{"id":12536,"date":"2013-03-11T16:19:03","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T23:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=12536"},"modified":"2013-03-11T16:46:54","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T23:46:54","slug":"esa-pekka-skype-and-homunculus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/11\/esa-pekka-skype-and-homunculus\/","title":{"rendered":"esa-pekka, skype, and homunculus"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arnica Quartet had our long-awaited (and one week postponed) coaching with composer\/conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen (with us in Portland and him in London) this morning on his intense and wonderful string quartet Homunculus<\/em>. The only problem was fighting with the technology. We were set to connect via Skype, but when we connected, we found that we could get audio but no video. After a frantic 15 minutes or so of calling back and forth and trying different settings, we jettisoned Skype and went with Google Chat. The audio quality was not nearly as good as Skype, but we could at least see each other, which made the delay of the audio much easier to navigate.<\/p>\n

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We introduced ourselves and then just tore through the piece. It starts like a hand around your throat and doesn’t let go until the initial ‘scherzo’ section morphs into the more melodic ‘slow movement’ section. Everything came off quite well, and we were anxious to see what the maestro would have to say about what we brought to the piece. Fortunately, he was pleased. Interestingly enough, despite the detailed rhythmic markings throughout the piece, he was more concerned with the general tempo relationships working properly than being slavish to the provided metronome markings (we were a bit under what was marked). He seemed generally quite impressed with our performance and was interested in getting a copy of the recording of our upcoming Portland concert. He asked us what instruments we were playing, what we were working on with the Oregon Symphony this week, and asked us to give [this week’s guest conductor, fellow Finn] Hannu Lintu his best, and to buy him a beer on his behalf. Overall, it was a great experience, and he was a wonderfully gracious coach and listener, and we’re so grateful that he took the time out of his incredibly busy schedule to listen to us. It was a once in a lifetime experience!<\/p>\n

Huge thanks to Jessica Harmer at Fidelio Arts for making this possible, along with Bob Priest who even hinted that such a thing might be possible. Grazie!<\/p>\n

Postscript:<\/p>\n

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The Arnica Quartet had our long-awaited (and one week postponed) coaching with composer\/conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen (with us in Portland and him in London) this morning on his intense and wonderful string quartet Homunculus. The only problem was fighting with the technology. 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