Concert Review: Magical Adventures of the Monkey King

San Francisco Classical Voice
by Jeff Kaliss
An Ultra Magical X-tet Imagines the Familiar
"In presenting Magical Adventures of the Monkey King as the centerpiece of its Friday concert at Old First Church, the Ultra World X-tet seemed to have taken on some of the qualities of the composition’s title character. The five-person ensemble, like the marvelous mythical monkey Sun Wukong, covered a great deal of ground in a short time, wielding magic in service of a lofty mission..." READ MORE