Brahms at Bard: The Ultimate Romantic
Raman Ramakrishnan by Kevin T McEneaney In this era of pandemic when young lovers face unscalable obstacles that leave them huddled on over a computer on Zoom or speaking by telephone, Romantic music appears to speak with more authority. On ...
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Celebrating Beethoven at Bard
Ludwig Von Beethoven by Kevin T McEneaney This year is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig von Beethoven. Many orchestras around the world have been performing Beethoven concerts. Bard College is something of a late comer to this ...
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At the Center: History as Question Mark
by Kevin T. McEneaney Lou Trapani’s new play Oedipus Rx at the Center for Performing Arts in Rhinebeck raises more questions than one can comfortably answer. A modern version of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles must engage in much time travel, ...
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Pippin: When Men Grow Up
Amy Gustin Millin, as mother of Pippin by Kevin T. McEneaney The attempt to bring aspects of Berthold Brecht’s biting revolutionary drama to the commercial Broadway musical stage was, in 1972, a landmark project that has withstood the vagaries of ...
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