Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Photos from the concert at the Royal Festival Hall last night. It was the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra playing Mussorgsy, Grieg and Stravinsky so I guess it couldn't fail to be brilliant really. The Grieg was piano concerto in A minor which I'd never seen performed professionally before so that opening bar was quite a moment. And it was one of those nights when you feel the main performer is looking right at you - I felt like the pianist was looking into my eyes for a full minute or something...of course there's a one in a hundred chance you're actually right, but it's nice to hope. For the few seconds you lock eyes with the pianist in a piece like that, your world shrinks to this one jealous desire - 'look only at me'. Or perhaps that's just me. Or Grieg. Or both.