symphony orchestra of india - day 1

mukul and me spent yesterday evening at the ncpa for a chamber music concert by the symphony orchestra of india, which weirdly is made up all most exclusively of players from kazhakistan. how they got here, and under whose patronage is a story that needs research. the mozart string quintet with a clarinet was pretty on the surface- but a little tedious, while the schubert trio for cello, violin and piano had some nice parts; but the music that made me happy was a piece by someone called poulenc – a sonata for piano and clarinet – that was gorgeous and moving while at the same time unpredictable.