Dear all,
if you are in London on Monday the 21st of September Sarah Chang will perform for free at Foyle's (book store) in Charing Cross Road at 18:30.
I am CERTAINLY going as I work in central London and finish work at 4pm, anyone care to join me?

ps I discovered this on 'twitter' as I have placed Sarah Chang on my friends list and read her 'tweets', I don't know if it was advertised anywhere as I don't read papers and don't watch tv. I did want to go to the classic FM evening at the Royal Albert Hall but could not buy tickets at the end (she plays there on 24th)

no one?

my teacher is working on that evening, otherwise he would have been thrilled to come!

I have orchestra from 6.15pm that evening so can't come. Its a shame as there is a first capital connect train from East Croydon where my college is to Charing cross station so travel would be simple.

I'm in Devon and I've got choir on Monday. I hope you enjoy the concert and thanks for posting the notice.

that's a shame, yes, it would have been very easy for you to get there.
and I can see how it is not easy for Alison to come.
Guess I'll post here tomorrow evening to let you know how it went
Am trying to convince a work colleague to come, don't know how keen she is on violinists but she does like classical music so there's hope she might join me

It was REALLY nice as it was in quite a small room so it was very 'intimate', I sat just a few feet away from Sarah, never sat so close to a well known performer/musician before! I could see every move and there was me admiring all the bowing/double stops etc
That Guarnieri del Gesu she plays on sounds so lovely you think you are dreaming
She played the Bruch concerto and then the 2nd movement for Verdi's winter season.
She did a 'question and answer' session and there was me with my hand up immediately!!!
asking her: if you have such a busy life, always flying from one country to another etc, where do you practice? do you practice in your hotel room and if so do they ever tell you to 'keep the noise down'??? (apparently sometimes she gets that! )
She does 80 to 100 concerts per year!!!
She said that she first played the Bruch concerto for her audition at Juilliard School at age 6 (having started learning at age 4 the violin)
To conclude I got myself an autograph and one for my violin teacher too (felt sorry he could not come as he had to work, so I thought I might get the autograph to cheer him up )

goodnight everyone

Didn't see this thread : but both Panthera and I were there, and we really enjoyed it! Saw it was on purely by chance, walking past Foyles!

Glad you had fun too jojo!

how funny! and how lucky you were to 'spot it by chance'!

Your question to Sarah was a good one too!

What an amazing privilege to get so close up. Lucky you!