Celtic Christmas Concert in Amenia
by Kevin T McEneaney At the Amenia Town Hall Auditorium last Sunday, a quintet of musicians performed a Santa’s sack of Celtic tunes. Celtic folk music is dancing music that originated in early Europe. The Lombards (Germanic in origin) in ...
Bard: Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Shostakovich!
By Kevin T McEneaney The concert opened with Symphony No. 8 in B Minor “Unfinished,” D. 759 by Franz Schubert (1797-1828) under the baton of Dr. Leon Botstein. Schubert began the work in October 1822 but put the work aside ...
Winborne Wassails Welcome at The Stissing Center
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday evening at The Stissing Center in Pine Plains, Windborne, a group with four noted CDs, entertained those with a rising Christmas spirit. They are four casual masters of polyphony: Jeremy Carter-Gordon (baritone); Lynn Rowan ...
Misty Blues Wails at Daryl’s House
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Thursday, at Daryl’s House in Pawling, Misty Blues soaked the wooden rafters with words and music that reverberated with down-home honesty and riffing pleasure. Gina Coleman's clear contralto voice was in top form as were ...