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However, the soloists must project over the orchestra on their own as well as keeping key. Phyllis, the sheperdess played by Julia Chou, sings with confidence and precision. Timothy Griffiths in his tongue-twisting patter solos as the Lord Chancellor and Marcia Turner as Iolanthe pleading for her son's...
While the coherency of the Quartet's ensemble and conceptions was uniformly irreproachable, the four performers at the same time made manifest their own quite disparate styles. The first violinist, Nick Eanet, revealed almost immediately the exquisite clarity of his highly-nuanced sound, while the cellist Marcy Rosen imbued all...
David Horne's work "Surrendering to the Stream" was affectingly performed as well. Although the players sometimes seemed to suffer from the stiltedness endemic to contemporary performers' interpretations of recently-written music, their performance was, for the most part, sympathetic to the composition. While some works based on specific poems...
The highlight, indeed the climax of the entire evening, was the Wayne Shorter composition "Footprints." Drummer Hayes launched the band off on a simmering version of this '60's jazz classic. This tune featured Soloff's trumpet paying homage to Miles, and he did so in grand fashion. The piece...
All in all, White Oak's first New York foray was a success. What sets this troupe apart from other groups organized by celebrities is the seriousness and intelligence of its programs and the fact that the ensemble comes first. While Baryshnikov may have solos, he appears in other dances...