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Thursday, April 12, 1984/The Battalion/Page 9 ^English octet shares ‘easy warmth’ with audience By SARAH OATES Senior Staff Writer Hailed as the finest octet to come out of Great Britain, St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra lived up to its reputation Wednesday night. The ensem ble performed three works in Rudder Auditorium. Chamber music is defined as being appropriate for perfor mance in a small, private room or hall. Although Rudder Audi torium is not an intimate set ting, and though it was filled to near-capacity, the eight musi cians played with the easy warmth an audience could ex pect to share in a chamber set- ting. The first presentation, Brahms Sextet in B flat major. Opus 18, provided a winsome opening to the performance. The solemn first movement led into a melancholy second movement, which in turn meta morphosed into a spritely mel- ody during the third movement. The fourth movement, a lively exchange between the cellos and violins, was a rousing climax to the work. For the second piece, the Pre lude and Scherzo for String Oc tet, by Shostakovich, the group was joined onstage by another violin and viola. This work was an opportunity for the musi cians to demonstrate their virtu osity, but had a mournful and almost contentious flavor. This work was unpleasantly disso nant. The last work presented was the famed Mendelssohn Octet in E flat major, Opus 20. This was a marvelous piece that brought the evening to an en ergetic close. During the four movements, the violins, violas and cellos sounded as if they were engaged in an alternately frivolous, then more serious conversation that built to an ex citing peak during the third and fourth movements. This work was particularly vi brant and demanding; the mu sicians performed with a partic ular synergy that surpassed the rest of the evening’s fare. First violinist Kenneth Sillito played with warmth and brilli ance. His performance was richly textured and at the same time very controlled. Cellist Denis Vigay also deliv ered a fine performance. The mellow violas and the physical exuberance of Sillito and Vigay, combined with outstanding per formances by the cellists made this a memorable evening. billed thaii | e alibi," s jpervison Veterinarian to conla on Hf for Hcnn hat Hei ess. Hei ker said, ‘The m (continued from page 7) be i. After much moving, Fiske fi- iecuion ijfcllv received a bachelor of sci- t the won ?nce degree in animal science fom the University of Florida |ii 1974. She returned to Texas A&M ivhen her husband got his job liere.Fiske received a master’s n animal science from the Uni- /ersity in 197G. She published a wok in 1977, “How Horses .earn.” She deceived her doctorate in veterinary medicine in 1980 and began her practice. Ninety-eight percent of her Lucas coi PCtice is with horses, which nave always been her true love, ihegot her first horse when she ivas six. And almost ever since, ihehas had at least one. A veter- nary practice has always been die goal for Fiske, something her mother found hard to ac- against Lucas * / when hopped in and not omi That peni be; derson d / that Luo n Austin in abom that is tapes si n said e killed! A groct Jacksomi »w Lucas The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Octet performs the Sextet in B flat major, Opus 18 by Johannes Photo by JOHN RYAN Brahms during their performance Wednesday. The concert was spon sored by the MSC OP AS. seminate about six stallions and mares. If everything goes smoothly, the processs from stallion to mare usually lakes just 20 minutes. The rest of the day is spent making calls of varied sorts, ranging from castration to birth. Assisting in births are eas ily her favorite type of call. “There is nothing I like more than helping to give birth to a live animal,” she says. •' AUTO INSURANCE FOR AGGIES Call: George Webb Farmers Insurance Group i 3400 S. 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