Summer 2025, an overview
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David YangLike the big, messy, and complicated country it springs from, American music has a big, messy, and complicated history.
This summer I will occasionally post conversations with the artists who were scheduled to come to Newburyport this summer. Some will be participating in our “quartet caroling” but others weren’t able to make it due to covid-19.
David Yang, Artistic Director
A conversation with Yonah Zur, violin
July 2020 by David Yang, Artistic Director NCMF
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833 – 1897)
Violin Concerto in D Major, Opus 77
II. Adagio
Yonah Zur, violin
Beit Hillel Orchestra conducted by Anita Kamien
The following pieces/musicians were referred to in this conversation:
UNDERGROUND (1995)
Film, directed by Emir Kusturica
Trailer:
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827)
String Quartet in A Minor, Opus 132
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827)
String Quartet in C# Minor, Opus 131
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827)
String Quartet in F Major, Opus 59, Number 1
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750)
'Aus Liebe' from the St Matthew Passion, BWV 244
A short clip of Sergiu Celibidache in rehearsal
Sergiu Celibidache yelling at the viola section
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 – 1791)
String quintet in C Major, K. 515
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David YangLike the big, messy, and complicated country it springs from, American music has a big, messy, and complicated history.
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David YangA degree in music, even from a school like Juilliard, leaves the recent graduate staring into the abyss.
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David YangWhat a way to start the year: the largest audience we’ve ever had for a spring concert - not including the bat that strafed the audience.
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