Gary Philo

Nicholas Underhill

Light and Sirius

available at Capstone Records

 

Three Pieces for Piano was written for Nicholas Underhill, who gave the first performance in Weill Recital Hall, NYC.

 

"Gary Philo's Three Pieces are compact musings on atmosphere and poetic gesture, with rhythmic surprises, sudden silences and lyrical sighs to keep the movements in arresting motion."

Donald Rosenberg, Gramophone

The Cleveland Chamber Collective

Debuts

available at Amazon.com

 

Lech Lecha was written for the Cleveland Chamber Collective.

 

The Cleveland Chamber Collective was founded in 1992 by Cleveland Orchestra members and friends. Their mission is to perform neglected works of the past and bring new music to the public. The group has commisioned several works, some of which are presented on this recording.

Silesian Philharmonic

Orchestral Miniatures

Volume 5

available at Amazon.com

 

Reviews for Spring Music

 

From Fanfare (December 2000):

"Gary Philo's Spring Music is a surprisingly tough composition that celebrates springtime a la Stravinsky—that is, as a force to be reckoned with. A few introductory bars of Imipressionistic mood music disarm the listener and set him/her up perfectly for the excitement of something totally unexpected: a buffeting of propulsive, arch-chromatic sound. I like it."

From 21st Century Music, January 2003, volume 10, number 1


(David Cleary): "Spring Music by Gary Philo manages to be showy while avoiding . . . more predictable approaches, opting instead for an unusual juxtaposition of Impressionist and Expressionist writing. Philo's aforementioned style mix is handled expertly well, somehow managing to let its two approaches coexist smoothly. And the work's structural sense is both expertly outlined and unusual."

 

From ArkivMusic.com:

". . . Gary Philo's superb 'Spring Music' exhibits thematic and orchestral control that brings to mind the ease and aplomb of Richard Strauss at his best."