The New Yorker Lists Gregory Fulkerson's Bach Sonatas and Partitas among Last Year's Strongest Classical Releases by Marci Janas '91
			Professor of Violin Gregory Fulkerson's Bridge recording, J. S. Bach: The Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin, made The New Yorker's short list, "Last Year's Strongest Classical Releases." In the January 15 issue of the magazine, Russell Platt writes that Fulkerson "is no less impressive" and is "more quietly admired" than Anne-Sophie Mutter, whose live concert recordings of Prokofiev and Crumb also earn his praise. Fulkerson, he says, "combines a thorough knowledge of early-music techniques with the generous warmth of the mainstream tradition, filtered through the attentive ears of a first-class new-music player. Every Bach fan will have his favorite among the classic recordings of these works, but this should be the universal second choice: no one makes you listen harder." New music fans in New York will have a chance to listen hard when Fulkerson presents works by David Schober, Richard Wernick, Donald Erb, Stacy Garrop, and Michael Daugherty at Merkin Concert Hall, Monday, March 26, at 8 P.M. All of the pieces were either written for Fulkerson or commissioned by him. The Oberlin Percussion Group (OPG), conducted by Professor of Percussion Michael Rosen, will also appear on the program. Fulkerson will, in turn, join the OPG for performances of Michael Daugherty's "Lex" when the ensemble appears in a series of concerts scheduled that week at Yale, the Peabody Conservatory, and the Manhattan School of Music.
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