Reviewer:
cshere
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February 9, 2010
Subject:
Winkler's Flynt
Peter Winkler's performance was utterly magical. For eighteen minutes, I think it was, he had the audience perfectly rapt. The gong, lent for the occasion by the Oakland Symphony, rang out like a gorgeous mezzosoprano, with deep baritone components. It's not easy playing this piece; I've tried it — contenting myself with only 31, and without this magnificent gong. The first time I heard it, Peter Yates gave a thousand licks (he said: I doubt his accuracy) with a wooden spoon to the bottom of a cast-iron frying pan. It was ludicrous. Peter's performance reclaims the serious musical content of LaMonte Young's inspired composition.