On the same concert, the NY Phil also performed a piano concerto by Beethoven and another piece on this week's listening, Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring". Without ever breaking eye contact, Daniel Gelernter offers a withering review of Fure's piece. In particular, he compares her piece (unfavorably) to the "simulated barbarism" of The Rite of Spring. For better or worse, what do you make of Gelernter's comments? *
