I'm at Tanglewood in the Berkshire Mountains in Western Massachusetts. This is where the Boston Symphony Orchestra play on summer weekends.

Yesterday, Friday night, we saw Joshua Bell (violin) perform. He was excellent. He's clearly younger than I am.

I'm old.

The program:

Peter Oundjian conducter

Ravel - Alborada del Gracioso
(My rating: 7/10)

Chausson - Poeme for violin and Orchestra, Opus 25
Joshua Bell
(My rating: 8/10)

Saint-Saens - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor for violin and orchestra, Opus 28
Joshua Bell
(My rating: 9/10)

Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel) - Pictures at an Exhibition
(My rating: 9/10)

Here are two pictures from the Tanglewood grounds.