“Baird Dodge, the CSO’s fine principal second violin, seized on the manic string-crossings, power chords, and repetitive riffs of the former piece (a frisky reimagining of a solo classical violin as a rock-and-roll drum set) as brilliantly as his colleagues Jennifer Gunn, flute, and harpist Julia Coronelli traced the pastoral meditation that is the latter.”
Chicago Classical Review, John Von Rhein | Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s MusicNow | Orchestra Hall, Chicago | April 2023