Daniel Hope & Zurich Chamber Orchestra Soars at Hotchkiss

From left: Concertmaster Willi Zimmermann and Director Daniel Hope by Kevin T McEneaney Music Director Fabio Witkowski of Hotchkiss School somehow managed to book Daniel Hope, one of the greatest…

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1974

Lucy in museum by Kevin T McEneaney “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” was played repeatedly by archeologists when they discovered old hominid bones going back 3.18 million years; while…

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I see you; do you see me?

by Kevin T McEneaney Humans have difficulties with eyesight, which are defective if one compares them to birds, fish, or even tiny insects. These many creatures have better eyesight. All…

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The Sherman Ensemble Conjures Eternal Spring

Evan Shinners, Doori Na, Sarah Adams, Susan Rotholz, Eliot Bailen, Michael Roth by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday afternoon at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Kent, The Sherman Ensemble performed…

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Paving the Earth

by Bill Schlesinger I recently reviewed some plans for a proposed new apartment complex in Durham, NC.  I was surprised to see that the footprint of the building accounted for…

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The Play’s the Thing to make you laugh in Rhinebeck!

Final Bow P.G. Woodhouse’s 1926 adaptation of Ferenc Molnár’s 1924 comedy The Play at the Castle (an absurdist play possiblyly influenced by the uncompleted 1922 masterpiece novel The Castle by…

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Mid-March news

crocus by Kevin T McEneaney A dusting of snow to remind us all that bountiful Spring has not yet arrived as tall trees skyward splay sleeves of white lace, chipmunks…

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Banks & Wang: Dynamic Young Duo at The Stissing Center

S by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday at The Stissing Center’s Young Artists Showcase series saxophonist Steven Bank and accordionist Hanzhi Wang performed an idiosyncratic selection of Classical works. They…

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Vaughan Williams & Musical Redemption at Bard

by Kevin T McEneaney Robert Schumann was enthusiastic about the invention of the French horn; love of this new valve sound which was able to play every note of the…

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Irrigation waters

by Bill Schlesinger Agriculture is the world’s top user of surface water, and irrigation is increasingly used to extend agriculture to marginal lands and seasonal climates to maintain crop yield. …

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