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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2016-02-15 21:04:38
By Whatever Name, Chameleon Mixes It Up
Deborah Boldin (file photo) One of the joys of hearing the Chameleon Arts Ensemble comes from Deborah Boldin’s whimsical thematic programming, mixing old and new, letting pieces echo and shed light on each other. Saturday night’s “here and there, in paths apart,” presented the famous Drei Romanzen, Op. 94 by Robert Schumann with two newish two pieces related to Schubert and Schubert’s beloved Octet. Saturday evening at the First Church in Boston began with the three famously plangent melodies by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) here performed by oboist Nancy Dimock and pianist Vivian Choi. Composed in 1849, towards the end of the five years the Schumann family spent in Dresden, they have been arranged for many other instruments (clarinet, violin, viola) but Nancy Dimock’s playing of it was well worth trudging out on this near record cold evening. One of the big audience pleasers on Saturday night was Winterserenade by […]
2013-03-21 10:58:44
Review: AMY Abler is Pianodivalicious
Piano-playing punch and pizzazz By Christine Moffat Amy Abler – the woman who can play the piano with every part of her body! While this statement is titillating (and true!), it does not do justice to Amy Abler’s talent or sense of fun. The audience entered the theatre, and Abler was already on stage playing. Explaining she’d hired herself as the pre-show performer, she began chatting with the crowd. Once we were all in, and ready to go, Abler discovered we were unprepared – no feathers! It’s true, not one of us had thought to bring along a big, fluffy feather. Luckily the Piano-Diva had spares. This piano-confessional style show is old school, and ironically this makes for a refreshing change. Abler is an accomplished pianist, and plays any style of music from classical to blues with passion and panache. She reveals that for the better part of the […]
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