We talk with two of Classical Up Close's founders - Oregon Symphony Concertmaster Sarah Kwak, and Principal cellist Nancy Ives about the beginnings of the festival and what's on tap for this year's festival, which begins on June 1st, 2021. 

Show notes at www.classicalcurrents.com/shownotes

Ep 009 - Classical Up Close 2021 With Sarah Kwak And Nancy Ives

MIDDLEGROUND: the space grounded, the between, the center. The Heartland. The prairie, the grasslands, Konza, Flint Hills, Manhattan, Emporia, Salina. Where we gathered.

Home of the heart, heart of the home.

The years spent in cars, daydreaming, scooping handfuls of wheat, racing out into amber fields, cycling together, water wheel ice cream, fireworks and apples. The stories shared, books read sprawled in the yard, family prayers over anything, late evening walks, quiet nights. Open arms, open hearts, humble and extraordinary. 

Together, with our wonder, our joy, we created an incredible painting with abounding colors. The kinds of colors that linger in the minds eye long after they are out of sight and cradle you long after goodbyes are spoken and car doors closed. The kinds that find you counting the days until the next birthday, the next holiday, the next bike ride, the next Camp, the next anything just so you can see them again. When you close your eyes you feel their warmth. They stay.

The middle ground: my refuge born from the land living in my heart. Where my home is, living and breathing outside of my body, thousands of miles apart. This hallowed ground.




World premiere by the JACK Quartet in New York City, 2016.  

MIDDLEGROUND

This is a dramatic reading of the website bio of Khatia Buniatishvili, written by Olivier Bellamy: http://www.khatiabuniatishvili.com/about/

Background music is the Theme from Jurassic Park by John Williams, as heard in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOmJLk1lu08

A Dramatic Reading of Khatia Buniatishvili's Website Bio

You can learn to play this piece. FREE scores and parts, among other materials, are available online: 50ftf.kronosquartet.org

Composed by Missy Mazzoli
© 2019 Kronos Arts Publishing
℗ 2020 Kronos Performing Arts Association
Commissioned for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire

Produced by Kronos Quartet and Reshena Liao
Recorded October 2019 at 25th Street Recording, Oakland, CA
Engineered by Zach Miley
Assistant engineer: Gabriel Shepard
Mixed by Zach Miley and David Harrington, June 2020

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