Hats off, too, to the fine playing in the pit orchestra, which was led by John Douglas. Tom Purdom review of Boyer theory professor Jan Krzywicki's new String Quartet which was premiered by the Colorado String Quartet in their performance for the Chamber Music Society of Philadelphia Series. Krzywicki chose to strike hard, with maximum intensity, and achieved a composer's dream. At intermission, the corridors were crowded with people who were talking about his creation. The quartet can be described as a six movement piece in which songs for all four instruments rise from an agitated background . . .
Audiences frequently complain that a lot of contemporary music is just plain ugly.
Every bar in Krzywicki's quartet sounded good. Professor Krzywicki's quartet was also played by the Colorado Quartet at the Boyer College as part of the Rock Hall Distinguished Artist Series. Temple orchestra, choruses are impressive in two local premieres read the headline in an April 4, Philadelphia Inquirer review by Lesley Valdes of the Annual Academy Concert given by the Symphony Orchestra and Combined Choirs. The Philadelphia premiere of John Corigliano's powerful Symphony No. 1, and the premiere with orchestra of the Paul Paray's Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc were on the program. The orchestra has a pliable, often brilliant, string section, and strong and reliable brass.