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Press: Compositions
Album Review: InfoDad on Chamber Symphonies 2, 3, & 4
January 7, 2016“…skillful… engaging…a focus on the sound world within which each of the instruments exists – a world that … Anderson often seeks to expand beyond its traditional boundaries. Anderson gives the performers … numerous opportunities for solo display.”
Album Review: Gapplegate on Chamber Symphonies 2, 3, & 4
January 7, 2016“Douglas Anderson manages to create works that make a nod to the early modernist period yet sound thoroughly current and original. They are invigorating and yes, coherent in the best ways. “ “What in the end matters for us is […]
Review: American Record Guide on Medea in Exile
November 30, 2000“The opera [is] just under an hour of unremitting intensity…Anderson’s music is expressive and vigorous, forcefully reflecting the drama at hand, and full of orchestral color and variety. Chamber opera companies, wherever you may be, tune in.”
Press: Conducting
Performance Review: New York Times on Giannini’s Blennerhassett Stage Premiere
February 28, 1991“The vocal lines pour as thickly and smoothly as sloe gin. The climaxes are perfectly calculated. There is not a single stumble during the dramatic interchanges.” Re: V. Giannini’s Blennerhassett (stage premiere):
Performance Review: The New Yorker on Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot
December 12, 1988“Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot was well performed last month by the American Chamber Opera Company; better than I have heard before…Douglas Anderson, conducting, drew eloquent lines from his instrumentalists.” Re: P.M Davies’ Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot
Performance Review: Sightlines on The Tell-Tale Heart and Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot
December 1, 1988“Both pieces were performed by the company’s small orchestra as conducted with a light but controlled touch by their Musical Director, Douglas Anderson.” Re: B. Adolphe’s The Tell-Tale Heart and P.M Davies’ Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot: