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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2016-11-07 05:29:43
Juventas Kicks Off
[…] to create sounds akin to rumbling stomachs or chatting whales. Calling his instrument the Styrofoam-O-phone, Bunk gives new meaning to “cutting edge,” given that the sawing of his bow eroded several chunks from his instrument while he played. While the Styrofoam-O-phone vividly celebrates the exhilarating openness of new music to all comers, it also veered toward spoof. An ensemble piece titled “Qualia” composed by Wesley Troeger was earnestly performed by a quintet named Alea III. It had its admirers, who applauded loudly for David Stevens, saxophone, Barrett Ham, clarinet, Harrison Honor, percussion, Leonid Plashinov, viola, and Clare Bradford, cello. As the players generated squeaks, tapped their bows on their strings, stroked their instruments, and produced sudden percussive bursts, conductor Holly Choe gracefully kept time. A piano solo by Scottish composer Judith Weir titled “The Art of Touching the Keyboard” was performed by Donald Berman, who touched […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2014-11-02 19:32:00
Intriguing Promise from Bassoons
Janet Underhill (file photo) The contemporary music ensemble Alea III opened its 37th season at Boston University with a program dedicated to the bassoon, coordinated by and featured Boston-area bassoonist Janet Underhill, whose biography features her work as a teacher, including 10 years of managing the chamber music program at the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra. As a player, she has a remarkably fluid technique and a velvety tone, and her interpretations are thoughtful, but perhaps a little conservative. This conservative quality extended to the evening’s programming. A night of “new music for bassoon” promises something that “contemporary music for the violin” or “new music for the piano” does not. The latter two just sound like normal programming. Thursday night’s concert at the Tsai promised something a bit more intriguing than usual, and delivered a few flashes of the unexpected, but was ultimately cautious and careful. Still, there was certainly […]
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