...Eric Byers’ solo cello recital at Carlsbad Inn’s Village Terrace gracefully embraced two of the festival’s more disparate musical styles, opening with J. S. Bach’s iconic Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major and contrasting it with four recent cello compositions filled with an array of extended techniques and even some simultaneous singing by the cellist. Byers’ serene command of his instrument made comfortable neighbors of these antipodal approaches to the cello...

By Ken Herman - San Diego Story - Link to article