Saturday afternoon found me at Bargemusic again. Some sad news—Olga Bloom (the founder) passed away on Thanksgiving day at the age of 92. The current head of Bargemusic, who worked very closely with her for many years, Mark Peskanov, violin, played a movement of the solo Bach Sonata in g-minor (Siciliane) as a tribute. Lovely.
One of the interesting things about the Saturday Bargemusic concerts is their informality—they announce the program from the stage. As a result, unfortunately, I don't know the last name of today's pianist/composer, Natalya _____. She played one of her own compositions, a slight work reminiscent of Debussy, and then we got to the meat of the concert.
Movement one from Mozart's G-Major Sonata. (Disclaimer: I am not a huge Mozart fan.) Interesting piece, with the equivalent of a pedal point (one note, sustained, while other chords, arpeggios, etc., surround it) in the violin! Nice effect. Just not in every repetition of every section of the movement.
Then we had Grand Duo Sonata in A-Major of Schubert. Four movements that were more expansive/lush than the Mozart. Very nice playing throughout.
As a pseudo-encore, the second (final) movement of the Mozart was played. Clean lines, of course, but it seemed almost austere after the Schubert.
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