Sergio and Odair Assad came to Jordan Hall on Saturday night with a program of Jean-Philippe Rameau, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Joaquin Rodrigo, Astor Piazzolla, Egberto Gismonti, Roland Dyens, Radames Gnattali and Sergio Assad. The evening's lone encore was Sergio Assad's lovely Farewell.
I wrestled with what category under which to list this performance, because so much of the program, in fact and in spirit, qualifies as "New Music." Of course, "Folk/World" was, naturally, a possibility. But the formality of the setting (despite Sergio's quite helpful amplified introductions) the frequency in which composers and works in the first half make the rounds of classical guitar recitals, and the likelihood that readers will actually find this post, tipped the scales in favor of chamber music.
Having said that, the Assads, and "classical" guitar repertoire in general, do more than most other branches of the classical musical tree to explode old boundaries. The ubiquitous driving rhythms in any Assad program are proof of this.
I sat in the balcony and took a few photos of the ovations and encore:
Sergio Assad (top right) introducing the first and only encore, his own Farewell
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