July 10 2019 Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra

Neomi invited us to join her at the IPO which was led, for the last time, by the retiring Zubin Meta.  We thought it would be fitting, because in 1979 we had heard him guest conductt the San Francisco Symphony.  Neomi drove us in incredibly thick traffic and she was sure we would be late.  Then when we got there, we separated, as our tickets were not in the same area.  We had to go to "Will Call", except everything was in Hebrew.  We finally found what we thought was the right place, but they didn't have our tickets.  We were directed to another place where we showed our VISA card and they looked up our order and printed out tickets for us.  We settled in for Verdi's Requiem , and it was really, really good.  Zubin Meta, in his early 80's, and battling cancer, walked in with a cane and sat on a high stool to lead the orchestra and choir, but he didn't use the score--it was all memorized.  He is stepping down after 50 years as the conductor of the Israeli Philharmonic.