REVIEWS OF MUSIC FEATURED ON “PAUL FREEMAN INTRODUCES”

FANFARE MAGAZINE: “Here we hear the composer’s own voice . . .” “. . . the music is very attractive and very well played.” “. . . a fine introduction to the composer’s music.”

Concerto for Cello & Chamber Orchestra
LOS ANGELES TIMES “With all due respect to Bach, Handel, and Telemann, ---the most
memorable music---” [of the evening] “---probing intensity---Stravinsky-ish touches yield to
lyricism.” “It is a modernist essay, tense yet engaging.”
VENTURA COUNTY STAR: “--the highlight of the evening---the entire concerto has the touch of
a composer whose classical depth is succinctly, and beguilingly restated in contemporary terms.

Concerto for Viola, Woodwinds, & Percussion
MILTON THOMAS (After playing the Los Angeles premiere)
“If I could write music like that, I’d become a composer.”

Concerto for Orchestra
VENTURA COUNTY STAR: “---sustained, sophistocated, and serious---”