Cassatt String Quartet Amuses at Music Mountain
The 2 pm pre-concert talk by Fred Baumgarten was on the American composer Anthony Philip Heinrich (March 11, 1781 – May 3, 1861), the first “full-time” America composer who is remembered for his operatic style song recitations. He was inspired ...
Lysander Trio Excels at Music Mountain
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday, under a bright blue sky and towering cumulous clouds slowly scudding above, The Lysander Trio performed an unusual musical program. They opened with Andante Con Moto (1878) by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). Grieg completed his ...
Windborne Harmonies at The Stissing Center
Last Saturday evening at The Stissing Center in Pine Plains, Windborne, a group with several noted CDs, entertained those with a sense of the current political situation. They are four casual masters of polyphony: Jeremy Carter-Gordon (baritone); Lynn Mahoney Rowan ...
Mozart and others at Bard Sosnoff
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday evening at Bard College, Sosnoff Theater, a program of Family, Friends, and Students headlined the SummerScape Mozart Festival. The first half of the concert focused on the program title, while the second half focused ...