th<\/sup> anniversary, Zach was one of them.\u201d<\/p>\nFriedland knew of Kim and his importance in the festival\u2019s history, and the two became \u201creally good friends,\u201d Kim says.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought that was just something wonderful for Natalie to program,\u201d adds Kim. \u201cI\u2019m just tickled to death that we are going to play one of his works.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBy commissioning Zach\u2019s work, this is a special way for me to say thank you to him and to all the supporters who share the same appreciation and love for the festival,\u201d Zhu says.<\/p>\n
Though he\u2019s just 28, Friedland has penned close to 50 compositions. He started composing his junior year of high school and composed a piece that he conducted at his high school graduation. He repeated the feat as a senior at 溏心vlog免费B站, composing the graduation recessional \u201cHigh Altitudes; Think Big We Do\u201d and performing it with the commencement ensemble.<\/p>\n
His inspiration for \u201cRiding Waves\u201d naturally came from his work at the festival.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy experience with the Kingston Chamber Festival was such an important part of my life,\u201d says Friedland. \u201cIt was a great opportunity for me. I got to meet some of the greatest musicians in the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of [the musicians] went to school together, got to know each other \u2026 and for two weeks in the summer, surrounded by beautiful scenery, they get to come together. That\u2019s what makes the music so good, everyone is just happy to be here and playing together. That\u2019s what makes it a special time.\u201d<\/p>\n
In writing the piece, Friedland, who\u2019s studied composition with eight different instructors, including Aberdam, strove for something \u201cuplifting and full of energy.\u201d Something Zhu and Kim would enjoy playing and befitting an opening night.<\/p>\n
Before sitting down at his piano to write, he listened to the historic pieces that would be on the program with his, ensuring that his complemented the program and would \u201cgive the concert audience a nice taste of some of the music being written today.\u201d<\/p>\n
He had at least one tool the Mozarts and Schumanns lacked \u2013 music notation software. It allowed him to write and tweak the music \u00ad\u00ad– and easily print out a finished product \u2013 that would have been unimaginable in their time. And he could hear it \u2013 albeit by a computer.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt gives you a pretty good idea of what it sounds like,\u201d says Friedland, \u201cbut obviously, it doesn\u2019t compare to the real thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aberdam\u2019s work, \u201cGrisailles Vaporeusues,\u201d premiered at a 2006 festival in Grenoble, France. The piano trio was selected by Zhu for Kingston, using the 30th<\/sup> anniversary to thank the University and the community for their support over the years, Aberdam says.<\/p>\nAberdam wrote the piece shortly after she moved to Westerly, R.I.,<\/strong> in 2006, and it captures the \u201cmisty grayness\u201d of an autumn day. \u201cIt was the first of my works that was inspired by natural surrounds,\u201d she says, \u201cand special places that I cross every day on my way to work.\u201d<\/p>\nThe piece will be performed by Zhu, violinist Amy Orshiro-Morales and cellist Priscilla Lee. Aberdam last heard it performed in 2010, and says she\u2019s thrilled to hear a new interpretation of a work that \u201chas become familiar to my ears in prior recordings.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a prestigious honor to have a piece performed by musicians of such caliber,\u201d she says, \u201cand I want them to enjoy themselves and keep good memories of the experience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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