Introducing violinist Amalia Sie
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David YangNowadays, I fantasize about going into marine biology, for the sole reason that I want to play with the otters at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Last week I referred to a "novelty work" by Marin Marais for cello and harpsichord and narrator on the Winter Baroque concert (December 22nd at 3:00 at St. Paul's - tickets on sale here). It all starts with a kidney stone. If you have had one, I’m told the pain is akin to childbirth. While I’ve never birthed a baby, I have had a kidney stone. I thought I was dying.
French baroque composer Marin Marais had a similar experience. He even chronicled the operation he underwent in 1725 at 64 years old in a short work titled, imaginatively, Le Tableau de l'Opération de la Taille ("The Bladder-Stone Operation"). You know what they didn’t have in 1720? Anesthesia!
The libretto is not for the faint of heart.
The rest of the concert should be considerably more relaxing with some of the most beloved, comforting music ever written including Vivaldi’s triple concerto L’Estro Armonico, a life-affirming solo cello suite by Bach, a stormy concerto grosso by Handel, and Bach’s perfect double concerto for two violins. What better way to celebrate the holidays? The concert is a little over an hour with no intermission.
If you’ve been good this year, Santa might just have a very special encore for you.
David Yang, Artistic Director
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David YangNowadays, I fantasize about going into marine biology, for the sole reason that I want to play with the otters at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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David YangIt isn’t every day you can watch someone you know in the last rounds of a major international competition.
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David YangIt isn’t that music is a language, but, as it turns out, language is a type of music.
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