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Geostrophic String Quartet Concert

Geostrophic String Quartet
Returns to the Woods Hole Library





          Bill Simmons’ popular Geostrophic
String Quartet  is returning to the Woods
Hole Public Library  Saturday, August 2
at 7:30pm with “Birds, Hymns and  a
Herr,” an evening of Brahms, Haydn and Charles Ives. The concert will open with
Haydn’s Quartet in C,  subtitled ‘The
Bird,” a brief, brilliantly upbeat work whose Scherzo is muted, somber and in a
low register, but whose trio is an upper register violin duet with the happiest
bird-like trilling imaginable.



         

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The first half closer will be Charles Ives’ string
quartet, a student work written as part of a composition course he took as an
elective during his sophomore year at Yale. It was found after his death and
published in 1960. Since then, it has become perhaps the most analyzed and
talked about piece in his portfolio. Based on hymn tunes (he was a church
organist in his youth) and subtitled “The Revival Meeting,” it is  melodic and uplifting  and 
ends with a brilliant Ivesian twist.



        

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           The entire second half will be
devoted to Brahms’ string quartet Op 51, no2 in D minor.





           Violinist Matthew
Liebendorfer, an Oberlin Conservatory graduate, is an active and prominent
violinist in the New England chamber music scene. By day, he pursues a career
in business technology integration, specializing in relational database
technology implementation. Father of four, Matthew is an avid skier and lives
in Newton with his wife Kerrie.



       



Evie McFadden trained
as a violinist and music educator at West Chester State University. A life-long
devotee of chamber music she is Director of Training at Health Management
Resources, a Boston-based firm that designs weight and health management
programs for medical centers across the country. In winter, she lives atop
Nonantum Hill in Brighton with her husband, cellist Bill Simmons. In the warmer
seasons, they live and garden on Onset’s Sunset Cove.





       David Hobbie, violist and also an
Oberlin College alumnus, grew up in Falmouth and graduated from Falmouth
Academy. For the past 30 years, he has been a familiar performer in numerous
local musical productions, including the Woods Hole Public Library’s Chamber
Music Series. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar and Litigation Knowledge
Manager for the Boston firm Goodwin Procter, LLP. He now lives in Acton with
his wife Jeanne, daughter Svetlana, and dog Kody.



 



        
Bill Simmons, cellist and ardent supporter of Woods Hole Public Library, was a
longtime Falmouth resident. Now retired, he joined Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution’s physical oceanography department as an Assistant Scientist in
1969. He founded the Woods Hole Library’s Chamber Music Series in 1979, and
produced, directed, and performed in that series through the mid 1990s. In
2011, he founded the Geostrophic String Quartet to help Woods Hole Historical
Museum celebrate the life and work of Fritz Fuglister, violinist and WHOI
oceanographer.



 



GSQ’s spirited
performances are further enlivened by Bill Simmons’ introductory remarks and
commentary. His observations are an enjoyable and instructive addition, further
enhancing the concert experience for the quartet’s many loyal followers. The
performance is open to the public, with tickets, costing $25, available for
purchase at the Library during regular hours as well as at the door on the
night of the performance. Tickets are also available at Eight Cousins and at
the Bank of Woods Hole. For further information visit the Library’s website,
woodsholepubliclibrary.org, or call 508-548-8961.





 



 



 



 



 



 

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