Helen Cudahy Niblack ‘42 Arts Lecture Series: Garth Newel Piano Quartet Enlightens and Astonishes
Whether it was their performance and accompanying lesson on teamwork on Tuesday morning, 几个幸运的音乐学生的大师班, or the evening concert open to the Middleburg community, the musicians of the Garth Newel Piano Quartet enlightened and astonished all.
The day began with a special concert for the student body that included a performance of “Red Vespers,” a haunting and contemplative piece by a friend of the quartet, 大卫Biedenbender, as well as all three movements of composer Mark Carlson’s moving “Piano Quartet.”
The day began with a special concert for the student body that included a performance of “Red Vespers,” a haunting and contemplative piece by a friend of the quartet, 大卫Biedenbender, as well as all three movements of composer Mark Carlson’s moving “Piano Quartet.”
大提琴家艾萨克·梅拉米德 explained that the piece follows Carlson’s journey through grief after the death of his life partner. In the first movement entitled “Tarantella,” the manic pace mimics the first throes of grief. 第二和第三乐章, 题为“歌曲”和“随想曲”,让听者接受，最后, 为了快乐的回归.
在两场音乐表演之间, members of the group offered lessons on the unique form of teamwork that a quartet practices. 四重奏是一个团队，所有成员都是平等的. 所有四名成员领导, 所有四名成员, and all share the same goal of giving the best possible performance. 特蕾莎修女凌, 四重奏的小提琴手, invited the girls to think about how the musicians managed to stay together without a designated leader or conductor to lead them. 眼神交流, 物理信号, 互相倾听, 钢琴敲击的效果, 练习(当然), 直觉, and even trust were offered as suggestions — and it turns out all were correct! Amara B. ’19 volunteered to play a game of mirroring Ling’s hand motions, 很快就能完美地模仿她了. 然后, 凌让她再照一次, but with her eyes closed — definitely a harder trick — illustrating just how important all the senses are to the quartet musicians when they play together.
加斯·纽维尔钢琴四重奏来自巴斯县, VA, and plays more than 50 concerts every year across the country and around the world. More information about the quartet and the programs of the Garth Newel Music Center is available at www.garthnewel.org.
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在两场音乐表演之间, members of the group offered lessons on the unique form of teamwork that a quartet practices. 四重奏是一个团队，所有成员都是平等的. 所有四名成员领导, 所有四名成员, and all share the same goal of giving the best possible performance. 特蕾莎修女凌, 四重奏的小提琴手, invited the girls to think about how the musicians managed to stay together without a designated leader or conductor to lead them. 眼神交流, 物理信号, 互相倾听, 钢琴敲击的效果, 练习(当然), 直觉, and even trust were offered as suggestions — and it turns out all were correct! Amara B. ’19 volunteered to play a game of mirroring Ling’s hand motions, 很快就能完美地模仿她了. 然后, 凌让她再照一次, but with her eyes closed — definitely a harder trick — illustrating just how important all the senses are to the quartet musicians when they play together.
上午的音乐会一结束，林迪. 17岁，佐伊·X. 1818年，卡米尔五世. 我在大师班为四重奏演奏乐曲. Camille, who played Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Gigue” from 第一大提琴组曲. 1, received helpful tips from both cellist Isaac Melamed and viola player Evelyn Grau. 钢琴家林迪和佐伊, who both played pieces by Chopin — “Fantasie Impromptu” and “Revolutionary,” respectively — benefitted from quartet 钢琴家珍妮特·方’s guidance on everything from how to use the pedals for best effect to specific techniques for working the keys. 其他几个学音乐的学生在一旁观看, serving as friendly faces for the nervous and excited trio and learning much from this one-of-a-kind experience as well. You can read more about Zoey’s Master Class experience 在这里.
The evening performance brought more than 60 people from the Middleburg community to FoxHound Auditorium for a program entitled “Czech Mates,” featuring pieces from Czech composers Joseph Suk (1874-1935) and Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904), plus a surprise vocal performance from the Executive Director of the Garth Newel Music Center Shawn Puller. 这首四重奏以苏克的三个乐章开场 A小调钢琴四重奏，作品. 1, followed by Puller’s beautiful rendition of Dvořák’s “Songs My Mother Taught Me,以Dvořák的四个动作结尾 降e大调钢琴四重奏，作品. 87. The musicians astonished the assembled crowd with the impeccably played performances and were rewarded with a long and hearty standing ovation. As the final installment of the Helen Cudahy Niblack ‘42 Arts Lecture Series, the Garth Newel Piano Quartet did not disappoint and was the perfect finale for this year’s theme, “受表演启发”.”
加斯·纽维尔钢琴四重奏来自巴斯县, VA, and plays more than 50 concerts every year across the country and around the world. More information about the quartet and the programs of the Garth Newel Music Center is available at www.garthnewel.org.
Helen Cudahy Niblack ' 42艺术系列讲座, established by Austi Brown ’73 in memory of her mother, 带来了各种文学吗, 执行, 和优秀的艺术家来福克斯克罗夫特分享他们的作品, 故事, and perspective on the nature of the creative process with both students and the larger community since it began in 2007, and perhaps inspire a few to strike out on an artistic journey of their own.
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