Bainbridge Pod Accomplice: Sounds of the Silenced [BROADCAST]
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Pat Strange, violin
Peggy Brady, violin
Mario Alejandro Torres, viola
Arlayne Eseman, cello
László Mező, cello
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges – "I. Allegro Assai" from String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 1
Dmitri Shostakovich – "III. Allegretto", "IV. Largo", & "V. Largo" from String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Webster Gadbois – Seventeen Days
Sounds of the Silenced uplifts and weaves together voices that have been oppressed – whether by circumstance of history, internal sentiment, or tragedy. Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges was a Black composer from the 18th century. He was quite successful when he was alive, however, given that W.A. Mozart and G.F. Haydn were among his contemporaries, history did little justice to his prominence. Dmitri Shostakovich's Eighth String Quartet was dedicated to the victims of fascism and war. This work is at the center of a very complicated puzzle of Shostakovich’s life. Throughout his life it was believed that Shostakovich was a supporter of the Soviet regime, but to everyone’s surprise a revealing and controversial book – Testimony (published four years after his passing) – depicts the composer as a closest dissident. This book revealed that this string quartet was instead a biographical work that expressed the most obscure struggles in the life of the composer. Webster Gadbois’ moving piece was inspired by Tahlequah, the Puget Sound J-pod Orca that publicly grieved for 17 days following the passage of her newborn calf.
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