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2008 season • Article/Feature

One Violinist, Many Time Zones, "Four Seasons"

July 10, 2008

Sarah Chang arrived in Eugene to play Antonio Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" at the Oregon Bach Festival. Bob Keefer spoke with her at the Hult Center as she began rehearsals.

"I have strong feelings about how to play Vivaldi!" she says. "I do embellish a bit. But after having a lot of fun embellishing the music to within an inch of its life, I have gone back to what Vivaldi actually wrote. It's really pretty. He really knew what he was doing."

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