Proms at Newport: Bloch / Dvořák, vision string quartet / Mahan Mirarab

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  • bluestateprommer
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    • Nov 2010
    • 3009

    Proms at Newport: Bloch / Dvořák, vision string quartet / Mahan Mirarab

    Sunday 4 August 2024
    15:00
    The Riverfront Theatre & Arts Centre
    Studio Theatre
    Kingsway
    Newport NP20 1HG

    Bloch: Prélude, B63 (first performance at The Proms)
    Dvořák: String Quartet No. 13 in G major (first performance at The Proms)

    Interval

    Original works by Mahan Mirarab and vision string quartet (all first performances at The Proms):
    (a) "Copenhagen" (vsq)
    (b) "Chah" ('Fountain', vsq & MM)
    (c) "Raindance" (vsq & MM)
    (d) "Convalescence" (vsq & MM)
    (e) "Anar" (MM)
    (f) "Abdel" (vsq & MM)
    (g) "Fuga in Odd" (vsq & MM)

    vision string quartet (Proms debut ensemble)
    Mahan Mirarab, guitar (Proms debut artist)

    At Newport for the first time, the Proms hosts the Berlin-based vision string quartet, who perform works by Bloch and Dvořák before a collaboration with Mahan Mirarab, a guitarist who combines the sounds of the Middle East with jazz.




    Live at the BBC Proms: classical and fusion with vision string quartet and Mahan Mirarab.
    Starts
    04-08-24 15:00
    Ends
    04-08-24 17:00
    Location
    The Riverfront, Newport, Wales
    Last edited by bluestateprommer; 04-08-24, 15:52. Reason: next selections
  • bluestateprommer
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 3009

    #2
    Fine, solid first half to this 'Chamber Music Prom', where the vision string quartet plays everything from memory. Perhaps contrary to Verity Sharp, the applause between all the movements of the Dvorak is more likely due to a higher quotient of classical music newbies / relative newbies in the audience. But no matter, if this is indeed new to those folks and the music-making is of high quality, which this is so far. The more 'cross-over' 2nd half awaits....

    PS: The second half was basically what I expected, with the vision string quartet going into more Turtle Island String Quartet / Kronos Quartet cross-over mode (though much less pretentiously than the latter can be), along with Mahan Mirarab on guitar. Their musicianship all around is excellent. The music itself is toe-tapping and entertaining, but nothing tremendously memorable on one hearing, which again was what I half-expected. The most touching selection was MM's solo "Anar", in honor of his gf; a bit protracted, but also smart in that it gave more time for vsq to take a break before the final works.
    Last edited by bluestateprommer; 04-08-24, 16:18. Reason: comment on 2nd half

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    • oddoneout
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      • Nov 2015
      • 9184

      #3
      From the Guardian
      The programmme, which also included Iranian classical and jazz music, was played from memory, bringing a refreshing sense of spontaneity

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