Emilia at Rhinecliff Morton Library
by Kevin T McEneaney Emilia Bassano Lanier was the first English woman to publish a book of poems in England. The poems were devoutly religious and genteel, politely criticizing male sensibilities under King James's rule. Both her poetry book and ...
TAKE3 takes off in Pawling
by Kevin T McEneaney The performance of TAKE3 in the Gardiner Theater on Friday night in the Pawling Concert Series at Trinity-Pawling High School was, by turns, ecstatic and electric. TAKE3, led by extraordinary violinist Lindsay Deutsch, offered a smorgasbord ...
Saint Patrick’s Day
y Kevin T McEneaney Saint Patrick’s Day was placed on the RC universal church calendar as a feast day in the early 1600s. If Saint Patrick’s Day falls during Holy Week, it is moved for or aft, as it was ...
Bard Sosnoff: From Mozart to Perle
by Kevin T McEneaney Under the baton of Dr. Leon Botstein, the Bard Conservatory Orchestra opened its March 15th concert with Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56A (1873). These variations on a theme by Ignaz Joseph Pleyel (1757-1831) ...