Seeing Hilary Hahn and Robert Levin perform this piece is the most emotional concert experience of my entire life. Obviously playing the Blues is a mercy for Dallas at this point of the year, but just listen to this piece. Everything after 2:30 just dismembers your heartstrings. You can almost see the Blues flailing, angry, trying to figure out what happened to their season. They were a lot of folks’ pick to make noise in the Central, and here they are, just trailing off into silence in January.
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Playing St. Louis is usually a fun game.