Two Fifths at the Bowl

On Thursday night we went back to the Hollywood Bowl and the Los Angeles Philharmonic for a performance of Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto called "The Emperor" (even though Beethoven later with drew his description of Napoleon when he most of Europe) and a performance of Shostakovitch's 5th Symphony.  The soloist for the piano concerto was Yundi Li, a 32 year old from China.  Like many stars, he now goes by one name, Yundi.

James Gaffigan was the conductor for the evening.  He energetically inspired much emotion from the orchestra.

Here are a couple of photographs by Lawrence Ho from the Los Angeles Times:

 James Gaffigan

 Yundi playing Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto with his fancy jacket