Lucky leaves
by Kevin T McEneaney I love a field of blossoming clover, which belongs to the legume family. Clover fertilizes poor soil with nitrogen. Their tri-leaf foliage can grow in length…
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June 17, 2026
Renaissance String Quartet at The Thorne Center
by Kevin T McEneaney In co-operation with the Kovner Foundation, The Millbrook Music Salon, under Artistic Music Director Sophia Zhou, and The Thorne Center produced an eclectic concert of notable…
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June 16, 2026
Espressivo! at Bard, Olin Hall
Last Sunday, the Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle at Olin Hall offered an unusual concert program by Espressivo! The opener presented a once-in-a-lifetime experience of hearing an unpublished piano quartet…
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June 16, 2026
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…
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June 15, 2026
The finesse of slugs
by Kevin T McEneaney Slugs are peaceable creatures of the Earth. They are reported to move quite slowly. Never tell a child they are sluggish because they will take pride…
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June 9, 2026
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"…
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June 8, 2026
Festive singers
by Kevin T McEneaney Cicadas dwell in trees, eating their sap. There are well over 3,000 species and biologists are still counting them. They remain famous for their boasting songs,…
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June 2, 2026
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.…
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June 1, 2026
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…
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May 30, 2026
Baldouret Quartet at Lyall Church
by Kevin T McEneaney The Baldouret Quartet became a Quintet on Friday afternoon in a free concert sponsored by The Millbrook Music Salon. Sophia Zhou, the Artistic Director of the…
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May 30, 2026
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