Baroque Astonishment with The Sherman Ensemble

From left: Evan Shinners, Jane Chung, Eliot Bailen, Susan Rotholz, Peter Weitzner, Doori Na, Jameel Martin by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday afternoon at St. Andrew’s Church in Kent, CT,…

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Vocal Finesse at The Stissing Center

Performers with Sheila Silver taking a bow by Kevin T McEneaney Sunday afternoon at The Stissing Center featured performers from Bard College’s Graduate Vocal Arts Program with post-graduate piano fellows.…

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Tchaikovsky at The Stissing Center

From left: Abigel Kralik, Julia Hamos, Sterling Elliott by Kevin T McEneaney The excitement at The Stissing Center in Pine Plains consisted of three young classical musicians performing something they…

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Crescendo: Latino Baroque at Trinity Church

From left: Job Salazar Fonesca, Christine Gevert, Carlos Boltes by Kevin T McEneaney This past Friday evening Christine Gevert performed a program on the interplay of South American indigenous folk…

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Brahms: A German Requiem at Bard

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…

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Duke Ellington Tribute at Carnegie Hall

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…

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Super-Star Trio at Trinity-Pawling

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…

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Charles Wuorinen Tribute at Bard

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…

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Janáček’s Cunning Vixen at Bard College

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…

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