Concert was Spectacular!   

Hi You All wonderful friends,
Thanks for the warm wishes. Yes, the concert went spectacularly! It was much longer than expected with continuing applause and cheers from the crowd.

Here was the program:
- Overture to the Wasps (Veughan Willaims)
- Piano Concerto No. 3 (Tchaikovsky)
- Suite of 3 Pieces: Pan & Syrinx, At the Bier of the Young Artist, Helius (Nielsen).

I love the Wasp piece the most. All pieces are not well known pieces at all, but beautiful!

And we found out further information about our amazing, and renowned soloist, Mr. Meng-Chieh Liu, on the piano. He is an amazing survivor who suffered from major health setbacks, that caused him to be paralyzed in the hospital, expected not to make it, and never to play the piano again.

After 2 years and endless surgery (metal in the fingers), and distorted fingers, he has risen, and performs around the world with lightning fast fingers. He did along encore, and standing ovation.

The concert went for almost 3 hours (expected was 2)! Well, I flopped into bed, and slept for almost 11 hours! (Including the bothersome time change mixing up my schedule.) ;o)

Thanks guys. Wish you all heard it.

I gave teh pianist flowers and great praise. If you want to hear one article about his amazing devotion and push, this is one of teh first articles I found online about his story. There are many more that go into more detail too. But here's the website:

http://www.boston.com/ae/...