My report/critique: Michael Daugherty's Red Cape Tango starts off with intriguing french horn echoing, followed by an astounding bassoon solo cohesively weaving with the tubular bells. Then comes the most beautiful part of the entire piece: the chromatics of the violins blending with nearly every instrument in the ensemble, with amazing harmonics coming from the tubular bells (this piece would not have been possible without them). When these musical phrases are finished, the brass (the per se "uglier" instruments than the string instruments) and percussion join together for a magnificent sound, adding to the overall sophistication and quality of the music by the Metropolis Symphony, switching between minor and ambiguous modes and giving off a sense of urgency. Slightly before 6:30 in this musical performance, another enthralling french horn echoing duet occurs, resetting the music; then the main idea (of chromatics and tubular bells) repeats, but with different variations and more diverse instruments, and slowly changes to an urgent piece, with a long lasting accelerando and several sforzandos. At 9:28, a violin soli occurs, slowing and speeding up the tempo with several accents, accelerandos, and rubados and making interesting (and ill-sounding) harmonies until 10:40, when the orchestra resets to the original chromatics, with multiple twists, building up to 12:39 where a colossal sounding french horn soli happens, ending the piece at about 13:10. Overall, this was an astounding piece, and will remain as one of my favorites, although I do strongly dislike the way the composer brought the main musical phrases in and out of major and minor keys rather than developing them until a clear new idea was formed.

Asian skillset. Get good.

She's playing an offstage solo.

Yup, took her music with her when she went.

Nick Ten Brink it is. I recognize it too. it's also confirmed in the description. I used to play at Hill Auditorium. possibly my favorite place to play.