- Joshua Kosman, in the Chronicle: "There were also less persuasive offerings by Yoko Ono and the Residents."
- Yours truly, in SFCV, on Ono's contribution: "The piece is simpleminded in the extreme..."
- SF Civic Center, who said nothing about Ono, but agreed with me and Joshua about how good Jerome Kitzke's piece was.
Lisa Hirsch's Classical Music Blog.
The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve. Lovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy time.
Berce mollement sur ton sein sublime
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
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Reviews of A Sweeter Music:
I put my comment after the review.
ReplyDeleteThank you for that eloquent and thoughtful review, Lisa. Here are a few other comments to add to the mix. Allan Ulrich: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9afe51c6-ecdc-11dd-a534-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1
ReplyDeleteand Richard Friedman:
http://rchrd.com/blog/wp/index.php
I'm really grateful that you were there and appreciate hearing what worked and what didn't work.
Where is calimac's comment? Someone left a comment at sfgate after Josh Kosman's review, but it's blocked.
Terrible news in your latest blog post about arts and the economy. Let's hope the new administration redistributes some much-needed dollars in the direction of the arts.
I thought the Yoko Ono piece was a rich dilettante's version of a High Colonic for Piano. It was very silly indeed, though Sarah almost made something of it. That was a fun concert, by the way.
ReplyDeleteSarah, calimac's comment is at SFCV in the comments to the review. And you are welcome - I liked your playing so much! HARD program. I want to hear the Kitzke and Rzewski again.
ReplyDeleteMike, well, I suppose that is one way to put it.