Tonight a friend talked me into into gnawing off the virtual restraints on my wrists and crawling out of my cage to go to a concert. It was a Winsor Music Series Chamber Series concert and an auditory delight. Having gone to Boston Symphony for the past five years to hear music in a concert hall, for the most part, it was wonderful to realize that Chamber Music can be so ear caressing. Peggy Pearson is the Artistic Director and oboist, Olympic quality.
This program was advertised as a Young Artists Program and renewed my awe in young musicians. Sonata in F major for Cello and Piano, Op. 99 was played pianist Eliko Akahori with Rafael Popper-Keizer on cello. The next offering was a John Harbison Chorale Cantata (talk by the composer) and preceded by a Bach Chorale he had rewritten.
However, the last number, Concerto for Oboe, Violin and Strings in C minor, bwv 1060 by Bach was followed with a standing ovation and several curtain calls. The oboist was Peggy Pearson who played flawlessly as one might have expected with her experience and proficiency. However, the greatest surprise was to see a tiny, 12 year old Japanese girl. Yuki Beppu, who played violin extraordinarily beautifully. She had a child's anxious look towards someone in the back of the hall and the most beatific smile when she must have understood how well she was being received. This made being there worth it all on a chilly night! None of those body language signals come through on CDs.... Lest one think this was her debut...not so! She has played with Yo-Yo Ma (2007) and Governor Deval Patrick's Inauguration, as well as having won many competitions and awards.
For more of Yuki's story, http://www.abcsofstrings.com/beppu.html.
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