REVIEW; Present Music rings with the sound of an accordion

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: January 7, 2007| Author: TOM STRINI | Copyright information

The sound of a bell seems straightforward, at first. But if you really listen, whole arrays of overtones shimmer above the fundamental tone, and they change as the bell swings and tolls.

That phenomenon, I think, is at the heart of Guy Klucevsek's mesmerizing accordion arrangement of Burt Bacharach's "One Less Bell to Answer," which Klucevsek performed Saturday at a Present Music concert. He played just the first phrase of the Bacharach tune, over and over, in the highest and purest no...

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