I headed up to White Plains earlier this evening with my friend, Brendan, to attend a piano recital by one of our mutual friends, John, who is pursuing his M.M. at SUNY Purchase. The trip north on Metro-North was a bit interesting. After finally figuring out that the current printed Metro-North schedule was not the true "current" one - three of the "scheduled" trains just passed the 125th Street station - we boarded a White Plains bound train - which, of course, ended up being a "local" rather than an "express". Thankfully, my friend, Fernando, who also happens to be going to SUNY Purchase right now, was able to chauffeur me and Brendan from - and to - the train station to the campus. In any case..
John played a very good recital. It was the first of the three required recitals he needs to present in order to complete his M.M. It was also quite a monster program anchored by Beethoven, Op. 101, and Chopin's 4th Ballade.
