All-Strauss program at Bard Sosnoff
by Kevin T McEneaney Richard Strauss began composing at the age of nine. At the age of 21, he composed a Serenade and a Burleske in D minor (1886, revised in 1889), written for the conductor Hans Bülow, who rejected ...
Polonsky and Wiley at The Stissing Center
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday at the Stissing House in Pine Plains, cellist Peter Wiley from Bard College teamed up with Russian-born pianist Anna Polonsky from Vassar College to provide an exciting duo program of Beethoven, Schubert, and Rachmaninoff ...
Green Room Ensemble at Millbrook Music Salon
by Kevin T McEneaneyLast Saturday evening in Chelsea Morrison Theater at Millbrook School, Green Room Ensemble delivered a delightful program with a wink at the past and a plunge into the present. The ensemble, founded by violinist Nathan Meltzer offered ...
Gustav Mahler’s Titan at Bard Sosnoff Theater
Last Saturday night at Sosnoff Theater, The Bard Conservatory Orchestra under the baton of Dr. Leon Botstein opened with Hymne á la Justice, Op. 14 (1903) by Albert Magnard, a short symphony inspired by the infamous Dreyfus affair, an antisemitic ...
Sophia Zhou Excels at Smithfield Church
Sophia Zhou, soloist and chamber musician, performed a solo concert last Sunday afternoon at Smithfield Church in Amenia, an old venue with excellent acoustics. She has performed at Carnegie Weil Concert Hall and the Kennedy Centre in Washington, D.C., now ...
Tan Dun andThe Orchestra Now at Bard College
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday evening at Sosnoff Theater, Eastern and Western elements blended under the hypnotic baton of Conductor and Composer Tan Dun in an exciting blend of modern and post-modern compositions. Prelude to the Afternoon of a ...
Gilbert and Sullivan Players in Pawling
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Friday in Gardiner Theater at Trinity School in Pawling, the Gilbert and Sullivan Players performed a slightly abbreviated version of H.M.S. Pinafore; or The Lass That Loved a Sailor with Elizabeth Rogers (who never missed ...
Pasquale Grasso Trio at The Stissing Center
The Pasquale Grasso Trio delivered an amazing performance last Saturday at The Stissing Center. Pasquale is a southern Italian guitarist who has been living in New York City for the past eighteen years. He speaks perfect English and now tours ...
Millbrook Music Salon at the Cary Institute
by Kevin T McEneaney Introduced by Artistic Director Sophie Zhou from the Millbrook Music Salon, this past Saturday afternoon at the Cary Institute Thomas Lovejoy Auditorium, violinist/violist Luosha Fang and Swedish classical guitarist Jacob Kellerman delivered an exciting and unusual ...
Baroque excursion with The Sherman Ensemble
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday at St. Andrews Church in Kent, with warm sunshine and a cool breeze in the air, The Sherman Ensemble presented its annual Best of Baroque concert. They opened with George Friedrich Handel’s Trio Sonata ...