”Concert Review: Chameleon Arts Ensemble Explores the Bounties of the Belle Époque”

Zoltán Kodály etched a similar Proustian effect in his Duo for Violin and Cello. Cast in three movements, this score makes a virtuosic display out of folk-like melodies and the composition was played with the verve of country fiddlers by violinist Francesca dePasquale and cellist Sarah Rommel. Each mirrored the other with earthy vibrancy: dePasquale’s line in the Allegro serioso was a silvery sheen against the deep mahogany of Rommel’s cello. Both rendered the Adagio with haunting distance before the final movement erupted in a rhapsodic play that barreled fittingly to its hard-won resolution.
…the brief opener, Lili Boulanger’s Nocturne et cortège. Working in ideal tandem, DePasquale and Chang-Freiheit packed fervent joy and longing in its taut five-minute expanse. Proof that even these delightful miniatures, in the hands of these extraordinary musicians, can convey impassioned exuberance.

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-by Aaron Keebaugh, The Arts Fuse