Feast Of Music Reviews Osso At Barbes

Feast of Music has photos and a review of Osso Quartet’s Jan 28 performance at Barbes: “Year of the Snake was full of glissandos that cellist Maria Bella Jeffers turned into the sound of a record scratching. Year of the Ox had lead violinist Rob Moose playing a fast and pretty theme, with dissonant shreiks and growls surfacing like feedback underneath. Year of the Tiger jumped around with trills and arpeggios, requiring violist Marla Hansen to play at breakneck speed. Year of the Boar sounded Glass-like, with violinist Olivier Manchon playing the wrong side of the bridge over a repeating theme.”

January 29th, 2008 admin

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