Word: violins
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...real show, however, was about to begin. Amid a storm of applause, Jackiw took the stage as the soloist for the second performance of the evening, Saint-Saëns’ “Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor.” Though Saint-Saëns is arguably one of the most important figures in the development of modern French music, his work is rarely played by contemporary symphony orchestras...
Jackiw stood calmly and confidently in a twilight-blue shirt, his face only perturbed by the compression of his brow on particularly tender passages. The color of his violin so matched the dark mahogany of the theatre interior that his instrument seemed to disappear; he seemed to be performing a dance with...
...musician who practices what he preaches—a liberal arts education is desirable even for aspiring classical musicians. With a degree in art history from Harvard, Buswell is now renowned as a professional violinist and as a teacher at the New England Conservatory (NEC), where I take violin lessons from him weekly...
This confidence shone throughout Buswell’s chamber music recital at NEC’s Jordan Hall last Sunday night, which I and many other of his students attended. His ambitious and eclectic program, which included Stravinsky’s tongue-in-cheek Duo Concertante for Violin and Piano, Mendelssohn’s angst-ridden Piano Trio in C-Minor, Enesco’s Sonata No. 2, and Beethoven’s fiery Sonata No. 7, never showed a hint of musical timidity. Buswell first chose the Enesco, a lesser-known piece, and later added the other three works...
Buswell embraced the fluctuations of the music, using the violin as a vehicle for his subtle artistic interpretation. Joining Buswell were his wife, cellist Carol Ou, and pianist Meng-Chieh Liu. In the Mendelssohn trio, the performers conveyed both the grand statements and the quiet nuances of the music, and their conversational demeanor on stage showed a simple joy of playing together. Liu’s quiet, thoughtful opening of the second movement of the Beethoven Sonata was another highlight. Throughout the recital, all three musicians demonstrated their mastery of both the musical concepts and the instrumental challenges...