my first german review

A review of a concert of music of myself and friends Mark So and James Orsher from Petra Hedler, writing for the NRW gazette (North Rhein - Weshpalia)






Translation:

"It was very interesting for me to experience how Pisaro's students carry on with these ideas [i.e., those discussed in the previous paragraph]. They do it in a highly individual way. Johnny Chang gives the tones more space and volume and creates tender sound currents that carry one along. Mark So strongly embraces the phenomenon of the just barely audible, taking up a broad palette of sound producing devices (including glasses, stones). James Orsher lets small, filigreed tone islands appear and disappear again and again from a sea of silence."




Here's one of the pieces on that concert; Goldsmith Variations - in a version performed at calarts for 2 double basses, flute, ukele, harmonium & piano. This kind of instrumentation pretty much speaks to the variety of sounds that my friends bring to any rehearsals of highly focused yet openly creative concept pieces. (Not to forget wine glasses + H2O, pebbles on saucers
placed on snare drums, harmonicas, e-bowed e-guitar etc.etc.etc)