Fame at a discount
by Kevin T McEneaney AI will compose poetry for you. Download the app, and you are a poet. The app covers all forms of poetry and will compose a hundred…
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June 19, 2025
Lysander Piano Trio at Music Mountain
by Stephen Kaye Piano trios possess a distinctive repertoire with their interpretive milestones. Two of those milestones that were played by Lysander Trio, Sunday, June 16 at Music Mountain in…
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June 16, 2025
Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle Concert Amazes at Bard, Olin Hall
by Kevin T McEneaney This concert opened with a ten-minute film depicting the storied history of the Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle Concert series in the Hudson Valley. While Mozart…
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June 16, 2025
That scent…
by Kevin T McEneaney Suddenly, a drenching summer downpour flooding the rolling sward of grass and weeds, gutters pouring fiercely, spattering ground, the sky a frothing boil, blanket gray. *…
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June 11, 2025
Benjamin Hochman & friends open 96th Season at Music Mountain
by Stephen Kaye The 96th season of Music Mountain in Falls Village opened on a chilly June 1 with a piano trio by Beethoven (Piano Trio Op. 97, “Archduke”) and a…
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June 2, 2025
Music Mountain’s 96th Summer Festival Opens with Eight Stellar Concerts in June
by Oskar Espina Ruiz, artistic director Photo by Omri Ben David FALLS VILLAGE, CT – Music Mountain Summer Festival, one of the longest-running festivals of its kind in the world, opens…
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May 24, 2025
Smithfield Church “Pops” Orchestra Concert Returns
by Kevin T McEneaney This annual end-of-May concert offers a lively selection of classical music and jazz, directed by trumpeter Matt Finley. Finley has selected an eclectic and entertaining program…
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May 23, 2025
The Balourdet Quartet at Bard, Olin Hall
Preview by Kevin T McEneaney The Hudson Valley Music Circle opens at Bard College’s Olin Hall with its 75th Anniversary June series at 4 pm, June 1. The prize-winning Balourdet Quartet…
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May 22, 2025
We should all hold hands
by Kevin T McEneaney In Havana, Castro censored John Lennon, banning the Fab Four in 1964. Cubans defiantly smuggled in tapes of the smash hit “I Want to Hold Your…
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May 13, 2025