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# FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2016: POMONA COLLEGE, CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA
- URL: https://serenademagazine.com/friday-february-12-2016-pomona-college-claremont-california/
- Published: 2016-03-20T15:00:03.000Z
- Updated: 2016-03-20T15:15:04.000Z
- Author: Raj Bhimani
- Tags: Travel Diaries, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-08-26 18:53

### I was invited by my alma mater, Pomona College, to take part in a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the gorgeous concert hall on campus, Bridges Hall of Music, affectionately known as Little Bridges. Here’s a photo of me outside the hall the afternoon before the concert:

![IMG_2312](https://storage.ghost.io/c/81/43/8143ec94-5168-45b1-a5e8-d3ad406ee496/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_2312.jpg)

#### And here’s what the inside looks like:

![IMG_2358](https://storage.ghost.io/c/81/43/8143ec94-5168-45b1-a5e8-d3ad406ee496/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_2358.jpg)

#### There were eight of us invited to play and the organiser wanted to represent the widest range of music possible on the program. Here’s the lineup:

![IMG_2357](https://storage.ghost.io/c/81/43/8143ec94-5168-45b1-a5e8-d3ad406ee496/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_2357.jpg)

![IMG_2359](https://storage.ghost.io/c/81/43/8143ec94-5168-45b1-a5e8-d3ad406ee496/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_2359.jpg)

#### Hopefully you can see that the solo piece I offered was the 6th Barcarolle by Fauré. Here’s a shot of me during the performance:

![IMG_1167-Bhimini](https://storage.ghost.io/c/81/43/8143ec94-5168-45b1-a5e8-d3ad406ee496/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1167-bhimini.jpg)

#### After that I played the Sonatine by Dutilleux with Katharine Rawdon, a flutist who graduated the same year as me and now lives in Portugal. She’s the principal player in the national symphony and opera orchestra there. She and I are making plans to come to India in November with the third member of our trio:

![IMG_1186-Bhimini_Rawdon](https://storage.ghost.io/c/81/43/8143ec94-5168-45b1-a5e8-d3ad406ee496/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1186-bhimini_rawdon.jpg)

#### At the end of the program I played Rossini’s Adieux à la vie with the wonderful soprano Lucy Shelton. That was a big thrill for me. She’s premiered over 100 new works, including 60 that were written for her by the most important composers in the world. She’s really terrific. Here’s a shot of the two of us together:

![IMG_1954-Shelton-Bhimani](https://storage.ghost.io/c/81/43/8143ec94-5168-45b1-a5e8-d3ad406ee496/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1954-shelton-bhimani.jpg)

#### And here’s the final bow with all the performers:

![IMG_1997-grandbow](https://storage.ghost.io/c/81/43/8143ec94-5168-45b1-a5e8-d3ad406ee496/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1997-grandbow.jpg)

#### My most cherished professor came to the concert. He’s now 89 years old and has been retired for quite a while. But he’s in amazing shape. His name is Karl Kohn and he’s a wonderful composer who introduced all of us to the oldest and also the newest western music. I was so thrilled to be able to play for him after all this time.

![IMG_2316](https://storage.ghost.io/c/81/43/8143ec94-5168-45b1-a5e8-d3ad406ee496/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_2316.jpg)

#### Several of Katharine’s and my classmates came to town specially to hear both of us play. We had a series of celebrations all through the weekend after the concert. It was very meaningful to get to share our work with all these professors, colleagues, and classmates.