I haven't been swindled this badly in a LONG time.
Premise: Benefit concert at the OSM with Yo-Yo Ma. I've been dying to hear him play for ever. I love his works, and finally, here's my chance. I bought the tickets months ago. It cost me 120$ (keep in mind a regular OSM concert ticket is dirt cheap, maybe 40$).
Actuality: The concert lasted all of one hour and twenty minutes. There were 3 pieces. Yo-Yo played only one of them, a cello concerto by Schumann, and was on stage for AT MOST 25 minutes. They were quite good minutes, but still. The other hour was OSM only. The first piece, something by Ravel, was quite ordinary. The last piece, the Romeo and Juliet suites by Prokofiev, were enjoyable (except for an unidentified wind instrument that kept playing off-key), but weren't enough to counterbalance the immense feeling of being royally fucked in the ass.
Overall, I give the concert 4.5/10.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
