On the tongue

by Kevin T McEneaney I, who sang of love and chemistry, now sing the glories of strawberry jam without maligning other flavored jams. (I speak of only homemade jams, not…

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Cassatt String Quartet Paints at Music Mountain

Last Sunday under diamond blue skies at Music Mountain the all-female Cassatt Quartet closed out the season at Gordon Hall, yet Director Oskar Espina-Ruiz promised a new forthcoming music event…

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Kent Tritle, Arthur Fiacco Astonish Smithfield Church

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday afternoon at Smithfield Church in Amenia, Kent Tritle, organist for the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and the Oratorio Society of New York, along with…

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When Old is New

by Kevin T McEneaney I’ve heard folks make fun of Homer and his “rosy-fingered dawn” trope, but those who say such things have little appreciation of dawn: its pristine hope,…

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Smithfield Church: Kent Tritle, Organ & Arthur Fiacco on Cello

by Sharon Webb Preview The Smithfield Church announces the appearance of New York Philharmonic organist KentTritle at its historic tracker organ, in concert with acclaimed New York cellist Arthur Fiacco,Jr. on…

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Merz Trio Thrills at Music Mountain

Last Sunday afternoon at Music Mountain with small cumulus clouds puffing overhead under an autumnal blue sky, Merz Trio (the German word means “to mark” and here they are marking…

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Playing dice

by Kevin T McEneaney Does an infinity really exist? One runs into invisible quarks. One cannot divide space infinitely, yet space certainly can be quantified. * What happens if you…

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Finesse and Wit at The Stissing Center

by Kevin T McEneaney Three musicians from the New York Philharmonic joined Sophia Zhou, Director of the Chamber Music Series at the Stissing Center, for a one-hour concert. (Sophia Zhou…

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The Sherman Ensemble Delights with Fauré

by Kevin T McEneaney An all-Fauré concert last Friday by the Sherman Ensemble in Kent at St. Andrew’s Church delivered an unusual program that was a special happening. The concert…

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The Mellow Glow of Memory

LAPTOP by Desmond Egan. Goldsmith Press, 2024. Book Review. by Kevin T McEneaney Desmond Egan was the first post-modern poet in Ireland when he published his book, Midlands in 1972.…

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