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Friday, October 31, 2008
Sophisticated — and cool — chamber music
Fun, virtuosic, full of flare — Michelle Schumann, pianist and Austin Chamber Music Center artistic director, is arguably the best classical music program creator in this town.
Cleverly keyed to this weekend’s Halloween and Dia de los Muertos celebrations, Schumann is presenting “Mmmmm…. Creepalicious!” a decidedly spook-inspired concert Saturday night at the Rollins Studio Theatre in the Long Center.
Schumann will be joined by violinist Annette Barbara-Vogel and cellist Joel Becktell for Beethoven’s Piano Trio in D a.ka. “Ghost.”
Then it’s George Crumb’s evocative and haunting Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) for Three Masked Players. Inspired by the singing of the humpback whale, Vox Balanae calls for the musicians to wear masks and to perform under a blue light.
Frankly, that sounds just cool. And there needs to be more cool like this to the classical music in this town.
Shostakovich’s Trio in E minor finishes the program, the composer’s haunting and veiled tribute to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust — a fitting way and thoughtful to mark the holiday.
The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Click here for more information.
