspersed with the narration of oral histories of people who had come to America through Ellis Island over many years kept me spell bound.
Unfortunately the second piece, performed after the intermission left me cold. Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 2, "The Age of Anxiety" made me anxious to have it finished. The guest pianist was very good and his encore was the best part of the second half in my opinion.
As I listened to the Bernstein piece I assumed that it was my lack of understanding of more contemporary music that was keeping me from enjoying the music. Surprise, surprise, when I confessed my disappointment with the second piece to my wonder spouse when we got back to our car, he agreed with me. He was also wondering about that piece. He knows much more about music than I do so it was very reassuring to know that he agreed with me.
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