Music Is a Frame for Silence: Two Original Pieces
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0:02A: Thank you, Ingrid. It is a pleasure and an honor, as always, to be here. Um, by the way, first, you did kind of make that instrument as well. That’s not really a kid bass, right? I wonder where it came from.
0:15B: What’s that?
0:16A: I wonder where it came from.
0:18C: Yeah.
0:18A: I had it turned in at the factory, but not the factory. I think it used to be a cello. Yes? So, uh, we’re gonna do 2 pieces of mine, and, uh, this first one is called Frame, and it was named and conceived after I saw a documentary, uh, which featured Sting, uh, playing, of all people, of all composers, singing and playing music of John Dowland, uh, which is a Renaissance -- English Renaissance composer. And it was beautiful. And there was one quote that stuck with me, which was what was the origin of this song. And it was -- he said, music -- no, uh -- It had a big impact on you.
1:11B: Yeah.
1:13A: Music is a frame for silence. And I thought, Okay, I’m going to try to frame silence in my own way, so that’s what this is.
1:24C: Okay.
6:29A: Thank you. Uh, this one is kind of a bluesy tune. It’s called Back for Good. I’ll let you figure it out. Good luck.
6:45C: Oh, no.
6:46A: It’s a sing-along. Everything I’ve gone through --
11:42B: Not everyone.
11:45A: -- written down. Tell them why. They treat me to the backbeat.
11:48B: Oh, the backbeat. Did you all pick up on that backwards bit? I love it. I was thinking, oh, maybe, you know, went on vacation, came back to play music, or I don’t know. But yeah, the backbeat, that was great. Thank you so much, you guys. We love having you here.
12:06A: We love being here. Thank you, Mary.
12:08B: You’re, you know, an interesting part of Vermont history. I also want to shout out to Stan, who is not only a great flutist and trumpeter, but he’s also a potter. And created a beautiful ceramic bowl for the second floor where people can -- we put our mints, you know, that people can take up with them. So thank you very much. It’s a beautiful gift.
12:32A: We really appreciate it.
12:33B: A reminder that you can learn more about our artists and find links to support them on our program page. That’s on our website, zalonarts.org. People ask me how I find my performers, and many through my own travels and concerts. Sometimes artists write to me, and I was very glad to hear from Sandy Martinovi about her duo with Ani Ghezori when she inquired about performing. Sandy and Ani are a duo whose collaboration has been shaped over nearly a decade of touring across Germany and internationally. stages. In 2025, they founded Light and Bloom, an immersive concert platform. Their work is rooted in the belief that music carries a transformative power capable of illuminating healing and creating deep human connection beyond words. I’m very much with you there. I’ll turn it over to Sandy to tell you more about the repertoire, but first, help me welcome to the salon for the first time Sandy Bartinovi Hello everyone, can you hear me? Yes.
13:56C: Thank you so much for your invitation. We are so happy to be part of this beautiful evening and perform this, our debut We’re so happy to have this debut today together. Today we will perform Love Story that is composed by American composer, one of the leading composers of 21st century, John Williams. And he composed this Love Story for the movie Star Wars. It’s called Across the Stars. And the second song that we’ll perform Perform this, a Georgian folk dance by Georgian composer Sohansin Sade. It’s called Sachida. Hope you enjoy.
