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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015
MUSIC REVIEW
Conductor rolls over as Beethoven scores hit
First weekend
offers classics
at 2015 Astoria
Music Festival
UPCOMING
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diligently organizing, building
and enhancing the quality of
the chamber music portion of
the festival through the years
without too much fanfare. Sat-
urday’s program showcased his
nuanced piano playing, as well
as his leadership controlling the
pace and volume of the ensem-
ble. He is a key part part of the
solid, professional backbone
that makes the festival so strong.
By PATRICK WEBB
For The Daily Astorian
Superstitious show business
folks say “break a leg” to wish
performers good luck.
Keith Clark appeared to take
that almost literally Saturday
night.
The artistic director of the As-
toria Music Festival strode onto
the stage for the second half of
the all-Beethoven concert, shook
hands with concertmaster Sarah
Kwak, then fell as his conduc-
tor’s podium tipped over.
With typical aplomb, Clark
picked himself up, took an iron-
ic bow, climbed onto the offend-
ing platform and — the cliché is
irresistible — didn’t miss a beat.
Da-da-da DAH!
Da-da-da DAH!
Any music lover can hum
the beginning of Beethoven’s
Fifth Symphony and recognize
the rest. The concert staple has
appeared in plenty of movies
and TV commercials. After
the Ninth, it is the German ge-
nius’s best-known piece, all the
more remarkable in the unity
of its four movements because
the composer was frequently
interrupted during its four-year
gestation period to switch his
attention to other pieces.
And that was the challenge
facing Clark and the Astoria
Music Festival Orchestra: how
can a conductor make some-
thing so familiar sound fresh
and vibrant but without tempo
tantrums?
The thunderous ovation that
followed the last triumphant
note of the loud and more-than
brisk “Allegro” some 40 min-
utes later gave the answer.
The Fifth is an orchestral
masterpiece heavy on strings
DWIGHT CASWELL — For The Daily Astorian
Violin soloist Martin Chalifour, concertmaster for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, plays
Sunday at the opening of the Astoria Music Festival at the Liberty Theater. Music Festival
Artistic Director Keith Clark was the conductor.
which showcases other solo
instruments throughout. Less
than a minute into the work,
Joseph Berger’s French horn
resonated clear to the back row
of the Liberty balcony. Later,
talented oboe player Melissa
Pena had her delightful moment
and Zachary Galatis provided
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comes to Astoria each summer
from New Mexico; Berger and
Galatis are from the Oregon
Symphony. Clark made a point
of singling them out for de-
served individual applause as
the concert concluded.
carried history in his hands and
proved a master of his art. The
purity of its sound amid the
Liberty’s acoustics was nothing
short of astonishing.
The most “hummable” bit in
the concerto doesn’t really show
itself fully until more than half
of the way into the piece. Once
it was established, Chalifour de-
lighted to play it over and over
with a varied timing that was
carefully mirrored by the or-
chestra.
He was excellent. But what
set him apart from other solo-
ists was his approach when he
wasn’t playing. Many classical
Skilled soloist
performers bow their heads,
The triumph of the Fifth fol- presumably to ponder the strug-
lowed the joy of musicianship gles of the composer or some
demonstrated during Beetho- such thing. Not Chalifour. He
ven’s D Major Violin Concerto. was making eye contact with
Skilled soloist Martin Chali- the other strings players on both
four, concertmaster for the Los sides, even twisting around to
Angeles Philharmonic, was grin broadly at the bassoons in
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to last.
for his fellow musicians as a
His bow and constantly true team player. In turn, when
moving left hand positively he played his solos, the seated
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during his time in London. He player gaped in awe.
Smiles all around
The all-Beethoven show was
the second in 23 planned events
for the 13th annual music festi-
val. Chalifour appeared earlier
in the day with fellow violinist
Kwak, cellist Sergey Antonov
and pianist Cary Lewis.
Their program featured
chamber music by Dvorak,
Swiss composer Arthur Honeg-
ger, Sibelius and Brahms that
had a satisfying intimacy, in part
thanks to the common bonds
between the four professionals
who beamed during their curtain
calls, clearly savoring their joint
creativity. Kwak is concertmaster
from the Oregon Symphony. She
and Chalifour studied together
some years ago at the Curtis In-
stitute, both have played with As-
toria Festival favorite Antonov,
and all have learned from Lewis.
The latter is one of the un-
sung heroes of the Astoria Mu-
sic Festival. The irrepressible
Clark and classy fellow con-
ductor Olivia Tsui contribute
up-front expertise and energy to
the festival’s continued success.
They well deserve their positive
publicity. But Lewis has been
stopped being a household name
after the Communist witch hunts
of the 1950s. “We as Americans
have a great musical heritage
and tradition behind us,” Clark
said in a pre-concert talk. “Se
should remember that and seek
out and enjoy these works.”
The raw energy of the piece
was captured by sombre trom-
bones, languid strings and a sol-
id contribution from tuba player
Joseph Ready.
Authentic, original
With Tchaikovsky the cen-
You don’t have to be Russian terpiece, and Harris’s work
to play Tchaikovsky’s Piano adding variety, Clark scheduled
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you are, it certainly adds a cer- Sunday’s program. The orches-
tra played them
tain authenticity.
with jaunty en-
Thus Ilya Ka-
Violin
thusiasm. Leonard
zantsev played the
Bernstein’s Over-
classic of the pia-
soloist
ture to “Candide”
no repertory with
Martin
was a delight. It
commendable
could be on any
energy Sunday
program any day
night. The young Chalifour
and garner ap-
Russian-born pi-
carried
plause.
anist
exploded
And
“Fin-
into action from history in
landia” by the
the moment Clark
Finnish nation’s
raised his baton. his hands
beloved Sibelius,
He was controlled
and
born 150 years
and impressive.
ago this year,
At times during proved a
could be enjoyed
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on two levels: a
the combined vol- master of
familiar and har-
ume produced by
his art.
monious piece to
the young Rus-
delight any ear. Or
sian-born pianist
and the orchestra threatened to for Finns, whose ancestors shed
overwhelm the Liberty’s power the yoke of Swedish rule only to
to contain and distribute it. There have it replaced by the jackboot
were no such overwhelming is- of Czarist Russia, a stirring mu-
sues in the lighter, shorter second sical reminder that a just free-
and third movements when Ka- dom is within reach.
The Astoria Music Festival
zantsev, Clark and the 40-strong
orchestra blended into a splendid continues for the next two weeks
with tickets available for all
three-way partnership.
After intermission, Clark shows except Tuesday’s “Night
sought to broaden the musical Music” at the Performing Arts
education of the audience by Center, which is sold out.
North Coast writer Patrick
playing the Symphony No. 3
by Roy Harris, a 20th Centu- Webb is former managing editor
ry American composer who of The Daily Astorian.
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