Archive for the 'Classical Music' Category

Enescu String Octet

Thursday, May 26th, 2005

Today and tomorrow WHRB is broadcasting an Enescu (also spelled Enesco) Orgy. As I was driving home from work just now, I was pleased to hear them playing his String Octet, a wonderful work.

I was introduced to the Octet relatively recently, just a year or two ago, and it quickly became one of my […]

Viola on approval

Sunday, May 8th, 2005

Rich and powerful G and C strings.

Post-concert photo

Tuesday, April 19th, 2005

Here we are, after our concert last night. I think the concert went relatively well, and we ended with a really fast and exciting Presto in the Brahms piano quartet. We’ll see how the recording sounds.

Concert announcement: Monday April 18th

Monday, April 11th, 2005

Monday, April 18th at 8pm
Killian Hall, MIT
Free admission

Beethoven String Trio in C minor, Op. 9 No. 3
Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25

Amanda Wang, violin
Jennifer Grucza, viola
Angus Davol, cello
Yu Yasufuku, piano

If you’re in the area, please come, and bring all your friends!

Sheet music online

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

My friend Arny sent me a link to EveryNote today. Apparently their aim is to provide sheet music of every note ever composed. For now, though, they mostly have piano, violin, and guitar music, though they’ve started adding chamber music, which is much more interesting to me personally. The repertoire is still […]

No new viola yet

Monday, April 4th, 2005

Well, my friend Arny and I braved the rain Saturday morning to go viola shopping. After a quick stop at McDonald’s to grab some breakfast to eat in the car, we drove over to Reuning & Son in South Boston.

The shop was empty except for us (you have to make a special appointment to […]