DATE |
SOURCE |
DESCRIPTION |
6/30/02 |
SF Chronicle, Joshua Kosman |
"The Shock of the Old" CD Review
New Music, Old Instruments
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3/21/00 |
SF Examiner, Joshua Kosman |
Opus 415 no. 5 Review
A 10-Hour Fest of New Music |
11/30/97 |
SF Examiner, Jesse Hamlin |
Opus 415 no. 3 Advance publicity. Cool pic of Terry Riley. |
4/29/97 |
Village Voice, Kyle Gann |
CD Review#4 "Impressive." |
August 97 |
20th Century Music, Thomas Goss |
CD Review#3 "This is the kind of recording that tends to hang out in the
CD player long after its first hearing." |
7-8/97 |
Fanfare, Art Lange |
CD Review#2 "Real craft evident amid the high spirits and fresh colors." |
2/8/97
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San Francisco Chronicle, Joshua Kosman |
CD Review#1 "The results are deeply enjoyable." **** |
2/97 |
20th Century Music, Leigh Vanhandel |
OPUS 415 #1 Review#2 "Common Sense has established a local precedent that others will
hopefully follow and support." |
2/97 |
20th Century Music, Carolyn Hautbois and Phillip George |
OPUS 415 Review#2 "...seven hours of innovative music." |
6/96 |
20th Century Music, Thomas Goss |
Review of New Music for Old Instruments "glorius results mixing two different, often mutually exclusive
groups: an ensemble of polished baroque traditionalists and a
cadre of living composers." |
12/95 |
Paris New Music Review, Dave Meckler |
OPUS 415 #2 Review #1 "A Concert for Those Who Like To Buy Their Music in Bulk" |
7/12/94 |
Village Voice, Kyle Gann |
Performance Review "What we could use more of though, is Common Sense's infectious
eager energy and expert writing. May they return soon." |
6/22/94 |
The Hartford Courant, Steve Metcalf |
Premiere Review "Even for Real Art Ways, a place that expressly traffics in the
new, this was quite a dose." |
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San Francisco Early Music Society |
New Music for Old Instruments Review |
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the Paris New Music Review, Dave Meckler |
OPUS 415 #1 Review#1 "The programming was excellent." |