The entrance is rocky, but it gets better. 1st movement of the Schumann Piano Quintet in Eb Major, violin 1 Yasuko Takiguchi, violin 2 Jill Moran, viola Lee Hyun Won, Cello James Lee, and pianist Taylor Furtick performed at the Montecito Summer Music Festival 2008. The performers worked together for a week before they performed this movement and had only a few coachings during that week.
The cellist is superb and the higher strings support the cello, and help carry the melody. The pianist was also excellent and sounds great with the rest of the group. The two violins were in harmonious in sound though their parts were so different. The violist was excellent and has very good style. I found a new appreciation of this piece after hearing this group play.
sophet7 3 years ago 4