WEBVTT 00:01.066 --> 00:02.300 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:50% - [Narrator] Funding for this program 00:02.300 --> 00:06.533 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:50% has been provided by the FS Foundation, 00:06.533 --> 00:09.466 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% bringing together adults of all abilities and backgrounds, 00:09.466 --> 00:12.600 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% as they pursue passion, prosperity and purpose. 00:15.533 --> 00:17.900 align:start position:15% line:74% size:65% Linda and Alvaro Pascotto. 00:17.900 --> 00:20.833 align:start position:20% line:74% size:55% (soft classical music) 00:20.833 --> 00:23.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% The Carol Franc Buck Foundation. 00:23.066 --> 00:25.866 align:start position:20% line:10% size:55% (soft classical music) 00:25.866 --> 00:28.500 align:start position:25% line:10% size:45% Additional support provided by these funders. 00:31.433 --> 00:34.800 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:60% (upbeat classical music) 00:36.433 --> 00:38.633 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% - It absolutely would not have been possible 00:38.633 --> 00:43.166 align:start position:15% line:10% size:67.5% to take even 40 players and distance them for health 00:43.166 --> 00:46.333 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:47.5% and be able to have a full orchestra. 00:46.333 --> 00:47.766 align:start position:15% line:74% size:65% That was not gonna happen. 00:47.766 --> 00:49.600 align:start position:15% line:74% size:65% It was really advantageous 00:49.600 --> 00:52.200 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:47.5% to already take our chamber music idea, 00:52.200 --> 00:54.266 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% which has always been part of the festival, 00:54.266 --> 00:56.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% and make that the centerpiece. 00:56.166 --> 00:59.466 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:42.5% - With all of the challenges of a pandemic 00:59.466 --> 01:03.733 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:60% and trying to get people safely to play together. 01:03.733 --> 01:06.233 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:50% I mean it's the only thing this summer 01:06.233 --> 01:08.633 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:60% that is able to do that. 01:08.633 --> 01:10.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% - Health was first and foremost. 01:10.966 --> 01:14.333 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:42.5% Of course because of Joel's passing 01:14.333 --> 01:16.333 align:start position:22.5% line:74% size:52.5% as a result of COVID, 01:16.333 --> 01:19.400 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:35% everyone had a heightened sensitivity 01:19.400 --> 01:23.300 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:47.5% to how we must keep each other safe. 01:23.300 --> 01:25.033 align:start position:25% line:10% size:45% - I know difficult this is right now 01:25.033 --> 01:26.833 align:start position:30% line:10% size:35% and I know how careful we have to be. 01:26.833 --> 01:28.200 align:start position:25% line:10% size:45% And I know there's so much concern 01:28.200 --> 01:30.166 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:50% and I've appreciated all the thought 01:30.166 --> 01:32.300 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% that's gone into this to keep everybody safe. 01:32.300 --> 01:34.000 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:70% - And so we had to make sure 01:34.900 --> 01:36.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% that the performers can be safe. 01:36.366 --> 01:39.500 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:60% We had to make sure that our audience could be safe, 01:39.500 --> 01:42.100 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:42.5% and outdoors made the most sense. 01:42.100 --> 01:44.400 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:40% - I think that I could recite to you 01:44.400 --> 01:47.500 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:60% every CDC recommendation for events and gatherings, 01:47.500 --> 01:51.333 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:47.5% everything that was needed to do this safely. 01:51.333 --> 01:53.900 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:70% And it brought some anxiety. 01:53.900 --> 01:57.266 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:72.5% I mean there was no guarantee 01:57.266 --> 01:58.800 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% along with everything in this year 01:58.800 --> 02:02.400 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:42.5% that this was the right thing to do, 02:02.400 --> 02:03.866 align:start position:20% line:74% size:57.5% until we were doing it. 02:03.866 --> 02:06.666 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:72.5% - When I got the call to come 02:06.666 --> 02:09.200 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:50% and you know I heard it's gonna be different. 02:09.200 --> 02:10.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% It's going to be chamber music. 02:10.633 --> 02:14.633 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:72.5% It's gonna be a smaller group of audiences to be here, 02:14.633 --> 02:16.333 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:37.5% and we're gonna be really careful 02:16.333 --> 02:17.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% and we're going to try our best 02:17.566 --> 02:19.800 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:47.5% to minimize all the risks and everything. 02:19.800 --> 02:21.900 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:70% I mean, I just thought, wow, 02:21.900 --> 02:24.100 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:47.5% like these guys are thinking out of the box, 02:24.100 --> 02:27.166 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:60% and really pivoting at a time when we need it most, 02:27.166 --> 02:28.933 align:start position:15% line:74% size:67.5% and really giving a service 02:28.933 --> 02:31.633 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:40% to the community here at Lake Tahoe. 02:31.633 --> 02:35.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% I was so overjoyed that not only 02:35.033 --> 02:37.600 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:50% that classical Tahoe was doing this, 02:37.600 --> 02:39.233 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:40% but that I could be a part of it. 02:40.466 --> 02:43.800 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:42.5% - In normal times a chamber ensemble 02:43.800 --> 02:47.966 align:start position:20% line:10% size:55% typically performs the best the closer you can 02:47.966 --> 02:51.566 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% see the musicians for being able to hear each other. 02:51.566 --> 02:53.500 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:42.5% I know for my own string quartet, 02:54.633 --> 02:58.300 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:35% just sometimes pushing in six inches 02:58.300 --> 03:00.966 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:65% on the part of each player can make a huge difference. 03:00.966 --> 03:04.666 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:60% And right now we have to think about am I too close? 03:04.666 --> 03:08.400 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% Am I properly distanced from that person? 03:08.400 --> 03:10.300 align:start position:32.5% line:68.67% size:30% I'm lucky in tonight's performance 03:10.300 --> 03:11.733 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:72.5% that it's my wife to my left. 03:11.733 --> 03:13.833 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% So we're not distancing from each other, 03:13.833 --> 03:16.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% at least unless I do something really bad at home (laughs). 03:18.200 --> 03:20.133 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:72.5% - It's a good example of how, 03:20.133 --> 03:23.233 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:47.5% if you really spend the time figuring out 03:23.233 --> 03:26.233 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% how to cross all your T's and dot all your I's, 03:26.233 --> 03:28.700 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:50% you can do something safely for everyone 03:28.700 --> 03:31.666 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:42.5% that is important for mental health. 03:31.666 --> 03:35.400 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% We're all looking out for our physical health, 03:35.400 --> 03:37.666 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:42.5% but there's a lot to be said here 03:37.666 --> 03:41.633 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:65% for people who are needing some mental health, 03:41.633 --> 03:45.633 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:55% and some place to find some relief and hope. 03:47.866 --> 03:49.733 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:50% - Classical Tahoe is one of the only places 03:49.733 --> 03:51.633 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:50% that I actually play in an orchestra. 03:51.633 --> 03:54.200 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% And I feel pretty lucky because my colleagues 03:54.200 --> 03:57.533 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% are principals of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, 03:57.533 --> 04:01.166 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:65% the LA Phil, San Francisco Symphony all over the place. 04:01.166 --> 04:04.233 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:60% And I just, most of what I play is chamber music. 04:04.233 --> 04:09.200 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% So this is actually kind of my jam (laughs) this summer. 04:10.700 --> 04:14.166 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:62.5% And it's pretty fun to be able to play chamber music 04:14.166 --> 04:17.000 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% with these great players in ways that have collaborated 04:17.000 --> 04:18.500 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:40% with them before in bigger groups, 04:18.500 --> 04:22.866 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:65% but to be in a small group together is pretty amazing. 04:22.866 --> 04:25.400 align:start position:25% line:10% size:47.5% - One of the pieces we're performing tonight 04:25.400 --> 04:29.233 align:start position:25% line:10% size:45% is a Bach Concerto for oboe and violin, 04:29.233 --> 04:33.233 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:72.5% listening to the two soloists trade back and forth, 04:33.233 --> 04:34.733 align:start position:25% line:10% size:45% it's just amazing. 04:34.733 --> 04:38.000 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:60% Nathaniel and Daniel are both excellent musicians, 04:38.000 --> 04:39.666 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:42.5% and you're really in for a treat. 04:42.000 --> 04:45.366 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:60% (upbeat classical music) 09:24.866 --> 09:26.500 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:50% - What's interesting about this Bach piece 09:26.500 --> 09:29.500 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:72.5% is that it is an accompanying role that we're playing 09:29.500 --> 09:33.466 align:start position:15% line:10% size:65% to the two soloists and so there's an oboe solo with Nathan 09:33.466 --> 09:35.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% and a violin solo with Daniel. 09:35.366 --> 09:40.066 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:60% And there were two of us playing the sort of baseline 09:40.066 --> 09:43.700 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:65% in the Baroque period that would be called a continual. 09:43.700 --> 09:48.666 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:47.5% So what it means is it's a continuous line, 09:49.866 --> 09:51.033 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:42.5% but the two of us are playing it. 09:51.033 --> 09:52.833 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:40% And historically probably a harpsichord 09:52.833 --> 09:54.533 align:start position:32.5% line:68.67% size:32.5% would also be playing it with us. 09:54.533 --> 09:55.966 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:35% So it would be sort of a triangle 09:55.966 --> 09:58.266 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:45% but when it's only the two of us, 09:58.266 --> 10:01.033 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:70% we sort of have to negotiate 10:01.033 --> 10:03.266 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:42.5% who is gonna play a little bit more, 10:03.266 --> 10:05.166 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:45% and who can shadow the other one, 10:05.166 --> 10:09.300 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:47.5% so that we can more seamlessly play together. 10:09.300 --> 10:10.933 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:50% There was a point at which we were talking 10:10.933 --> 10:14.633 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:72.5% about plucking versus bowing, 10:14.633 --> 10:17.500 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:42.5% and we ultimately decided to pluck 10:17.500 --> 10:19.366 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:70% most of the second movement, 10:19.366 --> 10:21.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% all these tiny little decisions 10:21.066 --> 10:25.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% that go into making the bigger piece of music come alive. 10:26.700 --> 10:29.933 align:start position:20% line:10% size:55% (soft classical music) 18:35.900 --> 18:38.600 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:40% (crowd cheering) 18:44.333 --> 18:45.800 align:start position:25% line:10% size:47.5% - If I had to be on the desert Island 18:45.800 --> 18:48.033 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:70% with only one music with me, 18:48.033 --> 18:51.466 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:70% I would choose the piece I'm playing tonight actually. 18:51.466 --> 18:53.200 align:start position:25% line:74% size:47.5% the Debussy Danses. 18:53.200 --> 18:56.233 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:60% So Claude Debussy in the beginning of the 20th century, 18:56.233 --> 19:00.233 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% was commissioned by a harp maker for a new piece 19:00.233 --> 19:02.066 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:72.5% for harping string orchestra. 19:02.066 --> 19:04.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% And so he wrote these two danses 19:04.000 --> 19:07.566 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:60% so first is Sacree Danse the Danse Sacree in French. 19:07.566 --> 19:09.533 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% Second one is Profane Danse, the Danse Profane. 19:11.200 --> 19:14.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% And so they are very beautiful diptyque you can say that, 19:14.533 --> 19:16.100 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:62.5% like two pieces of music. 19:16.100 --> 19:17.233 align:start position:15% line:74% size:65% They are very contrasting, 19:17.233 --> 19:19.466 align:start position:20% line:74% size:57.5% and it's amazing music. 19:19.466 --> 19:21.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% Of course, he was very inspired 19:21.433 --> 19:24.400 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% at the time in France there was a whole fascination 19:24.400 --> 19:26.066 align:start position:25% line:74% size:47.5% for Ancient Greece. 19:26.066 --> 19:27.566 align:start position:15% line:74% size:67.5% So there is a lot of things 19:27.566 --> 19:30.900 align:start position:12.5% line:68.67% size:70% that are like the modes used in this music are Greek modes. 19:30.900 --> 19:32.333 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:70% And I think being brought up 19:32.333 --> 19:34.333 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:45% by a specialist of French literature 19:34.333 --> 19:36.600 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% and my mother and my father taught Greek and Latin 19:36.600 --> 19:38.033 align:start position:30% line:74% size:37.5% in high school, 19:38.033 --> 19:39.966 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:42.5% I add fascination for the Greek myth. 19:39.966 --> 19:42.800 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:65% So I guess that's also why this music touched me so much. 19:44.600 --> 19:47.833 align:start position:20% line:10% size:55% (soft classical music) 28:53.800 --> 28:56.533 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:40% (crowd clapping) 29:02.733 --> 29:06.066 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:70% - I get to play music that I really love to try to play well 29:06.066 --> 29:07.900 align:start position:30% line:10% size:35% which is Liszt Transcendental Etudes. 29:07.900 --> 29:10.566 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% I'm playing one of them which is number 10. 29:10.566 --> 29:14.300 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:42.5% And so this music is really virtuoso 29:14.300 --> 29:18.433 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:55% to the point of almost verging on histrionic, right? 29:18.433 --> 29:20.100 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:45% It's like, there's even a great moment 29:20.100 --> 29:23.033 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:47.5% in this piece where Liszt marks disperato. 29:23.033 --> 29:24.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% Absence of hope right in this, 29:24.633 --> 29:27.733 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:35% like just like operatic intensity, 29:27.733 --> 29:29.266 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:60% and you're almost trying to break the piano 29:29.266 --> 29:30.500 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:62.5% when you play this music. 29:30.500 --> 29:33.000 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% It's very fun to play if you can play it. 29:34.566 --> 29:38.133 align:start position:15% line:10% size:65% (dramatic classical music) 34:13.433 --> 34:16.166 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:40% (crowd cheering) 34:24.300 --> 34:26.400 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:50% - The COVID pandemic is so front and center 34:26.400 --> 34:28.000 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:50% in all of our minds. 34:28.000 --> 34:32.066 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% And I think that this week performing in Tahoe, 34:32.066 --> 34:36.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% at the moment stands out almost over anything in my career 34:36.233 --> 34:39.800 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:47.5% really after having not only not performed, 34:39.800 --> 34:41.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% but not even played or rehearsed 34:41.466 --> 34:45.733 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:62.5% in front of another human being for five months, 34:45.733 --> 34:48.400 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:42.5% really I honestly had some anxiety 34:48.400 --> 34:51.100 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:50% about being in front of people again. 34:51.100 --> 34:55.333 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:65% And it's not really a self doubt of can I still do it, 34:55.333 --> 34:58.900 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:50% but you kind of lose contact with the immediacy 34:58.900 --> 35:02.733 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:50% of what it's like to do the work we've been 35:02.733 --> 35:04.733 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:40% so accustomed to doing in my case 35:04.733 --> 35:07.000 align:start position:12.5% line:74% size:72.5% for almost a quarter century. 35:07.000 --> 35:11.966 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% So being out in front of people again, 35:12.733 --> 35:14.600 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:60% it was almost cathartic. 35:14.600 --> 35:17.133 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:35% It really does stand out like the, 35:17.133 --> 35:19.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% you know, cause after this week, 35:19.166 --> 35:21.966 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:55% I think none of us who are here right now, 35:21.966 --> 35:23.900 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:50% really know when the next time will be. 35:25.166 --> 35:28.700 align:start position:15% line:10% size:65% (dramatic classical music) 44:47.533 --> 44:50.633 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:55% The difference between an audience of 25 44:50.633 --> 44:53.233 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:60% and an audience of 3000, 44:53.233 --> 44:55.933 align:start position:25% line:68.67% size:47.5% is smaller than the difference between 44:55.933 --> 44:58.666 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:37.5% no audience and an audience of 25. 44:58.666 --> 45:00.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% Is if you're in front of people 45:00.300 --> 45:03.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% and it's live and in real time, 45:03.133 --> 45:06.833 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:52.5% then music exists the way it's meant to be. 45:06.833 --> 45:10.733 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:55% Where it's experienced in real time and space. 45:10.733 --> 45:15.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% Whereas when it's all virtual, 45:15.033 --> 45:16.833 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:50% it doesn't mean that the art isn't there. 45:16.833 --> 45:19.400 align:start position:17.5% line:68.67% size:60% It doesn't mean that the communication isn't there, 45:19.400 --> 45:22.633 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:42.5% but it feels just completely different. 45:22.633 --> 45:25.533 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:37.5% The more we can feel and understand 45:25.533 --> 45:28.600 align:start position:30% line:68.67% size:37.5% that it's a two way sort of giving, 45:28.600 --> 45:31.000 align:start position:27.5% line:68.67% size:40% the more we feel that it's vital. 45:32.266 --> 45:35.666 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:60% (somber classical music) 52:29.266 --> 52:32.633 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:60% (upbeat classical music) 52:37.766 --> 52:41.166 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:60% (somber classical music) 53:31.766 --> 53:35.333 align:start position:15% line:74% size:65% (dramatic classical music) 55:23.800 --> 55:26.533 align:start position:27.5% line:74% size:40% (crowd cheering) 55:41.666 --> 55:45.066 align:start position:17.5% line:74% size:60% (upbeat classical music) 56:12.600 --> 56:13.833 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:50% - [Narrator] Funding for this program 56:13.833 --> 56:18.466 align:start position:22.5% line:68.67% size:50% has been provided by the FS Foundation, 56:18.466 --> 56:21.433 align:start position:15% line:68.67% size:67.5% bringing together adults of all abilities and backgrounds, 56:21.433 --> 56:24.566 align:start position:20% line:68.67% size:57.5% as they pursue passion, prosperity and purpose. 56:27.500 --> 56:29.833 align:start position:15% line:74% size:65% Linda and Alvaro Pascotto. 56:29.833 --> 56:32.600 align:start position:20% line:74% size:55% (soft classical music) 56:32.600 --> 56:35.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% The Carol Franc Buck Foundation. 56:35.233 --> 56:37.833 align:start position:20% line:10% size:55% (soft classical music) 56:37.833 --> 56:40.433 align:start position:25% line:10% size:45% Additional support provided by these funders.