Re: Florida Philharmonic Review

[the Leones <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

  Can't say as I agree with the last sentence in mr. Bezerra's review. I
(personally) feel that ANY harmonica player who is WILLING to satisfy his
audience and give of himself to the extent of THREE encores (AND, I'm sure
Robt. didn't "Fire-hose" them down the audience's throat), then this
harmonica player is truely a musician's musician. I applaud his generosity,
above and beyond his scheduled agreement..smo-joe
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>By MORCIO BEZERRA
>Special To The Daily News
>Thursday, March 20, 2003
>
>The Florida Philharmonic concert Tuesday at the Kravis Center for the
>Performing Arts was titled Harmonica Spectacular. And spectacular was not
>only the harmonica, but the philharmonic as well.
>
>Joined by harmonica player Robert Bonfiglio, the philharmonic performed the
>unusual and rarely heard Concerto for Harmonica by Heitor Villa-Lobos.
>Written during the composer's final years, the work has soulful movements
>where virtuosity and expression are handled with mastery.
>
>Bonfiglio's performance elevated the concerto from a mere curiosity. His
>flamboyant stage presence and seemingly endless palette of colors made a
>strong case for an instrument of such humble origins.
>
>Those origins received a tribute in the three encores given by Bonfiglio.
>In them, he rendered homage to blues - legends Sonnyboy Williamson, Junior
>Wells, and Muddy Waters.  While three encores would seem rather eccentric
>and self-centered, the little opportunity concert-going audiences have to
>hear the harmonica played in such spectacular way justified Bonfiglio's
>extravagance.
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