Area teens to perform classical chamber music

FRYEBURG —

“Deep,” “exciting,” “the most beautiful piece of music in the world;” these were some responses when teen musicians participating in a classical chamber music program described the music they are playing. These teens will perform on Wednesday, April 5, at 7 p.m. at the Fryeburg New Church.

The term chamber music describes music composed for small groups of players for performance in small settings. This form offers musicians a chance at musical leadership. Each person is responsible for his or her own part so musicians develop a great deal of skill and can explore their own interpretations of the notes and instructions written on the page. While much of the music in the concert was composed more than 100 years ago, some of it is more modern. On the program is Pyotr Ilyich

Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty Waltz arranged for four-hand piano by Sergei

Rachmaninoff, part of Jean Sibelius’s famous violin concerto, a truly lovely Nocturne for violin and piano by Lili Boulanger, and some modern movie music by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerard from the movie Gladiator. One piece on the program, by Quaker radical Soloman Eccles, was composed in the 1600s. The opportunity to hear this music performed by these dedicated young musicians is a refreshing spring treat.

The teens participating in the program range from