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...violist Walter Trampler's association with Yoo began when he judged Yoo at an international violin competition. Since then, the two have collaborated several times, including a performance of Mozart's "Sinfonia Concertante" with the Bach Society Orchestra...
First of all, the band achieves a different sound from most pop-rock bands by blending Matthews's acoustic guitar with two instruments not usually found in today's scene: a violin and a saxo phone. These two are not used sparingly either; most of the band's jamming came from Boyd Tinsley's blistering solos, in songs like "Ants Marching" and "Tripping Billies" and Moore's flute solo in "Typical Situation" got the most applause of the night. Their performances showed that even though the band is named for him, Matthews does not hog the spotlight and lets...
...jamming, but of fundamental shifts in melodic and lyrical moods. For instance, the song "Dancing Nancies" begins in a downbeat minor key and sparse instrumentation (guitar, drums) as Matthews laments, "Could I have been anyone other than me?" Halfway through, the song completely changes course with an eruption of violin and saxophone, becoming upbeat and bouncy: "What's the use in worrying, what's the use in hurrying...
...have the somewhat dubious distinction of owning the entire discography of Midori on compact disc, from Bartok to her two recital collections. Naturally, for completion's sake, I picked up her latest offering on Sony Classical--a coupling of the Sibelius violin concerto and Max Bruch's Scottish Fantasy, Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra providing the accompaniment...
Sainte Colombe is characteristically harsh on the boy and in one deafening scene smashes his violin. Amidst these lessons, Marais also receives lessons of a different sort from the master's daughter, Madeline (Anne Brochet). The two actors display a shy desire for each other that's beguiling. Marais and Madeline's love sours and when Marais finally leaves her to play with the royal court, she perishes...