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Charles Burns, Jim Farber, Richard S. Ginell, Harlow Robinson
Dec 22, 2025
Brightwork newmusic’s concert at Monk Space showed that stylistic fluidity need not come at the expense of musical rigor. Across eight works, pop hooks, jazz grooves, and contemporary chamber textures coexisted naturally. From Nina Shekhar’s gently grooving Don’t Beat a Word to Aron Kallay’s playful Luciano Berio–Beatles arrangements, Brightwork treated all musical idioms with equal care and ease, ending the night with Clarence Barlow’s dense Septima de facto as proof that approachability and ambition can comfortably share the same stage. (Read SFCV's review.) — Charles Burns
https://www.sfcv.org/articles/feature/best-performances-2025-los-angeles#
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