concerto

tonight, the san francisco conservatory of music had a concert that featured a pianist and trumpet player performing "the hollow men, op.25" (1944) by vincent persichetti, inspired by t.s. eliot's poem of the same title. the trumpet player read the poem aloud and then the piano came in with slow, haunting notes. the piece sounded like something between classical and jazz, definitely fragmented and abrupt, but still quite fluid. tres bien!