A review of Jennifer Koh's recital at the Miller Theatre, which included the world premiere of Zorn's Goetia: Incantations for Violin, appears in the New York Times today: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/12/arts/music/12JENN.html I would like to make a few comments as well. The program as a whole was remarkable and appropriately entitled "New York Hardcore." Goetia sounded fresh while maintaining Zorn's signature style. Each incantation seemed designed to produce a particular effect or solve a problem with a violin technique in mind, perhaps as a means to describe different spirits/demons from the Goetia book. The opening involved flashy, spastic gestures and bold slides reminiscent of rock music. The other movements consisted of contrasting ideas such as a warm harmonized theme primarily in a low register, rapid sequences, pizzicato with strumming, and an expressive recapitulating finale. With Goetia Zorn proves once again that he is gifted at writing for strings and has much left to say as a composer. I predict Goetia will be programmed frequently, not only because of its interest on a musical level, but also because it seems like a fun albeit challenging piece to perform. Jeni