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Friday • October 3 ; 1997
‘To sooth the savage beast’
English Cellist to play with the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra
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By Helen Clancy
Editor in chief
S ome say music is the universal
language, able to transcend eth
nic and cultural boundaries.
With his international experience
and dedication to musical expres
sion, cellist Nicholas Jones illustrates
the truth behind this adage.
Jones, a distinguished soloist
from Great Britain, will join the Bra
zos Valley Symphony Orchestra
with a performance of Cello Con
certo by Camille Saint-Saens at
Rudder Theatre Sunday.
Peter Lieuwen, associate profes
sor of music, said Jones has inter
acted with students through lec
tures on British music and the cello.
Students and faculty heard Jones
play at Wednesday’s Brown Bag
Concert with pianist and A&M Mu
sic Coordinator Werner Rose.
Lieuwen said the size of the
Texas A&M community allows
Jones to connect with students on
an intimate level unattainable in
larger cities like Houston or Dallas.
“It doesn’t happen every day
here — when we’re able to get
somebody, especially a distin
guished musician from Europe to
perform,” he said. “To have him
come to A&M is a great opportuni
ty for us.”
In search of musical balance,
Jones has practiced with the or
chestra in preparation of Sunday’s
performance. When a soloist
shares the stage with an orches
tra, Lieuwen said, the interac
tion is a learning experience for
all musicians involved.
“Every soloist will bring
something different,” he
said. “It’s one of the great
est joys in life — to be
able to make music with
other people.”
Although most clas
sical musicians special
ize in one area, such as
baroque or romantic
music, Jones does not
limit himself to a single
historical period or style.
Lieuwen said his versatili
ty is indicative of his skill
as a musician.
“He seems to be able to
cross over all these boundaries
and is able to play many different
styles of different historical peri
ods,” he said. “He also has a keen
interest in new music.”
Early in life, Jones said he was
certain his future career would be
dedicated to music. The mystery
of the profession did not deter him
— he committed his studies to
music at the age of 15. Since
then, he has been a teacher,
student and performer
traveling as far as Israel to
continue his pursuit.
Jones, who lives in
Manchester, England, is
head of strings at
Chetham’s School of Mu
sic. As principal cellist of
the English String Or
chestra, he has toured
internationally. He also
performs with the
Bochmann Quartet
and is a member of
the Concertante
Piano Trio.
Ten year s ago, Jones founded Mu-
sicfest, bringing artists and students
together from all over the world to
Wales for two weeks every year.
“It is a festival that combines a
major international summer school
with a music festival,” he said. “I at
tract students that come study there
every summer from virtually all
over the world, including as far
away as China, United States,
Brazil and Malaysia.”
Jones said Sunday’s audi
ence will witness a musical in
terpretation influenced by his
breadth of knowledge and in
ternational experience.
“My playing will reflect some
thing of my cultural background
— my British and European back
ground,” he said. “It’s always fun I
think, to hear - someone from anoth
er country play, and hopefully the/ll
be intrigued by that and enjoy it
when they get there.”
Jones characterizes the Cello
Concerto as a dramatic, lyrical
piece. Exhibiting the qualitiesofa
minuet and a waltz, he said the
concerto will embody the ex
oticism and mystery of French
opera. The orchestra will also
perform Beethoven’s 5th
Symphony and Overture La
Forza del Destine (Over
Lire of the Force of Des
tiny) by Guiseppe Verdi.
The concert, which is ti
tled “All Time Favorites,"
will be presented
by the Brazos Val
ley Symphony Or
chestra at 4 p.m. inj
Rudder Theatre.
Lieuwen said Sunday
performance will touchlisten-
ers of all cultural backgrounds
“You can communicate
across geographical and
ethnic boundaries with mu
sic,” he said. “It’s a wonder
ful thing.”
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