Quotes
“…Earplay has reliably provided
its audiences with some of the richest and liveliest programming
to be found anywhere…"
---Jules Langert, San Francisco Classical
Voice
“…eclectic, high-quality
composing and outstanding playing.”
---David Raymond, American Record Guide
“…one of the [Bay] Area’s
enduring contemporary music organizations….”
--San Francisco Examiner
“…uniformly enjoyable” “[A
performance] brilliantly rendered throughout”
--Joshua Kosman, SF Chronicle
“…fearless advocates for the music
of their era and their own community…”
--Allan Ulrich, San Francisco Examiner,
1997
“…Rose showed a keen understanding
of Kurtág’s personal idiom, with each movement given
a distinct and focused effect. She also dug into the music
with an intensity that mirrors this composer’s fascination
with the physical possibilities of instruments and their players.”
--Benjamin Frandzel, San Francisco
Classical Voice 3/17/03
“…Pianist Karen Rosenak performed
both of these challenging works [Incises(1994)
and Notations (1945)] with splendid intensity meeting
their virtuosic demands, and infusing the music with expressive
insight.”
--Jules Langert, San Francisco Classical
Voice 12/09/02
“…Hi Kyung Kim’s septet At
the Edge of the Ocean is a major work. Rich in musical
ideas, and with a full instrumentation it’s a work of deep
textures.” “…Mary Chun conducted concisely,
with particularity.” “[Thalia] Moore playing with
focus and keenly-directed phrasing, with [Karen] Rosenak in closest
ensemble, gave it [Espace I] an absorbing performance.”
--Robert Commanday, San Francisco Classical
Voice 9/8/03
“…Conductor Mary Chun led the
way with energy and verve, helping to mold an outstanding performance
of this original and compelling work [Orpheus].”
--Jules Langert, San Francisco Classical
Voice, 1/12/04
“…Winners of the Wayne
Peterson Prize and the recently-created Donald Aird Memorial
Prize, respectively, both composers led listeners into original
and compelling sound worlds…” “… As in Oliveira's piece, conductor Mary Chun provided crisp and
sensitive direction, with every line in the music clearly heard,
and the players provided a performance to match.”
---Benjamin Frandzel, San Francisco Classical
Voice, 5/17/04
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