Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News, May 1, 2024 The Bangor Symphony Orchestra threw its conductor and music director, Lucas Richman, one heck of a 60th birthday party Sunday at the […]
Composer Reviews
RICHMAN Variations CD
RICHMAN Variations. • Vijay Venkatesh (pn) • ALBANY 1908 (57:24) by Colin Clarke (This article appeared in Issue 46:4 (Mar/Apr 2023) of Fanfare Magazine) There is a sort of satisfyingly symmetrical aspect to these […]
Richman’s ‘Her Light’ is Most Intricate, Passionate Commission for BSO Yet
A highlight of every Bangor Symphony Orchestra season is hearing a new Lucas Richman composition. “Her Light,” commissioned by Eloise Ricciardelli in honor of her daughter, Cassandra Babbitt, premiered Sunday […]
“Serenity on the Lake”
One of the best things about having composer Lucas Richman as the conductor of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra is the music he writes. Often, they are pieces commissioned by concertgoers […]
“Symphony: This Will Be Our Reply”
Saturday night in Oak Ridge, a double string quartet was doing its best to go about the routines of daily life while gunshots rang out in the percussion and the rest of the orchestra seemed to be teetering on chaos.
“Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: In Truth”
Will a composer’s new music hold up for the long term? If popularity with audiences is one of the criteria, then conductor and composer Lucas Richman’s brand new “Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: In Truth,” certainly qualified.
“Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra: The Clearing”
…is certainly the work of a confident composer. It is also original, thought provoking and intellectually intriguing. If there has been anything heard recently that deserved a standing ovation, Richman’s concerto and DeAlmeida’s performance, was it.
“Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra: The Clearing”
“Richman’s nuanced writing for DeAlmeida captured the touching program of his concerto, namely of a youth finding strength in spirituality, represented by Psalm 23. Gorgeous writing for the oboe treated […]
“Dachau Lied”
“The Holocaust has become one of the most frequently invoked catalysts for composition in the 20th century–and now, beyond. It is also one of the most problematic. The risk of […]
“Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra: The Clearing”
“The writing in Mr. Richman’s Oboe Concerto is very well suited to the oboe. The flowing melodies are very attractive and fit the lyrical and melancholic tendencies of the oboe so nicely. […]