
[Pictured: Béla Fleck and his son Juno, namesake of Juno Concerto. Courtesy: Béla Fleck]
Even Fleck's encore, which varied from night to night, astonished with its shapeshifting mastery. Here's how one writer put it:
"Returning to the stage with huge applause, the soloist launched into what surely was the longest encore in the Hall’s history, an eight-minute improvisation that was captivating and richly satisfying. The waiting Orchestra members appeared to love the exhibitionism and false cadences in the encore, the best encore in my memory since Lang Lang’s deliciously tasteless “Minute Waltz” in Weill’s inaugural 2013 concert." Terry McNeill, Classical Sonoma.
This concert was broadcast on Sunday, December 1.