Guess who we saw after dinner last night?

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Hint: We first saw him live this spring.

Yes, Yo-Yo Ma at the Symphony Center, this time with the Silk Road Ensemble!

From "Silk Road treats Orchestra Hall to high-energy show" (Chicago Tribune, October 14):

Yo-Yo Ma is back in town, spreading his gospel of social betterment through musical performance, outreach, education and cross-cultural dialogue. While in Chicago, the cellist and Chicago Symphony Orchestra creative consultant is holding to his usual, dervish pace. He took time out from his enlightened crusade long enough to join with other members of his Silk Road Ensemble for a concert Saturday night at Orchestra Hall.

My favorite piece was "Suite from 'Book of Angels,'" which, as Trib critic John von Rhein writes,

comprises arrangements by four Silk Road members of pieces by the avant-garde composer John Zorn. Its sinuous melodies and insistent rhythms gave each musician his or her own solo turn amid the group jam. Cristina Pato got to send the piercing wails of the gaita (Iberian bagpipe) through the hall before the suite concluded in a joyous, high-decibel whoop.