"Like a cobra intent on doing some charming of its own, the clarinetist Paul Green weaved, darted and hovered over his instrument at his recital in Merkin Concert Hall…conjuring gorgeous sounds."
"Mr. Green is a superb artist. His command of the instrument is both masterful and insightful. Mr. Green is an expressive and imaginative player, adding a perfect balance of spontaneity and intelligence to his playing. His tone has a wide variety of colors. His repertoire is extensive and varied, going from the standard classical clarinet solo and orchestral literature to other styles, in particular Klezmer and Jazz."
"IIt was a delight to have you...performing examples of klezmer music. It was a wonderful enhancement to the lecture, and our patrons were very pleased."
"Poulenc's sonata was brilliantly played by Green."
"Green's keening clarinet and full-metal advocacy were dazzling in the finale."
Aaron Copland's Clarinet Concerto featured principal Paul Green in a beautiful performance. Green's clarinet soared with gorgeous tone in the slow, angular melody of the first section....This was the orchestra's best playing of the evening, and the soloist was superb."
"Aaron Copland's Clarinet Concerto, however, was a complete success, with clarinetist Paul Green's genuinely brilliant, idiomatic soloist, especially in the saucy jazzy movement."
"A badly played clarinet is about as kind to the ear as a fingernail slithering across a chalkboard. But with the hands and breath of a master, that instrument can purr and wail and soar with magical beauty. Paul Green is such a master, which makes his performance this week of Copland's exquisitely crafted Clarinet Concerto with the Symphony of the Americas quite enticing."
"Most beautiful was clarinetist Paul Green's introduction of the elegantly simple Shaker hymn 'Simple Gifts' at the end."
"...Green did play the controversial opus, and it became the highlight of an interesting and varied evening. The work in question is 'Cronicos,' by Cuban composer Sergio Barroso. It's apparently a specialty of clarinetist Green, a well-known artist in Southern Florida. It shows off his impressive technical skills, including among other feats in the course of the work: trills on a single note, jazz-influenced pitch alterations from the lip and extensive 'flutter-tonguing,' the live performer interacted with rather innocuous taped sounds to delightful effect."
"The overall mood, heightened by darkly colored orchestration, is dramatic; this is not a trivial score. It's ideally suited to clarinetist Paul Green's sensitive virtuosity."
"Green, whose career has seesawed between music and the law with music winning out in the end was delightful as his clarinet sobbed and moaned and laughed in distinctive clarinet fashion."
"Green...demonstrated more than a well-conditioned technique and a gold tone; he tapped the spirituality that flows through the music, the tender resignation and half smile that seems to be behind every phrase."
"[Green's] sound was round, taking on an edge only as a color, not as a habit. He was quite capable of playing the same note with a wholly different timbre determined by the context."
"Green's performance of the dance like final rondo had the kind of robust charm that must have attracted Mozart to the clarinet."
"Green's utter mastery of his instrument made the presto and prestissimo movements whiz by with their Gallic zing intact."
"The clarinet holds no apparent technical problems for Green, certainly not in this demanding but rewarding composition. There was much fine legato playing here, deft handling of rhythmic patterns and always a beautiful, never forced tone, even at the uppermost limits of the instrument's range."
