Randy's afternoon with the Assad Brothers

Another beautiful May Day! After a lazy breakfast I got packed up and drove down to Stanford for this afternoon's matinee show at Dinkelspiel with the Assad Brothers.

Arriving a little early, I found the regular Tresidder parking lot to be full-to-overflowing, and so ended up parking over by the Lagunita dorm. Hearing live jazz from afar, I wandered over to White Plaza to satisfy my curiosity and kill time before the show, shoppin a bit in the crafts fair that happened to be set up this weekend.

My best guess at the setlist for the performance follows, including announced and unannounced deviations from the printed program.

♪ ♫  the Setlist  ♫ ♪

Sergio & Odair Assad
Late Matinee (2:30 PM), Saturday, May 10, 2003
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

- 1st Set -
Fernando Sor (1778-1838): Sonata for Guitar
(¿which one?)

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757): Three Sonatas
(arr. Sergio Assad)
Sonata in G, K.96
Sonata in D Minor, K.466
Sonata in G Minor, K.141

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess), 1899

Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999): Tonadilla para dos guitarras
i. Allegro ma non troppo
ii. Minueto Pomposo
iii. Allegro vivace

- 2nd Set -
Leo Brouwer (1939-): Tres Danzas Concertantes for Guitar, 1958
(introduced as "Dos Danzas...")
i. Molto vivace
ii. Interludio (probably omitted)
iii. Toccata

Claude Debussy (1862-1918): Suite Bergamesque, 1890-1905
(arr. Sergio Assad)
i. Prélude
ii. Menuet
iii. Clair de Lune
iv. Passepied

Astor Piazzola (1921-1992): Two Argentinean Pieces:
Inveirno Porteno from Las Cuatro Estaciones Portenas
Zita from Suite Troileana

Unidentified Traditional Brazilian Choro

- Encore -
"One Guitar, Four Hands"

The brothers performed fabulously, and I was grateful to have a seat in the front row -- all the better to view their musical craft! The show lasted the better part of two hours, and afterwards I sallied out into glorious late afternoon sunshine, walking through Tresidder and the small arboretum behind the faculty club towards my car.

Upon reaching the Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden I stopped to take a few picutres, but the batteries in my camera died after only a few minutes. Drat! Guess I should have been better prepared!

My recollection is that I've since revisited the garden several times; as I put up those picture galleries, I'll append cross-reference links to this page.