On working with the Borromeo
I had a wonderful time at the March 21 meeting with the Borromeo String Quartet – not only going through various passages with them, discussing questions of articulation and the like, but also taking part in the public open rehearsal at USM that followed. As the composer of For Louise and Aaron, I’ve been “hearing” the new piece in my imagination for months – but not in the real acoustic world until the quartet members and I got together in Gorham. Of course I’ve played my new piece at the piano – passage by passage, chord by chord, while I was writing it. But piano sounds don’t really translate into the sonority of four string players – and certainly not these four string players, who are so remarkably gifted, flexible, and capable of great nuance in their phrasing and textural balance. Hearing the piece played in its proper string context – and by the fabulous Borromeos – and in front of an audience – was a remarkable experience!
tomcon5 says:
As the hawkers outside Fenway say “ya cant enjoy da show whitout a program!!!"Would have enjoyed Thursdays show much more had i known the sequence of the selections,if not in print ,then with a hand mike. . It was a good show anyway
t