Word: violas
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...Music is a kind of self-reflection," says the staunchly nationalistic composer. "I don't try to write tragically, but those are my feelings." Kancheli's output includes seven symphonies, an opera and many shorter works; last month his passionate 25-minute work for viola and string orchestra, Abii ne viderem ("I turned away that I might not see"), got its American premiere from violist Kim Kashkashian, conductor Dennis Russell Davies and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra. Their ECM recording of the same work has just been released...
Sunday Concert Series. PresentsMusicians from Marlboro performing Haydn Trio 101for Viola, Tenor Viola and Cello; Hindemith Octetfor Winds and Strings and Beethoven's Septet inE-flat Major, Op. 20 Isabella Stewart GardnerMuseum, 1:30 p.m. $2 for students. Call 734-1359for more information...
...Friday night, Trampler joined Metamorphosen for both Vivaldi's "Concerto No. 3 for Viola d'Amore" and Benjamin Britten's "Lachrymae." While the group itself has evolved, Trampler underwent a true transformation in his two solo outings...
...Britten that followed effectively saved the day. Trampler, clearly more comfortable with a familiar piece and his fabled gigantic viola, brought conviction and more strength (though even more couldn't have hurt) to the dominating solo part...
...acting, however, could hardly be improved upon. Especially fine are the performances of Jerome Preston Bates as Floyd, who makes us care about the tortured soul that lies beneath a veneer of strut and swagger; Viola Davis, an eloquent and unaffected Vera; and Ruben Santiago-Hudson, who plays the sweet-natured, joyous Canewell as a sort of Mercutio to the lovers' Romeo and Juliet...