This is a Groupmuse Picnic Concert
A live in-person performance in a backyard or another outdoor space. They're casual and friendly, hosted by community members.
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Capacity
- 8 of 30 spots still available
- COVID vaccination required (honor system)
- COVID testing not required
- This is an outdoor event
- Masks are not required
- Greeter will confirm safety precautions
- If you feel sick, stay home
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- Bring your own drinks
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- All guests must be 21
- Bathroom available
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ADA access
- Accessible
Hosts
Thank you for joining us for a lovely hour of music with Peter Ko, cellist, and Jesus Cervantes, violinist. (Don’t be fooled by the pic; harp was last concert. This one will be equally cool.) Thank you for being vaccinated. Mask wearing is optional. Unfortunately, this must be adults only unless your child has been be vaccinated.
Program
"Folk Music"
Hungarian Folk Melodies - Bela Bartok
Passacaglia - Handel-Halvorsen
Gobi Canticle - Lei Liang
Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 - Zoltan Kodaly
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Dear Musical Friends!
Today's program squares itself within the idea of "Folk Music", the nature and quality of such music, and how the pieces of this program draws from and evokes those qualities. One such particular quality of folk music I find alluring is the palpable sense of connection to the past; in performance it embodies for a brief space in time, a materialization of cultural history and richness.
Bartok and Kodaly wrote their music seeking to share with the world the melodies and sensibilities they heard from their Hungarian countryside, casting that music into a dazzling frame of inventive, virtuosic display. Lei Liang draws similarly, not from his own heritage, but from the heritage of his Mongolian mentor, evoking Mongolian long-chant, of dance and shaman rituals.
And the Handel-Halvorsen? While not strictly folk music, it follows a similar sort of trajectory and treatment; Romantic era violinist Halvorsen took the famous "Passacaglia" by Handel, a piece from a bygone era, and recast it into the iteration that you will hear today, brimming with indulgences of the hottest new techniques of the time.
What strikes me about this being an outdoor concert is a sense of cylclical return; we often think of folk music as something performed not necessarily in specialized concert halls, but rather in outdoor or intimate spaces. I find it fitting that we get to share such music in a comfortable outdoor space. Please join us in sharing the moment, and listening together!
Location
Exact address sent to approved attendees via email.
Hosts
Attendees
Thank you all for an amazing experience together this afternoon! It was truly a pleasure to be able to share music with all of you once again.
We hope to see you again at future groupmuses; either as a host or audience member! Feel free to get in touch with me if you'd like to host, or just chat in general about music!