Yo-yo Ma and a cello (Strad)

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Yo-yo is amazing. I'd swear, for a while, he was playing two different pieces at once. His fingers just fly, and he makes it look so effortless. He played two encores, which looked like pieces he had chosen (or invented) just to show off. Simply amazing.

We were in row F, so we could hear his cufflinks clicking on the top of the cello. And his fingers slapping against the fingerboard. And his breathing. Perfect seats. (Usually, we sit in the back of the balcony.)