Edward Rothstein reviews our latest concert, Before The Night: Jewish Classical Masterpieces of Pre-1933 Europe, featuring the ARC Ensemble:
[T]he pieces themselves, beautifully played by the Canadian-based ARC Ensemble, make no allusions to the Jewish origins of the composers; nor do they hint at how Saletski’s phrase fits these figures, all three of whom, in fleeing the Nazis, took a path that ultimately led from their respective nations of birth—Poland, Italy, and Austria—to the United States…..So here we have three finely crafted and intriguing works, each showing the influence of a different national style (Polish, Italian, Austrian) and each displaying unusual mastery.
Read the rest on Mosaic‘s website.