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It often seems that the most
inspired music-making takes place
when musicians play more for
pleasure than for ‘business.’ It is that
spirit of striving for an ideal, and the
joy of exploring music in depth with
equally committed colleagues, that
permeates so much of what we, as
audience members, get to hear each
summer in Vermont. The Musicians
from Marlboro touring program allows
others around the country to share
in this experience during the regular
concert season.
In the musical world of the early 1960s,
touring chamber music groups were
generally limited to string quartets
and a few piano trios. Musicians from
Marlboro offered something quite
new when it began in 1965-66: It was
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the first program to annually present
ensembles of mixed instrumentation
to communities around the country. It
was a chance to hear masterworks of
the chamber music repertoire as well
as more unusual pieces—for example,
many heard works such as the
Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time
and the Shostakovich Eleven Songs
from Jewish Folk Poetry for the first
time at a Musicians from Marlboro
concert—and also a chance to
discover young musicians who would
become some of our most treasured
artists. The recollection of Juilliard
Quartet violist Samuel Rhodes helps
tell the story:
“I had the honor of taking part
in two of the three touring
groups during the first season.
Since then, I have participated
in the tours many times…
and so have experienced the
process from ‘both sides of the
aisle’—as a young musician and
as an experienced professional.
When I was one of the younger
musicians, I was tremendously
inspired and challenged by
artists such as Madeleine Foley,
Felix Galimir, and Lilian Kallir,
as well as by my peers. Now as
a senior member, I feel a joyous
responsibility to once again
immerse the supremely talented
young musicians in the wonders,
the precise interactions, and the
technical demands of musicmaking
on the highest level.”
— Samuel Rhodes
t Efe Baltacigil, Frank Huang,
Hyunah Yu, Eric Nowlin,
Samuel Rhodes, Tai Murray
u (top) Murray Perahia,
Isidore Cohen, Nobuko Imai,
Timothy Eddy
u (bottom) András Schiff,
Hiroko Yajima, Gary Hoffman