[Monthly Sportlight 3]
SAMUEL ADLER’s Duo for Eight Strings for Violin and Viola
Stephanie Zyzak violin Ramón Carrero Martínez viola
OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
[PROGRAM NOTE]
The DUO for EIGHT STRINGS was written in the summer of 2020 for two of my friends in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the concertmaster Noah Bendix-Balgley and the principal violist Amihai Grosz who performed it soon after it was finished. It is a short 61/2 minute piece beginning and ending in a slow contemplative mode with an energetic middle section showing off the virtuosity of the performers. I wrote it at a time of isolation when most of the music world had to content itself with performances from home and in Berlin the orchestra's members put on streamed concerts featuring small ensembles made up of the personal of the orchestra. I felt that as a composer I wanted to aid and abet that effort and wrote a series of pieces for them to perform. I am delighted that the New York Classical Players are doing this in our country since I believe music is a healing balm in times like these.
- Samuel Adler
Interview with Stephanie Zyzak, violin
Interview with Ramón Carrero Martínez, viola