Word: metamorphosen
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...seen the signs on campus for Metamorphosen--"Music Will Transform You." Last Friday, the new string orchestra founded by Scott Yoo '93 gave its first performance at the New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. While most of the participants kept their regular shapes, they were treated to an evening of sometimes extraordinary music...
...Metamorphosen claims twentyeight talented young performers, some of whom made formidable musical reputations at Harvard. They plan to present a variety of works culled from this century and those past in a semi-educational format. Most of the audience on Friday were the familiar and faithful from the musical world; it's unlikely that "classical" music gained many new initiates...
Still, the program offered something educational even to the well-rounded listener. Metamorphosen played Grieg's Holberg Suite, Haydn's C. Major Violin Concerto with ChoLiang Lin, Ellen Zwilich's Prologue and Variations and Frank Martin's Petite Symphonie Concertante...
...ensemble's goals is to attract a younger audience than that which traditionally attends classical concerts. The average age of Metamorphosen members is just 23, Yoo says...
...Part of Metamorphosen's break with tradition will include a lecture before each performance and even spoken explanations during the performance, Yoo says...