Eric Ruske is the hornist in a group of chamber works woven around the instrument this weekend at Bargemusic.
In Cross, a group of chamber musicians convene in the home of one of their members, the lawn of which has been colonised by a tacky memorial to a deceased teenaged stranger.
Even listeners who would not otherwise recognize the Tibetan word for "good fortune" know it as the name of a fine, shifting group of chamber players, here including Ida Kavafian, violinist; Fred Sherry, cellist; and Richard Stoltzman, clarinetist.
Instead of going to "every summer festival" to play in the off-season, Ms. Martin decided to bring the music and her friends, a select group of chamber and solo musicians, to Bridgehampton, where she has a second home.
My visit did not coincide with one of Mr. Aimard's contemporary music concerts, but I did attend a program by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group of chamber music spanning the century starting with Britten's birth.
Joining a group of chamber music veterans and novices in an intoxicating account of the Mendelssohn Octet last summer at the Verbier Festival, in the Alps of southern Switzerland, she radiated such concentration and pleasure, not only in the part she was playing but also in the symphony of sound all around her, that watching her became a lesson in the art of listening (and it is an art).
The caverns comprise a group of chambers, 30 to 140 feet (9 to 43 metres) in height, which are illuminated by indirect lighting and are connected by corridors, stairways, and bridges.
Based on thoroughly geomechanics tests around the group of chambers, the spatial characteristics and law of the stress distribution around the chambers were studied, the characteristics of chamber deformation and damage were also researched.
The combination of bolts and cables with grouting, effectively controlled the deformation and damage of rocks surrounding the group of chambers, and kept the chambers in a stable state for a long term.
Finally, a reinforcement pattern for the group of chambers was proposed: firstly, high pressure grouting with deep boreholes; then rock bolting with extra high strength bolts and cables; finally, sealing chamber surface with shotcreting (Kang et al. 2011c).
