Yo-Yo Ma in Lima

Yesterday was the big day. I came to Lima with the goal of getting into the Yo-Yo Ma recital. Unfortunately, tickets were 80 dollars and sold out!!! I went to San Isidro (the neighborhood where the recital was going to be) in the afternoon with Guille and Jose. The area looked like an expensive neighborhood in the United States, with big apartment buildings and fancy houses. We waited outside hoping for someone who had an extra ticket, but there were no extras. The recital started and Guille and Jose left. I decided to stick around with another five people, including the french hornist of the Sinfonica Nacional and a documentary film producer, with hopes that they might let us in at intermission. At intermission, the producer came out and let us all in, two people with seats and the other four standing up. Since I had been waiting the longest, I got one of the tickets. It was in the 20th row, but I was thrilled. Yo-Yo Ma was playing with the pianist Kathryn Stott. The first piece was by a Brazilian composer, Carneiro, and was called Bodas de Prata e Quatro Canto. After, they played a sonata by Cesar Franck that was originally for violin and piano. The sonata was a lot more impressive than the Brazilian piece. That was the end of the second half of the recital, but in the end they played two encores. I didn´t recognize either of them, but the second seemed to be Brazilian. In the end, it was a great recital and worth the trip to Lima and the wait outside.