Make that two, please

 

We heard the super star violin virtuoso, Hillary Hahn, play the Beethoven Violin Concerto yesterday. It was an amazing performance, especially from our excellent 4th row seats. The packed Benaroya Hall audience went crazy, and then she played two encores! 

Including this haunting Bach Partita: 

 

Anyway, in decades of going to the Symphony, we've never heard more than one encore, and even those are getting few and far between. What a treat. 

The second half was Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5. His ballet music is good (at the ballet) but I'm not a huge fan of Mr. Prokofiev's big orchestral works. The loud crashing music sounds like the end of the world has arrived. Well, the Russians didn't have much to be happy about when he wrote it in 1944.

Other than the concert, it was just a weekend of cooking and eating at home. 

Homemade corned beef hash and Amanda's wonderful eggs on Saturday...

Strawberry crepes on Sunday...

A big vegetarian pizza on Saturday, then beef stew from the freezer when we finally got home from the Symphony. 

Downtown was jammed with cars and crowds of people, having fun in the blinding June light. The Solstice is just around the corner, and sunset after 9 pm in Seattle.