At eight
by Kevin T McEneaney Winter, the season of introspection, sweaters, stews, oatmeal, and snow shoveling. Sled grooves on a hill, squirrel prints on lawns, a cardinal high up on a…
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December 23, 2024
Celtic Christmas Concert in Amenia
by Kevin T McEneaney At the Amenia Town Hall Auditorium last Sunday, a quintet of musicians performed a Santa’s sack of Celtic tunes. Celtic folk music is dancing music that…
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December 17, 2024
Bard: Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Shostakovich!
By Kevin T McEneaney The concert opened with Symphony No. 8 in B Minor “Unfinished,” D. 759 by Franz Schubert (1797-1828) under the baton of Dr. Leon Botstein. Schubert began…
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December 16, 2024
Winborne Wassails Welcome at The Stissing Center
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday evening at The Stissing Center in Pine Plains, Windborne, a group with four noted CDs, entertained those with a rising Christmas spirit. They are…
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December 15, 2024
Misty Blues Wails at Daryl’s House
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Thursday, at Daryl’s House in Pawling, Misty Blues soaked the wooden rafters with words and music that reverberated with down-home honesty and riffing pleasure. Gina…
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December 14, 2024
The Smithfield Church Orchestra Trumpets Christmas
by Kevin T McEneaney Smithfield Church in northwestern Amenia conducted its annual (the nineteenth) Christmas Concert & Tea, sponsored by the Bang Family Concert Series. This year the concert was…
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December 9, 2024
Smithfield Church Christmas Concert & Tea
Preview by Kevin T McEneaney Smithfield Church in northwest Amenia on Rte 83 will conduct its annual Christmas Concert & Tea sponsored by the Bang Family Concert Series this coming…
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December 3, 2024
The Sherman Ensemble Jazzes up December
by Kevin T McEneaney The Sherman Chamber Ensemble is not your ordinary ensemble: while it specializes in classical music, it is equally adept at various jazz genres, as well as…
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December 2, 2024
Terra String Quartet Delights at Wethersfield Estate
Terra String Quartet, winner of many international competitions, opened with String Quartet in D Minor, K. 421 (June 1783) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). This work has recently been much-performed,…
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November 25, 2024
Danish String Quartet Delivers Wondrous Soundscape
by Kevin T McEneaney At Trinity-Pawling School Chapel last Friday night, the Danish String Quartet offered an integrated, blended, multi-level soundscape. They opened with String Quartet, Op. 20, #3 in…
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November 16, 2024