Parting<\/em> for viola alone.\u00a0 I premiered the piece in 2005 (it was a MAVI commission) and it had gotten short shrift while I was frantically working up the Bart\u00f3k for performance.\u00a0 Though I’ve played it before, it deserves much more time than I’m going to be able to give it, but I have time today and tommorow to put in some quality time with it.<\/p>\nThe evening brought another wonderful faculty concert, all pieces featuring Duane Hulbert on the piano.\u00a0 First came the Brahms A major violin sonata, Op. 100, no. 2, played with warmth and grace by Marcia Ott.\u00a0 The mighty viola sonata of Rebecca Clarke was next, played by Scott Ligocki, who showed that he truly owns this piece.\u00a0 The piano part to the Clarke is if anything even more beautiful than the viola part, and it was played with luminous virtuosity by Hulbert.\u00a0 The remainder of the concert was given to the piano quartet, op. 47 of Robert Schumann.\u00a0 Duane Hulbert was joined by Nancy Roth, violin; violist John Scanlon, and cellist Richard Treat for a wonderfully transparent account of this piece that can often be given performances more in the vein of turgid than mellifluous.\u00a0 Kudos to them all for such a wonderful performance!<\/p>\n
A special note: Heather Blackburn gave her first performance in over a year, playing the <\/em>scordatura low B-flat at the end of the slow movement from an offstage vantage point.<\/em><\/p>\n
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