Word: bavicchi
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...pieces for piano by Ivan Waldbauer 2G, though emotionally neutral, had at least the merits of consistent style and logical writing. John Bavicchi 2G and David Hughes provided the instructive picture of two men trying to be different--but in very different ways; Mr. Hughes by a weak and half-hearted reversion to an old musical style and form and Mr. Bavicchi by an aggressive rejection of the ideals of melodic and textural beauty evolved in the subsequent history of this style. Such a rejection is of course not uncommon in contemporary music but some glimmer of compensation is expected...
...Paul Knudson's Piano Sonata seemed to be the most significant of these. Despite passages of atonality, the work as a whole is not forbiddingly abstruse. A Serenade for Wind Quartet by Stuart Feder, Intrada and Dance by John Davison, and a Sonata for Cello and Piano by John Bavicchi were also on the program...