10The Daily Tar HeelFriday, October
Musicians 'group
Oy RICHARD SMITH
Sa!! Writer
The Society for Performance on
Original Instruments opens its fifth
season tonight with a concert feat
uring works by the composers Corelli,
Geminiani, Bach and Handel. The
season will continue with four more
gala concerts drawing music from
17th, 18th and early 19th century
repertoire.
Richard Luby, one of the society's
two artistic directors, explained what
the society was about. "We are a
repertory group of local professionals
particularly dedicated to performing
music in the style that it was originally
perceived," he said. Luby, a member
of the music faculty, doesn't think
that there is anything particularly
revolutionary about this approach,
but added, "You cannot compare the
commitment, insight and skill of the
world's greatest orchestras in their
performance of, say, Brahms and
Mahler, to their approach to
Baroque." The music of Handel and
Corelli, said Luby, is more proble
matic and more richly detailed.
"(Their works) are rhetorical state
ments, very detailed, like speech."
Luby will be playing on a 1623
Amati, a violin restored locally by
John Pringle. There is an obvious
difference of size when the Baroque
violin is compared to the modern; the
Baroque is thinner, though actually
not much shorter. But Luby said the
differences are much greater than
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that. There is less tension in the older
violin, the pitch is lower and the bow
is more slight.
Baroque composers were keen on
effects and emotions, Luby said, and
the music followed the Aristotilian
argumentative style, developing the
simple meaning of a text. Musically
this means the use of counterpoint,
light and shade, repetition on differ
ent registers. The use of period
instruments enables this rhetorical,
contrapuntal argument to be etched
out with maximum flourish and
expression. It was during the Baroque
period that the present diatonic and
tonal systems of scales were first set
down, allowing for music of great
scope.
Luby played a passage of Bach's
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 on both
Baroque and modern violins to
demonstrate what he meant. The
period instrument was so expressive
that the modern violin with its larger
bow and high pitch sounded almost
too brilliant, too powerful. With the
modern violin, said Luby, everything
gets linked. "You get the big, roman
tic picture," he said. Luby's Baroque
instrument gave a much more rich
and colorful interpretation to the
piece, the difference between loud and
soft, smooth and rough, light and
dark being more marked, though he
admitted that he was emphasizing to
make his point. Even so, he
explained, there is no single, partic
ular sound for Baroque music, which
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focuses on Baroque interpretations
leaves interpretation very much up to
the performer.
The Triangle is something of a
center for original instrument per
formers. Luby attributed this fact to
the presence of the music departments
at Duke and UNC and their respec
tive interests in musicology. Where
there is a strong interest in music
periods and their different styles,
explained Luby, there will be an
interest in recreating those styles.
The Baroque concerto grosso form
of music is being highlighted in
tonight and Saturday's concerts.
Corelli was the father of the style and,
Luby said, "provided the way for the
individual to come out, to differen
tiate from the ensemble." Until that
time, a soloist had played completely
on his own. Corelli originated the idea
that there could be both: soloists
within an ensemble. "Corelli showed
a progressive mastery of the new key
system and was extremely popular,"
he said. "His harmonies are sweet and
very rich."
The music of Handel is to be
particularly spotlighted on the pro
grams, Luby said, because "his
instrumental music is not really
encountered that much, yet his
concerti grossi are among the finest."
Handel is famous for being "the
German who wrote Italian music for
the English," Luby said. "His music
reflects all these styles." Also featured
will be Geminiani (a much-studied
student of Corelli's) and Bach.
The soloists in the society's 12
strong group include flutist Michael
Lynn, violinists Richard Luby and
Ruth Johnsen, violist Ann Wood
ward, and cellist Brent Wissick.
Making his debut with the society is
harpsichordist Richard Hill, an
internationally renowned musician
who is strongly identified with the
works of Bach.
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music is not a prerequisite to enjoying
society performances. "The music is
extremely accessible, and audiences
seem to like it," Luby said. "At the
same time it is very sophisticated and
certainly challenging artistically."
The Society for Performance on
Original Instruments will perform
tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. in
Hill Hall Auditorium. Call 962-1039
for ticket information.
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Campus Calendar
Friday
9 a.m. Delta Zeta Sorority will
hold interviews in 210,
211, and 226 Union
until 5 p.m..
12 p.m. Study Abroad Office
will have Mr Michael
Roberts from the Uni
versity of E. Anhlia,
until 2 p.m. to talk to
students. He also
represents Beaver Col
lege Programs in
England.
4 p.m. The Association of Eng
lish Majors will sponsor
a student faculty mixer
in the picnic area of Old
Forest Theatre for stu
dents to meet and talk
with faculty.
9:30 p.m. CGLA will hold its Hal
loween Dance Party.
Call 962-4401 for info.
Saturday
8 p.m. Carolina Baptist Stu
dent Union will have a
, Halloween Party at 203
Battle Lane. All are
invited.
Sunday
11 a.m. UNC Gaming Club will
meet in Union 218 for
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rehearse in the Hill Hall auditorium
will meet in the Upenda
Lounge. All are wel
come. Important mat
ters to he discussed.
Baptist Student Union
Choir will rehearse at
203 Battle Lane. For
info call 942-4266. All
are invited.
7 p.m. Career Planning and
Placement Services will
sponsor a presentation
by Dataflow Compan
ies in the North Parlor
at the Carolina Inn.
10 p.m. STV will air on Channel
1 1 Village Cable and at
Pizza Hut.
Items of Interest
Appointment sheets for English
majors to pre-register with their
advisors are posted on the bulletin
board opposite 212 Greenlaw.
Chapel Hill League for Safe
Bicycling will meet Nov.5 at 7:30
p.m. in the meeting room of Chapel
Hill Town Hall. All interested
students may attend.
Health Professions Advising
Office is offering workshops to help
pre-health students interview for
professional schools. See bulletin
board at the office on 2nd floor
Steele Bldg.
WXYC Radio FM 89.3 will
sponsor a day of programming that
could change the way you look at
the world. Call 962-8989.
The 6th Annual Carrboro 10K
Race will be held on Nov.l at Carr
Mill Mall at 2 p.m. The fee is $8
for preregistration and $9 on race
day. Runners will receive a T-shirt.
Entry forms are available at Steve
Friedman's Pro Shop.
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