Reminded by Rachmaninoff

I had the good fortunate of having a ticket to this evening's performance by the Pacific Symphony. They perform in the beautiful and acoustically stupendous Segerstrom Concert Hall down in Costa Mesa. They performed two works: Brahms' third symphony and Rachmaninoff's third piano concerto. They played both very well.
A young man from Russian named Nikolai Lugansky played the piano. He was awesome. The audience seemed to enjoy his work. They clapped and cheered and he came back out to bow four times. Then he played a little encore.
Experiencing a performance like this reminds me about parts of life that I don't experience everyday. It reminds me of what it means to be human, to be able to create and express, to think and to feel. It inspires and rejuvenates and puts existence into perspective, at least a little bit.