Jeremy Eichler/Boston Globe: Top Ten Great Moments of 2012- “Most worthy retrieval of vanished scores: Leon Kirchner's "Lily" performed at New England Conservatory's First Monday series, curated by Laurence Lesser; Selections by Harry Partch, performed at a Partch festival cohosted by NEC and Northwestern University.”“And how amazing, too, that among the 11 musicians at this performance were violinist James Buswell, celebrated clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, and cellist Lesser, brilliantly repeating their original performances” Lloyd Schwartz/The Boston Phoenix “After an enigmatic, questing flute solo from Sooyun Kim, the 11 instrumentalists conversed among themselves, like guests at a dinner party for distinguished artists. Soprano Diana Hoagland soared in her high-lying part, like the soul trying to shed its mortal coil. It whet the appetite for the complete work. As for the prerecorded voices, they were those of Kirchner - reading a monologue from “Henderson’’ - and his wife, Gertrude. The dead were still among the living. - Jeffrey Ganz/Boston Globe
