Orchestra<\/p>\n
The Nusantara Chamber Orchestra has done it again! Their
\nprogram on April 3 was an absolute delight. It had two high
\npoints. The first was the performance of Samuel Barber's Adagio
\nfor Strings Opus 11. This singularly exquisite piece of music was
\nperformed sufficiently well to produce an issuance of rheum at
\nthe corner of my eyes and somehow conjured within me the
\nimpression that it expressed the sigh of a great entity like an
\nocean or even the planet itself.<\/p>\n
Further it brought to mind an idea expressed in a lecture
\ngiven by the acclaimed British mystic Sir John Trevelyan in 1969
\nat which time he said that when a fine piece of music is
\nperformed \"geometries of light are created in the subtle realms.\"
\nI thought at the time that this was rather poetic manner of
\nspeaking but as Barber's opus built into its crescendo and fell
\nback again I had the distinct impression that this was actually
\nhappening.<\/p>\n
The second high point occurred when Myrna Setiawan came to the
\nstage to give a passionate and robust interpretation of a
\nRachmaninov piano concerto. What a pleasure it was to see this
\nbeautiful and talented pianist giving Rachmaninov's moody and
\ntechnically difficult composition a real dusting off--and without
\nrecourse to the sheet music either!<\/p>\n
To the NCO - a great evening, thanks.<\/p>\n
NARISH STOCK<\/p>\n
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