But the afternoon belonged to the 11 musicians, whose effervescent and immensely characterful playing made the performance so delightful. Anchored by terrific keyboard work by duo-pianists Yukiko Sekino and Ciro Foderé, the New World members threw themselves into the off-kilter spirit of Saint-Saëns' musical bestiary with immense spirit and refined Gallic finesse. Particularly notable were bassist Matthew Heller's lumbering pachyderm, Alice Dade's graceful avian solos and Alucia Scalzo's witty cuckoo.
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Carnival reviewed
There is a nice review of Sunday's chamber music concert, written by Lawrence Johnson and appearing in today's Sun-Sentinel: "New World Symphony serves French chamber works." I found out about it from my Grandma Lillian, who lives in Fort Lauderdale and called to report that my name was in the paper:
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i just found your blog.
So now you're done for good?
I hope you blog again...interesting stuff. Though of course i don't agree with it all.
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