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Deceptive Cadence
5:39 am
Sat August 4, 2012

Gathering Of The Viols: The 50th Annual Viola Da Gamba Conclave

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Jack Ashworth, Tina Chancey, Lisa Terry and Phillip Serna perform Sunday during the closing banquet of the weeklong conclave at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del.
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A traditional carved head on an original, early 18th-century bass viol.
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The carved head and peg box of an early 18th-century Baryton, a bass viol with additional metal strings that change the instrument's timbre.
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A traditional carved head on an original, early 18th-century bass viol.
Credit Scott Mason
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A carved lion head on an original, 18th-century bass viola da gamba made in Sweden, patterned after an English viol.
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A consort of violas da gamba plays a fantasia by Orlando Gibbons in the common area of Clayton Hall at the University of Delaware to welcome participants during conclave registration.
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Zoe Weiss, a professional viol player from Boston, checks out the crowd before a performance of Sarah Mead's The Ultimate Fantasy: Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.
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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 2:59 pm

Viola da gamba players are a special breed — a tiny subset in the already small world of early classical music. They rarely meet their own kind, but once a year they come together for a week in July at an annual jam session they call a conclave. Wendy Gillespie, who just finished her term as president of the Viola da Gamba Society of America, says attending the event is the highlight of her year.

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Deceptive Cadence
11:24 am
Fri August 3, 2012

Olympic Musicians, Abandoned Pianos And Stravinsky's Scotch

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Conductor Daniel Barenboim (lower right) was one of eight notables chosen to carry the Olympic flag at the July 27 opening ceremony of the London Games.
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Originally published on Sat August 4, 2012 6:23 pm

  • Why yes, that was indeed Daniel Barenboim carrying the Olympic flag at the opening ceremonies.

  • Filmmaker Danny Boyle's sprawling opening ceremonies pageant featured a cameo by the London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle and comedian Rowan Atkinson, aka Mr. Bean, in the theme from Chariots of Fire.

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Deceptive Cadence
10:56 am
Fri August 3, 2012

It's Easy Being Green

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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 3:00 pm

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Pablo Helguera is a New York-based artist working with sculpture, drawing, photography and performance. You can see more of his work at Artworld Salon and on his own site.

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