Aston Magna Performs the Genius of French Baroque
by Kevin T McEneaney At Saint James Place in Great Barrington, last Saturday, Aston Magna, an organization devoted to the playing of period instruments, offered a program titled The Genius of the French Baroque. They opened with the most important ...
The Sherman Ensemble at The Merryall Center
by Kevin T McEneaney In the winding woods north of New Milford, CT, The Sherman Ensemble opened with Flute Quartet in D Major, Op. 5, No. 3 (1776). In his introduction, Eliot Bailen noted that some scholars question whether Haydn ...
Arianna String Quartet Incandescent at Music Mountain
by Kevin T McEneaney The Arianna String Quartet, currently one of the very top quartets in the country, was scheduled to play Last Sunday during the tornado storm, but the concert was cancelled. Since they were spending the week at ...
Baldouret Quartet and Misha Dichter at Music Mountain
by Kevin T McEneaney Under fluffy blue skies that provided an afternoon shower, the Baldouret Quartet opened with Maurice Ravel’s first composition, String Quartet in F Major (1903), dedicated to his teacher, Claude Debussy. At this point in time, Germans ...