The QuaranTrio: Our First Livestream Massivemuse
Sat, April 4, 2020 7:30 PM, EDT
Of the myriad monumental challenges musicians face in this moment*, one less talked about is the present impossibility of The Ensemble. How can artists gather in quartets, octets, orchestras when being in close quarters, sharing breath and expression has been deemed a risk to public health?
And yet — some exceptions are known to our community, as some players are quarantined together. And so, to celebrate one of those happy accidents, this week, we’re organizing our very first Livestream Massivemuse.
Three of NYC’s finest young string players, long-time Massivemuser Brendan Speltz and his brother Brook Speltz - violinist and cellist of the internationally renowned Escher String Quartet - and violist Milena Pajaro Van de Stadt of the equally great Dover String Quartet find themselves cooped up in an apartment together with a whole bunch of high quality audio/visual equipment. And so is born **The QuaranTrio. This will be their debut.
And what a debut:
The program starts with Hungarian Ernő Dohnányi’s late romantic masterpiece, his Op. 10 Serenade - one of the most poignant and vivacious works ever written for string trio.
It’s followed by a brief contemporary work by Chris Rogerson entitled Brilena.
The finale is the first of Ludwig Beethoven’s op. 9 string trios, the glorious and youthful G Major. 2020 is Beethoven’s 250th birth year. Orchestras the world over were supposed to be celebrating this greatest of geniuses all season long, but that can’t happen now. Groupmuse will not let Corona spoil Beethoven’s birth year. Let’s be together with Beethoven.
It’ll be a top-quality musical livestream, sandwiched by Zoom gatherings on either end so we can applaud together, share together, be together. We’ll also have a Q&A with the artists after the performance for all who wish to join.
We’re charging $3 to reserve a spot because there's a maximum capacity allowed by Zoom. We’re then asking that everyone at the concert contribute what they can ($10 recommended minimum) and all of the money collected will be split between these great artists and Groupmuse itself - which is fighting so hard to keep this community alive in these times.
*Don't forget to support our Emergency Relief Fund for musicians!
Program
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Groupmuse, 10 months ago
Tess Wilkoff, 10 months ago
I’m looking forward to it! Can you give me an idea of length of performance? Thanks, Tess
Christos Vayenas, 10 months ago
Tonight's pre-concert conversation on Zoom will start at 7:30pm, the actual performance will be broadcast on Youtube around 8pm, and will run for 45 min to an hour, followed by a post-concert Q & A back on Zoom with the musicians.
Groupmuse, 10 months ago
Hello all,
We're getting close to start time for our online Massivemuse debut at 7:30pm ET/ 4:30pm PT featuring the QuaranTrio!
To watch the performance, visit the event page link below and scroll down to the 'Livestream Schedule' section:
https://www.groupmuse.com/events/10531-the-quarantrio-our-first-livestream-massivemuse
—Or you can use the following direct links—
To tune into the performance open this YouTube link in your browser:
https://youtu.be/Ad5tTvv7mG0
To join the pre and post concert discussions, open this link [preferable in the Google Chrome browser] to access the Zoom platform:
https://zoom.us/j/6898623170
Contributions to the musicians can be made here:
https://www.groupmuse.com/events/10531-the-quarantrio-our-first-livestream-massivemuse/donations/new
Tonight's pre-concert conversation on Zoom will start at 7:30pm, the actual performance will be broadcast on Youtube around 8pm, and will run for 45 min to an hour, followed by a post-concert Q & A back on Zoom with the musicians.
We look forward to seeing you online!
The Groupmuse Team
Host
Attendees
Hello all,
We're looking forward to joining you online at 7:30pm EASTERN TIME for our very first virtual Massivemuse with the The QuaranTrio!
To watch the performance, visit the event page here and scroll down to the 'Livestream Schedule' section:
https://www.groupmuse.com/events/10531-the-quarantrio-our-first-livestream-massivemuse
—Or you can use the following direct links—
To tune into the performance open this YouTube link in your browser:
https://youtu.be/Ad5tTvv7mG0
To join the pre and post concert discussions, open this link [preferable in the Google Chrome browser] access the Zoom platform:
https://zoom.us/j/6898623170
Contributions to the musicians can be made here:
https://www.groupmuse.com/events/10531-the-quarantrio-our-first-livestream-massivemuse/donations/new
We look forward to seeing you online!
The Groupmuse Team