"...Greif lent her exciting voice to Christopher Cerrone’s “The Pieces That Fall to Earth,” based on poetry by Kay Ryan. “This piece asks a singer to do everything she can do,” said the Brooklyn-based composer, who attended the concert. And indeed it did.
Greif was an outstanding choice for this musing on women’s thoughts, not only because of her vocal acrobatics but because of her flair for the dramatic. She doesn’t just sing, she performs.
“Should there be more? Should there be more?” she cried in the strong opening, laced with percussive bells, chimes, vibraphone and other mallet instruments. Later her voice rose to a commanding shriek, nimbly made shocking jumps and sank to a whisper, an effect that comes right to the edge of being a little too much..."