Lysander Trio Excels at Music Mountain
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday, under a bright blue sky and towering cumulous clouds slowly scudding above, The Lysander Trio performed an unusual musical program. They opened with Andante Con Moto (1878) by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). Grieg completed his ...
Windborne Harmonies at The Stissing Center
Last Saturday evening at The Stissing Center in Pine Plains, Windborne, a group with several noted CDs, entertained those with a sense of the current political situation. They are four casual masters of polyphony: Jeremy Carter-Gordon (baritone); Lynn Mahoney Rowan ...
Mozart and others at Bard Sosnoff
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday evening at Bard College, Sosnoff Theater, a program of Family, Friends, and Students headlined the SummerScape Mozart Festival. The first half of the concert focused on the program title, while the second half focused ...
Nolan’s Epic Film: Odyssey
by Kevin T McEneaney Homer’s Odyssey offers a series of blatantly unbelievable episodes from start to finish. The Greek language is haunting, witty, memorable, and eloquent. Homer is the uncontested master of vowel sounds, with Dante Alighieri, Ludovico Ariosto, and ...