{"id":2792,"date":"2009-07-01T23:33:29","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T06:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=2792"},"modified":"2013-02-07T19:47:56","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T03:47:56","slug":"odds-and-ends-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/01\/odds-and-ends-2\/","title":{"rendered":"odds and ends"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe day’s final glow from Bastyr dormitory.
\nPhoto: \u00c2\u00a9 Charles Noble<\/p>\n

Tonight was the final faculty chamber concert of the 2009 Max Aronoff Viola Institute<\/a>, a string camp that I started along with University of Puget Sound<\/a> viola faculty Joyce Ram\u00c3\u00a9e back in 1990.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a great concert on three counts:\u00c2\u00a0 the quality of the performances, the indefatigable nature of the pianist, and the near-capacity audience.<\/p>\n

First, the performances.\u00c2\u00a0 The concert opened with Betty Agent, violist, and Dr. Duane Hulbert, pianist, playing the first Viola da Gamba Sonata by J.S. Bach.\u00c2\u00a0 They gave a detailed and clear-eyed performance of the work, with impeccable balance between the modern piano and viola voices.\u00c2\u00a0 Next came the seldom-heard Second Sonata, Op. 121 for violin and piano of Robert Schumann, played with passion and delicacy by Nancy Roth, violinist, and pianist Hulbert.\u00c2\u00a0 Particularly haunting was the beautifully strange and beguilling Leise, einfach<\/em> third movement, with soft pizzicati in the violin and crystalline strumming in the piano.<\/p>\n

After intermission, the Infanta Marina<\/em>, Op. 83 of Vincent Persichetti was beautifully performed by violist Scott Ligocki (principal violist of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra) and pianist Hulbert.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a neglected piece in the viola repertoire, now out of fashion, and unfairly so.\u00c2\u00a0 Ligocki brought a warm, full, rich tone to the piece, with some exceptional pianissimo playing.\u00c2\u00a0 Hulbert matched him note for note, a most sympathetic partner.\u00c2\u00a0 The final piece on the program was the C minor Piano Quartet of Johannes Brahms, played by Roth, Ligocki, cellist Richard Treat, and Hulbert.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a magnificent performance, full of drama and tenderness as required, and with pure intonation, precise ensemble, and a terrific sense of proportion and movement.\u00c2\u00a0 It received a well-deserved standing ovation at its conclusion from the packed house.<\/p>\n

You’ll have noted that Duane Hulbert, the pianist, played on every piece in the program.\u00c2\u00a0 To a very high standard.\u00c2\u00a0 What you don’t know is that he took a bad fall during a run near his house in Tacoma on Tuesday morning, and was rushed to the emergency room for treatment of facial and hand injuries, as well as a severely pulled hamstring muscle.\u00c2\u00a0 The dress rehearsal was held Wednesday afternoon, and then the performance took place on Wednesday evening.\u00c2\u00a0 I think it’s pretty amazing, the kind of “the show must go on” attitude that was demonstrated by Duane, and my hat is off to him.\u00c2\u00a0 He was a tremendous good sport and played a concert that he could have canceled his participation with no hard feelings from anyone else involved.\u00c2\u00a0 When I hear of some of my orchestral colleagues calling in sick for hangnails and other such nonsense, I want to point out situations such as this, where genuine hardship and injury is sustained, and the performer does what a professional always does: his job.<\/p>\n

Finally, there was the packed house.\u00c2\u00a0 We had the most people ever at a MAVI concert this evening, which must be credited to some generous coverage this morning in the Seattle Times.\u00c2\u00a0 You can click here<\/a> to read the story.\u00c2\u00a0 The cellist pictured also just happens to be Heather Blackburn, well-known to Portland audiences and my lovely wife.<\/p>\n

Also, the Penderecki Cadenza<\/em> performance from Tuesday evening’s concert is now available to stream or purchase for download at InstantEncore.com<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Or you can listen to it at the “Charles Noble Radio” widget in the right-hand column of this blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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