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<br /> Past Reviews 2017 Arts Proirani Application
<br /> "Janus Duo & Chapel Hill Philharmonia Br ghten December"
<br /> John Lambert, CVNC
<br /> Review of December 2006 Concert
<br /> " Pianists Barbara Rowan and Francis Whang, who perform together as the Janus Duo,
<br /> were mainstays of the IJNC Department of Music who have retired in Chapel Hill and who
<br /> still delight themselves and their myriad admirers with frequent concert appearances. They
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<br /> orchestra, playing the department's matched pair of Steinways (which, ironically, are singers—Terry Rhodes and Stafford Wing). This concerto is one of Mozart's most
<br /> felicitous inventions, and the interplay between the soloists and with the orchestra was
<br /> wonderful to experience... The Chapel Hill performance was warmly received —
<br /> The second half of the concert was devoted to a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No.
<br /> 5... Oehler and his musicians threw themselves into the music, and the results were
<br /> amazingly fine, with solid contributions from the horns and other wind and brass sections and
<br /> with inspiring resonance coming from the lower strings, in particular. The audience loved it,
<br /> demonstrating once again ibnmodtofoonomooityo,choo1zupedbrouuoceso[ihoc|noyiox, oi
<br /> which readings there are— as someone once said— people hearing these great scores for the
<br /> first time... and, perhaps, for the last time, too. Well done! ..."
<br /> "Chapel Hill Philharmonia Stretches its Envelope"
<br /> John Lambert, CVNC
<br /> Review of February 2005 Concert
<br /> "^ The pièce de resistance of the evening was the world premiere of a trumpet concerto by
<br /> Eddie Bass, distinguished Professor Emeritus of Composition at UNCG, whose music has on
<br /> several occasions been premiered in Chapel Hill. This time, the commission was engineered
<br /> by soloist Paul Neebe and funded in part by the Orange County Arts Commission .... The
<br /> clincher for the CH Philharmonia was that the OCAC stipulated the piece be premiered by a
<br /> community orchestra, and Oehler and Co.jumped at the opportunity, for as the Maestro noted
<br /> in his pre-concert comments, musicians can spend whole lifetimes in the trenches
<br /> withoutever participating iuu"first parfornnunce."
<br /> The new work, Suite ('oncertante, is a trumpet concerto in all but name, but it is in four
<br /> movements, presented in the format of a suite as opposed to the traditional three-movement
<br /> concerto. The movements Alborada, March, Nocturne, and Caccia are, as the
<br /> composer's brief program note states, rich in character— richer, indeed, and more varied that
<br /> one might expect from a more traditional concerto. Neebe is a spectacular player whose work
<br /> this writer has long admired, and ii he were an organist, one would be tempted to say he
<br /> pulled out all the stops, for he played three different instruments-- a standard trumpet, a
<br /> horn with alto characteristics, and what looked and sounded like a version of a baroque
<br /> trumpet— during the course of the work. The slow third movement is intimate and
<br /> reflective, as its name implies; it involves a small jazz ensemble, and for it drummer Thomas
<br /> Stevens joined Neebe at the front of the stage. All the music is tonal, immediately accessible,
<br /> and engaging Dnrutbeoutscta|| (bevvoyh` itsb|miogDour, undNcebcuudtbe CHP clearly
<br /> gave it their all, delivering an impressive performance that had all the requisite qualities --
<br /> good balance with the soloist and within the band, solid ensemble, considerably clarity, and
<br /> lots of dynamic contrasts. It's something of a tradition to say ofanew piece that's really good
<br /> that one would welcome the chance to hear it again-- and it's often safe to say, 1on, since
<br /> repeat performances of contemporaly works are so rare, but this one merits reprogramming,
<br /> and here's hoping the CHIP and other groups will take it up post-haste. ..."
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