Silk Road Ensemble are brilliant and creative musicians. Everything was wonderful except. 1. No African American musician or African American singer in the "Moderato 400" piece/section, the piece was great but this missing element disappointing. 2. No live "Ney" player in the animated, almost karaoke like, section to close the 5 pieces of the evening. It was like no one really quite knew what to do in this section of the restrictions of playing with the background track of the animation of "Prince of Sorrows", i heard a few others also wondering where was this ney player? it was dominant and pre-recorded, something musicians of this calibre do not need at all! A wonderful creative evening of some of the finest musicians of many cultures just the same. The other three pieces, Elektra, June Snow, and Arjuna, were also masterful and brilliant!