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Concert marks Spectrum Chamber Music Ensembles 30th anniversary | The Star-Telegram
FORTWORTH TheSpectrumChamberMusicEnsemblecelebratedits30thanniversary
withanunusual,variedprograminFirstJeffersonUnitarianUniversalistChurchonMonday
evening.MusiciansoftheFortWorthSymphonyOrchestra,whoinauguratedSpectrumthree
decadesago,werewellrepresentedbothonstageandintheaudience.
Thecelebrationbeganwithsomethingbrandnew:musicforviolinandharpbyPatricioda
Silva.TheperformerswereCrimson,aduocomposedofharpistJaymeeHaefnerand
violinistMattMilewski.
ItimmediatelybecameapparentthatdaSilva,whoreceivedhismusicaltraininginhis
nativePortugalandtheUnitedStates,hasarealgiftformelody.Ifoundhismusiclyrical,
appealingandoriginalinitspairingofthetwoinstruments.
IsuspectthatdaSilvamayhaveanimpishsenseofhumor.Thetitlesofthethreepieces
makingupMondaysofferingwereWestIsThisWay,WereNotinKansasAnyMoreand
HandsOn.Thesignicanceofthetitles(TheWizardofOz,perhaps,intheKansaswork?)
wasnotmadeclearbythemusic.
Inanycase,itwasreallyquitepleasantstuff.
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Concert marks Spectrum Chamber Music Ensembles 30th anniversary | The Star-Telegram
SowasRaviShankarsDawnEnchantedbytheRagaTodi,whichbroughtHaefnerand
Milewskibackonstage.Itseemedatrsttobeasoloforharp,whichproduced
impressionisticsoundsaloneforawhile,butthentheviolinwasheardoffstageandnally
onstage,whenthesolobecameaninstrumentalduet.Thiswasreallyaquiteseductivework
ofgreatoriginality.
Thencameoneofthegreatestofallpiecesofchambermusic:SchubertsStringQuintetin
Cmajor,D.956.PerformingwereviolinistsJenniferChangandMollyBaer,violistDaniel
Sigale,andcellistsAllanSteeleandLouis-PhilippeRobillard.
Theyproducedapassionateperformanceofbothgreatlyricbeautyandstormydrama.The
hauntingadagio,whichisalwaysspine-tinglingwithitssoaringrstviolinandsurging
cellos,wasanexceptionalhighpoint.
THE PROGRAM, AND A RELATED ONE ON SATURDAY, WAS A KIND OF FESTIVAL OF GREAT SCHUBERT.
Theprogram,andarelatedoneonSaturday,wasakindoffestivalofgreatSchubert.The
ChamberMusicSocietyofFortWorth,withguestItalianpianistAlessandroDeljavan,
presentedthecomposersFantasyinFminorforpiano,fourhands,D.940,andthePiano
TrioinB-atmajor,D.898,onSaturday.
TheSpectrumsstringquintetwounduptheSchubertfestival.
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