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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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 Ulysses Quartet offers surprises at Music Mountain

by Kevin T McEneaney Under the brilliant sunny skies of Music Mountain, The Ulysses Quartet opened with Plan & Elevation by Caroline Shaw, who became the youngest recipient of the…

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Hypnotic Violinist Geneva Lewis at Caramoor

by Stephen Kaye On Saturday, July 20, Geneva Lewis played a solo violin in the Sunken Garden at Caramoor in Katonah. We went because Geneva is playing in an ensemble…

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Lysander Piano Trio Excites at Music Mountain

by Kevin T McEneaney Under gray skies that relented to sunshine streaming over Gordon Hall, the Lysander Trio (formed by students at the Juilliard School and named after the character…

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Orchestral Romance at Bard

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday night, the program at Bard College Sosnoff Theater was entitled “An Evening with the Orchestra,” designed to exhibit a couple of the most popular…

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Romanticism & Song at Bard SummerScape

by Kevin T McEneaney Saturday afternoon in Olin Hall at Bard College song hovered sweetly in the concert hall, the theme being the Romantic movement and lyric song. Paris was…

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Berlioz with Thunder at Bard Sosnoff

by Kevin T McEneaney This year SummerScape at Bard College has its focus on Hector Berlioz and the Romantic context of his period. The music of Berlioz may be characterized…

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