The Washington Post, November 7th, 1991
For orchestras playing at the National Presbyterian Center, the good news is the same as the bad news: reverberation. An orchestra of not-quite-professional quality, like the Asaph Orchestra, which played there Sunday evening, finds that reverberation covereth a multitude of sins; ragged attacks and sloppy ensemble playing are blurred in the haze of echoes. Unfortunately, it does not cover faulty intonation. But reverberation also covereth a multitude of virtues. If an orchestra plays crisply and in finely coordinated unison, the effect can disintegrate into a sonic mist. When a soloist plays ...
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