Music for Ballet Class: Reviews

"...the highlight being the (Caron) aria 'Sanftesten Träumen', performed by soprano Ann Fennessy, which is simply sublime. It would not be an overstatement to say that Puccini himself would have been proud to have written it.

Don Caron’s evocative score is virtually faultless.

"You may find yourself humming the damn thing
against your will on the way home."

I've heard many top ballet pianists, and for me, your work has always stood above the rest.

Caron’s music can be dense and complex on the inside, but its surface is often a foot-tapping delight.

"...the rousing music is alone worth the price of admission."

"With all those lovely scenes you need lush swelling orchestral music and this movie has plenty of that."

"Composer Don Caron has written a lovely homage to Richard Strauss."

Caron’s solo and chamber music have been heard regularly in Spokane for the past 20 years or so; it was a pleasure to hear tightly knit work for full orchestra with its energy and deft touches of orchestral color.

"[Caron's opera, Der Korb is] a power that uplifts us and draws us
from our work-a-day lives into something larger."

Caron’s “Paradigm Shifts” is a commission from the symphony to celebrate its 50th season. The work drives forward with a churning rhythmic idea that is rarely absent. Even in the works softer sections, this rhythmic motif swims across the quiet current of sustained chords like rowdy children playing in a placid stream.

Review of Spokane Symphony Concert
January 26, 1996 at the Spokane Opera House