Diane is not only a mom and a full time nurse, but she also loves to take great pieces of music and re-write them for our string quartet! (This is called arranging.) At our rehearsal last night, we got to play 3 new pieces that Diane arranged for us. The pieces are: Kokomo by The Beach Boys; A Dream is a Wish your Heart Makes by Mack David, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston for the movie
Cinderella; and Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber. We played through all three, and are excited to rehearse them more thoroughly so we can play them at any upcoming gigs.
We really need to finalize our Repertoire page and publish it so that you can see all of the great music we have to play, shouldn't we?
While we organize that, you should definitely listen to the Adagio for Strings. Samuel Barber wrote it in 1936, and ever since then it has been very popularly played at concerts and used in tv shows, movies, and now even video games. It is a haunting piece of music. Some of you might be familiar with it from the movie
Deer Hunter, and others may recall hearing it over the radio during the broadcast of John F. Kennedy's death. It might not be a song you'd love to hear us play at your wedding, but it is a poignant, moving piece.
It's been almost 3 years since we put on an informal concert. But, the next time we do, Adagio for Strings will DEFINITELY be on our playlist.
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