Landowska’s World with Christine Gevert
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Lakeville, CT, Christine Gevert of Crescendo conducted a solo recital celebrating Wanda Landowska (1879-1959), the first modern musician-scholar to pioneer the revival of harpsichord music and to discover ...
Aeolus Quartet at Olin Hall, Bard College
by Kevin T McEneaney The Aeolus Quartet opened with String Quartet in D Minor, K. 421 (1783) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). This work is nicknamed “the second Haydn Quartet” (of six) written when Mozart studied under Haydn, who approved ...
The Parker Quartet at Olin Hall
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday, The Parker Quartet, currently in residence at Harvard University, performed an exciting program at Bard College, Olin Hall. They opened with String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op 95, called “Quartetto serioso,” written ...
Smithfield Church Pops Chamber Orchestra Swings
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday afternoon, the Bang Family Concert Series produced its 6th Annual Spring “Pops” Concert under the baton of Michelle Demko, who chose most of the program as well as the order of the program. The ...