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Metamorphosen, the string ensemble led by Scott Yoo '93, gave its second-ever concert last Friday at Jordan Hall...
Metamorphosen's concerts, each of which are preceded by a lecture (this time by Yoo and composer Elena Ruehr), attempt to bring classical music to the general public in a semi-educational setting...
...Yoo's group began as a collection of highly skilled string players primarily from Harvard and the New England Conservatory who, in their first concert, succeeded to a great extent in playing cohesively. Last Friday, they reached a higher level of unity--Metamorphosen, at times, took on the character of a single solo instrument...
This incredible development was most manifest in the last piece on the program, Hugo Wolf's "Italian Serenade." Wolf originally composed the one-movement "Serenade" for string quartet and planned further movements; he later adapted it for string orchestra. The piece has since become a frequent encore, as Yoo pointed out in a few words before the performance...
Though their audience was small for Jordan Hall, Yoo and his group had much to celebrate. Rumors of record contracts and forthcoming wind sections circulated before the concert; some will doubtlessly come true. All in all, the evening marked an auspicious beginning for Metamorphosen's inaugural season...