From left: Alexis Seminario, Dr. Leon Botstein, Jonathan Lawlor by Kevin T McEneaney As appetizer for the great Requiem, Anna Polonsky performed Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto, which was written in…
Dr. Leon Botstein and American Symphony Orchestra by Kevin T McEneaney Two years ago, Conductor Leon Botstein with the American Symphony Orchestra had set a March date for a Duke…
Arnaud Sussmann, Wu Han, David Finckel by Kevin T McEneaney Spring music zings in air with wanderers from Lincoln Center: Wu Han blithely running keys on piano, husband David Finckel…
From left: Fred Sherry, Tengku Irfan, Alan R. Kay, Jennifer Frautschi by Kevin T McEneaney On March 11 Charles Wuorinen, Pulitzer Prize winning composer born June 9, 1938, died due…
by Kevin T McEneaney One does not usually attend opera to be amused but to revel in musical weaves of pathos, exultant-passionate love, or the ravages of social misrule. Yet…
From left: Christian Sands, Reuben Rogers, Jimmy Greene, Jonathan Barber Lift every voice and singTill earth and heaven ringRing with the harmonies of LibertyLet our rejoicing riseHigh as the listening…
From left: Zwelakhe-Duma Bell le Pere, Daniel J. Watts, Jake Goldbas by Kevin T McEneaney The annual February two-week long Hudson Hall Lift Every Voice features contemporary African American performers.…
From left: Priscilla Herreid, Daniel Stepner, Peter Sykes, Loretta O'Sullivan, Laura Jeppesen, Julie Leven by Kevin T McEneaney “Music for a Winter Solstice” was the program for Aston Magna Chamber…
From left: Violin Concertmaster Esther Goldy Roestan, Violist Batmyagmar, Conductor Leon Botstein by Kevin T McEneaney George Frederick Handel’s glorious 1741 oratorio, Messiah, remains a living masterpiece, which means one…
Bruce Molsky, fiddle; Tony Trischka, banjo by Kevin T McEneaney As musicians Bruce Molsky and Tony Trisha are a national treasure: here they were at The Stissing Center in Pine…