1 00:00:01,133 --> 00:00:11,133 ♪ 2 00:00:11,133 --> 00:00:21,133 ♪ 3 00:00:21,133 --> 00:00:31,133 ♪ 4 00:00:31,133 --> 00:00:41,133 ♪ 5 00:00:41,133 --> 00:00:46,633 ♪ 6 00:00:46,633 --> 00:00:48,066 Beryl> Ladies and gentlemen, 7 00:00:48,066 --> 00:00:50,366 please join us for the premiere performance 8 00:00:50,366 --> 00:00:52,166 of Marian McPartland's 9 00:00:52,166 --> 00:00:55,566 A Portrait of Rachel Carson . 10 00:00:55,566 --> 00:00:58,400 This homage to Carson's book Silent Spring 11 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,566 will be performed by the composer herself 12 00:01:01,566 --> 00:01:04,466 and the University of South Carolina Symphony 13 00:01:04,466 --> 00:01:07,233 under the baton of Maestro Donald Portnoy. 14 00:01:07,233 --> 00:01:15,866 (applause) 15 00:01:15,866 --> 00:01:25,866 ♪ 16 00:01:25,866 --> 00:01:35,866 ♪ ♪ 17 00:01:35,866 --> 00:01:45,866 ♪ 18 00:01:45,866 --> 00:01:55,866 ♪ ♪ 19 00:01:55,866 --> 00:02:05,933 ♪ 20 00:02:05,933 --> 00:02:15,933 ♪ ♪ 21 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♪ 49 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:06,266 ♪ ♪ 50 00:07:06,266 --> 00:07:16,266 ♪ 51 00:07:16,266 --> 00:07:26,266 ♪ ♪ 52 00:07:26,266 --> 00:07:36,266 ♪ 53 00:07:36,266 --> 00:07:46,266 ♪ ♪ 54 00:07:46,266 --> 00:07:56,266 ♪ 55 00:07:56,266 --> 00:08:06,333 ♪ ♪ 56 00:08:06,333 --> 00:08:16,333 ♪ 57 00:08:16,333 --> 00:08:26,333 ♪ ♪ 58 00:08:26,333 --> 00:08:36,333 ♪ 59 00:08:36,333 --> 00:08:46,333 ♪ ♪ 60 00:08:46,333 --> 00:08:56,333 ♪ 61 00:08:56,333 --> 00:09:06,400 ♪ ♪ 62 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:16,400 ♪ 63 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:26,400 ♪ ♪ 64 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:36,400 ♪ 65 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:46,400 ♪ ♪ 66 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:56,400 ♪ 67 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:06,400 ♪ ♪ 68 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:16,400 ♪ 69 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:26,400 ♪ ♪ 70 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:31,866 ♪ 71 00:10:31,866 --> 00:10:35,866 Beryl> How significant is this particular work to you? 72 00:10:35,866 --> 00:10:37,733 Marian> Oh, much more significant 73 00:10:37,733 --> 00:10:41,033 than anything I've done so far. 74 00:10:41,033 --> 00:10:45,333 It's something totally different from what I've done before, 75 00:10:45,333 --> 00:10:46,500 ♪ 76 00:10:46,500 --> 00:10:51,700 and I'm just hoping it will make a dent somewhere 77 00:10:51,700 --> 00:10:55,200 that I'll be able to record it. 78 00:10:55,200 --> 00:11:05,066 ♪ 79 00:11:05,066 --> 00:11:11,066 ♪ 80 00:11:11,066 --> 00:11:21,066 ♪ 81 00:11:21,066 --> 00:11:31,066 ♪ 82 00:11:31,066 --> 00:11:41,066 ♪ 83 00:11:41,066 --> 00:11:44,600 ♪ 84 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,200 Marian> Years ago, I read Rachel's book. 85 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,633 And I kept thinking. 86 00:11:51,633 --> 00:11:55,133 I would love to make some kind of protest about 87 00:11:55,133 --> 00:11:58,666 the terrible things that are going on. 88 00:11:58,666 --> 00:12:01,533 And I thought, well, the only thing I can do is to 89 00:12:01,533 --> 00:12:02,700 ♪ 90 00:12:02,700 --> 00:12:04,233 put it into music and 91 00:12:04,233 --> 00:12:07,733 play something out of my head. 92 00:12:07,733 --> 00:12:14,700 ♪ 93 00:12:14,700 --> 00:12:22,166 ♪ 94 00:12:22,166 --> 00:12:28,566 ♪ 95 00:12:28,566 --> 00:12:34,700 ♪ 96 00:12:34,700 --> 00:12:40,733 ♪ 97 00:12:40,733 --> 00:12:46,466 ♪ 98 00:12:46,466 --> 00:12:53,366 ♪ 99 00:12:53,366 --> 00:13:00,066 ♪ 100 00:13:00,066 --> 00:13:05,866 ♪ 101 00:13:05,866 --> 00:13:15,300 ♪ 102 00:13:15,300 --> 00:13:16,466 Marian> I was thinking 103 00:13:16,466 --> 00:13:20,233 strictly of her view of the environment 104 00:13:20,233 --> 00:13:21,400 ♪ 105 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:25,066 and what she did to make people aware. 106 00:13:25,066 --> 00:13:28,033 that the things they were doing were wrong. 107 00:13:28,033 --> 00:13:31,400 But time went by, and the book 108 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:32,600 ♪ 109 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:35,966 just got left out for a while. 110 00:13:35,966 --> 00:13:41,000 Maybe it will come back in and people will get curious and 111 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,433 ♪ 112 00:13:42,433 --> 00:13:45,933 start reading it again. 113 00:13:45,933 --> 00:13:55,933 ♪ 114 00:13:55,933 --> 00:14:06,000 ♪ 115 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:16,000 ♪ 116 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:26,000 ♪ 117 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:36,000 ♪ 118 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:46,000 ♪ 119 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:56,000 ♪ 120 00:14:56,000 --> 00:15:06,066 ♪ 121 00:15:06,066 --> 00:15:16,066 ♪ 122 00:15:16,066 --> 00:15:19,666 ♪ 123 00:15:19,666 --> 00:15:22,433 It is a classical piece. 124 00:15:22,433 --> 00:15:26,500 That's the only way I can describe it. 125 00:15:26,500 --> 00:15:33,300 And trying to make statements musically about, 126 00:15:33,300 --> 00:15:35,333 ♪ 127 00:15:35,333 --> 00:15:37,633 cutting down trees 128 00:15:37,633 --> 00:15:43,100 and pesticides and losing 129 00:15:43,100 --> 00:15:47,633 so many birds and insects, 130 00:15:47,633 --> 00:15:52,100 flowers and things that have, have all been 131 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:56,500 ruined by the things that are going on, 132 00:15:56,500 --> 00:15:58,200 especially with pesticides. 133 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:01,766 Although that's a pretty hard thing to describe musically. 134 00:16:01,766 --> 00:16:11,766 ♪ 135 00:16:11,766 --> 00:16:21,766 ♪ 136 00:16:21,766 --> 00:16:31,766 ♪ 137 00:16:31,766 --> 00:16:41,766 ♪ 138 00:16:41,766 --> 00:16:46,133 ♪ 139 00:16:46,133 --> 00:16:55,100 ♪ 140 00:16:55,100 --> 00:16:57,000 It's definitely an homage 141 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:02,933 to Rachel Carson and hoping that people will 142 00:17:02,933 --> 00:17:04,633 ♪ 143 00:17:04,633 --> 00:17:08,300 listen and, 144 00:17:08,300 --> 00:17:10,566 Well, like with global warming, 145 00:17:10,566 --> 00:17:11,766 everything is happening. 146 00:17:11,766 --> 00:17:15,433 I'm just hoping it may stir some people up 147 00:17:15,433 --> 00:17:16,600 ♪ 148 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,333 to know that terrible things are happening 149 00:17:19,333 --> 00:17:21,300 to the environment. 150 00:17:21,300 --> 00:17:24,200 In fact, to the whole world. 151 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:30,033 So this is just my small contribution 152 00:17:30,033 --> 00:17:31,300 ♪ 153 00:17:31,300 --> 00:17:34,066 saying musically 154 00:17:34,066 --> 00:17:35,933 that terrible things are happening 155 00:17:35,933 --> 00:17:39,433 and you better listen. 156 00:17:39,433 --> 00:17:49,433 ♪ 157 00:17:49,433 --> 00:17:59,433 ♪ 158 00:17:59,433 --> 00:18:09,500 ♪ ♪ 159 00:18:09,500 --> 00:18:19,500 ♪ 160 00:18:19,500 --> 00:18:29,500 ♪ ♪ 161 00:18:29,500 --> 00:18:39,500 ♪ 162 00:18:39,500 --> 00:18:49,500 ♪ ♪ 163 00:18:49,500 --> 00:18:59,500 ♪ 164 00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:09,566 ♪ ♪ 165 00:19:09,566 --> 00:19:19,566 ♪ 166 00:19:19,566 --> 00:19:29,566 ♪ ♪ 167 00:19:29,566 --> 00:19:39,566 ♪ 168 00:19:39,566 --> 00:19:49,566 ♪ ♪ 169 00:19:49,566 --> 00:19:59,566 ♪ 170 00:19:59,566 --> 00:20:09,566 ♪ ♪ 171 00:20:09,566 --> 00:20:19,566 ♪ 172 00:20:19,566 --> 00:20:29,566 ♪ ♪ 173 00:20:29,566 --> 00:20:39,566 ♪ 174 00:20:39,566 --> 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