Concert: New York Recital Debut
New Music Connoisseur, Spring, 1997
The Lyrical Piano- Vocal Composers at the Keyboard Works of Copland, Cipullo, Hagen, Barber, Schumann.
“Ms. Golan played beautifully throughout the evening, making light of the difficulties the music presented and showing the pieces to full advantage.”
To offer four American compositions on a debut recital bespeaks a commitment to the art that’s as rare as it is welcome. The theme of vocal composers as writers for piano was admirably carried out by Ms. Golan throughout the evening, up to and including the encore. The music of the two composers of the older generation held up well indeed. These works balanced the newer music neatly.
Ms. Golan played beautifully throughout the evening, making light of the difficulties the music presented and showing the pieces to full advantage. As an encore she played Lizst’s arrangement of Schumann’s Widmung, elegantly combining song and piano music in one. A large and appreciative audience responded with enthusiasm.
by Leo Kraft