Franck Piano Quintet Program Notes Theatre
What is most striking perhaps to someone who only knows Franck's music from the Piano Quintet of 1879 onwards is the relentlessly diatonic harmony of the early works. Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor. Program Notes. Thursday, June. Live on the DIA's Detroit Film Theatre Stage.
The Franck Piano Quintet got an impassioned performance Saturday night, in a Chamber Music International concert at St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church. It was served up by five expert musicians: pianist Jon Nakamatsu, violinists Paul Rosenthal and Clare Adkins Cason, violist Paul Coletti and cellist Bion Tsang. Although the players had been assembled from far and wide, ensemble was flawless.
Grey Fox Distress Download Yahoo here. Even the many string unisons and octaves were impressively well tuned. In a huge dynamic range, the music rose and fell, surged and sighed, to powerful dramatic effect.
Nakamatsu was occasionally more aggressive than he needed to be, but in a score that easily tempts string players to excess, there was no raw overplaying. Rosenthal supplied a beautifully silken tone, but his intonation on his own wasn’t always flawless. New to the series, Cason played with style and security, although her instrument sometimes took on an edgy tone. Minor reservations aside, it was a treat to hear so visceral, yet so sophisticated, an account of the piece. In a Mozart String Duo in G major (K. 423) Rosenthal and Coletti favored robustness over refinement.
Again, Rosenthal’s tone was of great beauty, but there were just enough notes not quite in tune to be distracting. Coletti sometimes let his huge and somewhat granular tone bulge out of perspective. Both players sometimes rushed the more vigorous music. On his own, Nakamatsu supplied a wonderfully natural, graceful account of the last of Schubert’s Op.
90 Impromptus. The first of the set opened a bit aimlessly, though, then later seemed to go on autopilot. The third began at a rather deliberate pace, further slackened by too much tugging at sleeves along the way. Standing Live Tour 2006 Isotretinoin. For my ears, except in that last Impromptu, Nakamatsu’s playing here lacked a certain ease and elegance, and some climaxes were more Lisztian than Schubertian. Others apparently felt differently, judging by the immediate standing ovation afterward.
The Piano Quintet, one of the earliest masterpieces of, marked his return to chamber music after more than 35 years. The work was dedicated to who, although he played the piano part in the premiere, so strongly disapproved of the musical language of the composer that he rejected the dedication. Foxy Brown Ill Na Na 2 The Fever Rar File on this page. The first movement opens with a dramatic introduction, Molto moderato quasi lento, by the bowed strings. The piano replies in a gentle manner. The strings restate their opening. The piano turns even more gentle. The dialogue continues along similar lines until the piano suddenly launches into the Allegro.