“[...] The final concert, And Beyond, in the second London Festival of American Music [...] , was held at the Warehouse, Waterloo on 13 October, given by the Lontano ensemble under the direction of Odaline de la Martinez.
The seven works in the programme were all very much of a muchness, dominated as it was
by contemporary American academic figures who as a representative body seemed all too
ready to take the attractive, but in creative terms, too easy option of a post-minimalist basis
allied to pretty constant rhythmic fixations. [...]

[...] Patricio da Silva’s Clarinet Quintet was quite another matter; here is a genuine creative voice, his work being full of interest and beguiling invention. [...] the frequent pattern-like rhythmic interests were fascinating. The writing for clarinet was excellent [...] only Patricio da Silva's piece demonstrated the stylistic consistency of a composer who has something to say, certain of his own direction. [...]

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