Nine Violists Storm Hubbard Hall
June 10th, 2013 · No Comments · Posted in Arts, rural life
Did you know that at most music conservatories student musicians get only six hours per semester of playing time with a piano accompanist? Apparently, it has something to do with schools needing to pay the piano players. You’d think the cost of tuition would cover that.
In any case, at the Viola Seminar at Music from Salem, located here in Washington County, New York, students spend a week with not one but two pianists. Then they perform at Hubbard Hall in downtown Cambridge.
The program was mostly classical–Brahms, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Bach–in contrast to the program’s cello concert a week ago, which focused on modern compositions. Not to be outdone by the cellists, who raised the roof with a Vivaldi concerto, the nine violists gathered on stage for a grand finale. There isn’t much music written for viola chorus, so the organizers had a composer friend re-arrange J.S. Bach’s fugue from his A Minor Sonata for Solo Violin to be played by nine violists.
Take a listen.
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