At our residence this summer, we have been fortunate to have as our guest a seasoned professional cellist, Christiane McKee. For enjoyment and to maintain her skills, she is part of a string quartet whose members play together weekly for what she calls “practice”. However, listening to their magnificent chamber music, it is clear that they are professionals at work. Recently, the group came to “practice” in our front foyer. As their dulcet tones wafted through the halls, an audience was drawn to the music as if a magnet had pulled them.
In addition to Christiane as cellist, the other instrumentalists were Tom Hart and Cathy Mallory on violin and Dr. Mo Genner playing viola. Listening to their repertoire which consisted of selections from Hayden, Schubert and Mozart brought joy to our home on what would have been a rather ordinary Wednesday morning. How heartwarming it was to hear skilled musicians play beautiful classical music just for the love of it. In Shakespeare’s words, it was indeed “music with her silver sound.”
Jean Moylan CSJ