La Traviata soars at the Mahaiwe
by Kevin T McEneaney The good news is that the Berkshire Opera Festival is in its vigorous tenth year of bringing quality opera to the Mahaiwe venue in Great Barrington. Now playing is Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, his most popular ...
Cuarteto Latinoamericano lifts the roof at Music Mountain
by Kevin T McEneaney One of the globe’s greatest quartets, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, which has published over a hundred CDs, performed a selection of well-known and unfamiliar compositions with thrilling éclat! The quartet, which has been in existence for 42 years, ...
Hans Pålsson Astonishes in Ireland
By Kevin T McEneaney On July 24, at the Gerard Manley Hopkins Literary Conference in Newbridge, Ireland, Hans Pålsson, the noted Swedish pianist, presented an unforgettable piano concert. Hans opened with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 8 in A ...
Three Cello Fellows at Smithfield Church
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday afternoon at Smithfield Church in Amenia, three extraordinary cellists performed an unusual program of cello music. The three fellows consisted of Arthur Fiacco, principal cellist of the Musica Sacra Orchestra and the New York ...