{"id":4171,"date":"2011-08-29T17:38:14","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T07:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=4171"},"modified":"2011-08-29T17:38:14","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T07:38:14","slug":"twos-company-the-intimacy-of-the-duo-ensemble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=4171","title":{"rendered":"two&#8217;s company &#8211; the intimacy of the duo ensemble"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4173\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4173\" href=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/shows\/twos-company-the-intimacy-of-the-duo-ensemble\/4171.html\/attachment\/twoscompany-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4173\" title=\"twoscompany\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/twoscompany1-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R cellist Emma-Jane Murphy and pianist Kathy Selby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An ensemble of two performers is about as intimate as it gets in chamber music. Professional musicians are accustomed to \u201cmaking it work\u201d with whomever they are required to perform. But when the musicians have chosen to work together over many years and relish the experience, there is extra frisson in the performance.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pianist Kathy Selby and cellist Emma Jane Murphy present <em>\u201cTwo\u2019s Company\u201d <\/em>for Selby and Friends in September, featuring the music of\u00a0 Beethoven, Sculthorpe, Schubert, Rachmaninov and Brahms.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Watching a recent performance of Mendelssohn\u2019s E flat major octet, by a group of emerging musicians, it was a hard task to decide whether the musicians in the octet or those in a duo need to be the better musical communicators. The octet is larger and perhaps less exposed \u2013 but there are more parts to be attuned to. In a duo, there is only one other musician to heed \u2013 but the connection has to be sturdy and the performers are so much more exposed.\u00a0The stronger the link between the musicians, therefore, the more likely the performance will be greater than the sum of its many intangible\u00a0parts.<\/p>\n<p>Selby and Murphy\u2019s work together has forged an understanding that operates at professional, musical and personal levels. They are both mothers, combining the life of a touring musician with motherhood, a role that they both take very seriously. Their shared sense of humour and appreciation of each other\u2019s company strengthens their performances together and allows for softness in the time they are thrown together\u00a0\u00a0whilst on tour.<\/p>\n<p>Chopin and Beethoven were both taken with the music of Mozart. Chopin composed piano variations on the theme of \u201cLa ci darem la mano\u201d from <em>Don Giovanni, <\/em>and Beethoven wrote the \u201cSeven Variations in E flat on a Theme from <em>The Magic Flute<\/em>\u201d \u2013 which is one of the works that Selby and Murphy will perform &#8211; the theme being \u201cBei mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen\u201d. With Theme and Variations, Beethoven writes in a form which he relished \u2013 replicated in previous tributes to Handel and to Mozart \u2013 two sets of twelve variations also for cello and piano.<\/p>\n<p>The acronym denoting the catalogue number of the Seven Variations (WoO) stands for the German phrase \u201cWerk ohne Opuszahl\u201d meaning &#8220;work without opus number&#8221;, given to some of Beethoven\u2019s works that were published in this category.<\/p>\n<p>Sculthorpe\u2019s \u201cDjilile\u201d for cello and piano opens with a plaintive cascade form the cello. It was composed in 1986, and is in part based on an Aboriginal melody from Arnhem Land depicting a\u00a0 &#8216;whistling-duck on a billabong&#8217;. Coincidentally, Sculthorpe dedicated the work to Ken Tribe whose support of Australian composers has been commemorated by Musica Viva this month. (See our post on this initiative).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4176\" style=\"width: 90px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4176\" href=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/shows\/twos-company-the-intimacy-of-the-duo-ensemble\/4171.html\/attachment\/arpegg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4176\" title=\"arpegg\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/arpegg-90x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arpeggione<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201carpeggione\u201d was a 6 stringed instrument with a fretted fingerboard, tuned like a guitar and played with a bow. Today, it is rarely if ever seen in performance and the literature for it is all but obsolete. Schubert\u2019s posthumously published Sonata in A minor for cello and piano D 821, originally featured the arpeggione, but has been transcribed for cello. The arpeggione was created in Vienna in 1823 and Schubert composed this sonata in 1824. The instrument was short-lived. By the time the music was published, the arpeggione was out of vogue.<\/p>\n<p>Rachmaninov didn\u2019t write a great deal of music for the cello. The 2 pieces in his Opus 2 <em>Prelude <\/em>and Danse<em> Orientale<\/em> are a rare opportunity to hear these early compositions.<\/p>\n<p>Selby and Murphy complete the post 19<sup>th<\/sup> century programme with the <em>Sonata for Cello &amp;<\/em> <em>Piano No. <\/em><em>2 in<\/em><em> F major, Op. 99<\/em> by Brahms, whose passion for and expertise in writing for the lower registers is well known and much adored.<\/p>\n<p>This is an appealing programme requiring much stamina, musicianship, technical skill and the suppleness of give and take between two performers who never fail to deliver.<\/p>\n<p>Children under 12 admitted free of charge. Book through 9969 7069<\/p>\n<p>Programme:<\/p>\n<p>Ludwig v. Beethoven Seven Variations in E flat on a Theme from the Magic Flute, WoO46<br \/>\nPeter Sculthorpe \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Djilile<br \/>\nFranz Schubert \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Sonata for cello &amp; piano in A minor, D. 821 \u201cArpeggione Sonata\u201d<br \/>\nSergei Rachmaninov \u00a0 Two Pieces: Prelude and Danse Orientale, Op.2<br \/>\nJohannes Brahms \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Sonata for cello &amp; piano No. 2 in F major, Op. 99<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Two&#8217;s Company&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>tours to Bowral, Sydney, Canberra and Turramurra. 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