The New York Times

The New York Times (August 2, 2006) -- "The Classical and the Vernacular, a Cohesive Choice of the Contemporary"

By ALLAN KOZINN


...And Ron Ford’s “Versus” (2006) proved an electrifying showpiece for Yevgeny Kutik, a violinist. Its one miscalculation was its ending, a new-music cliché: the ensemble running its fingers around the rims of drinking glasses as the violinist played on. Mr. Ford’s “Brandelli” (2004), a piano trio in 12 short movements, heard on Saturday, made a gentler if more lasting appeal...