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Kirchner's Sonata Concertante, for violin and piano, composed in 1952, came off best. He has said that "an artist must create a personal cosmos, a verdant world in continuity with tradition," and the Sonata indeed shows the stamp of this belief. Every moment of its sustains a high emotional pitch, ranging from raucous frenzy of hushed placidity. The work requires great virtuosity throughout, but these demands always have a purpose: for example, the piano provides either intricate counterpoint or a clamoring backdrop for the violin's protesting flourishes. Kirchner and Silverstein had the necessary technique, and established the rapport...
...even her family quite understands why Julia Crotta undertook so arduous a vocation. She was born and raised in Glastonbury, Conn. Julia, her family remembers, was a cheerful, fun-loving girl with an aptitude for music. She studied violin and theory at the Yale School of Music, but left to take a four-year liberal arts course at New Haven's Albertus Magnus College for women. "She loved life, dancing, good movies and good clothes," says a brother...
...After college, Julia taught violin and piano, worked in Manhattan. She was briefly engaged to marry, but broke it off and joined a convent of Carmelite nuns in Newport, R.I. The Carmelites were not strict enough for her ; she left the convent and went to Rome, where a priest advised her to try the Camaldolese. In 1945 her abbess gave Sister Nazarena permission to attempt reclusion...
...talents on a wide variety of masters: Bach, Mozart. Schubert. Brahms. Beethoven (by age 14, he knew all 32 of the Beethoven sonatas). He works at the piano only about two hours a day, because "you may lose freshness if you sit all day practicing." sometimes plays the violin to help him understand what the composer has written for the piano and feels that every musician should do some composing (as he does) to give his playing "a quality of understanding." Though he has made six recordings, he does not enjoy listening to them. "One of the symptoms of development...
...Moitte went to Mme. Davin's for dinner. She reported that the wine was inferior, that the fried cakes were undercooked, and that the candles "reeked of grease." As a final social note, she added that Mme. Davin sang and that Signor Bruni "played the violin...