China Now: Chasing Dreams at Bard Sosnoff
by Kevin T McEneaney The production of the China Now festival under conductor Jindong Cai, an annual production by Bard College (now in its ninth year), delivered two epic compositions at Sosnoff Hall last Saturday. Chasing the Sky by Li ...
The Limeliters at The Stissing Center
by Kevin T McEneaney Have you ever been to The Grace Note? That’s the basement East Village-like nightclub/cabaret setting for intimate music that hosted the current incarnation of the long-lived folk song trio. While this performance was partly nostalgic, it ...
Pacifica Quartet Thrills in Hudson
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday under the umbrella of Clarion Concerts and cloudy skies, Grammy Award winners, Pacifica Quartet, performed at Christ Episcopal Church, an historic Gothic revival church, in Hudson. They are currently in residence at the Jacobs ...
Kent Tritle Mesmerizes at Smithfield Church
by Kevin T McEneaney This was the fourteenth appearance of Kent Tritle in the intimate setting of the historic Smithfield Church. In addition to his renown on the tracker organ and his position as organist for the New York Philharmonic, ...
Gernsheim Revival at Bard Sosnoff
Friday night at Sosnoff Theater time went backward. One can, of course, instruct and highlight by going backward or forward. The evening opened with a rarely performed gem by Friedrich Gersnheim (July 17, 1839 – September 11, 1916), Zueinem Drama, ...
Kent Tritle to play at Smithfield Church
Preview by Sharon Webb The Smithfield Church in Amenia, New York, is proud to welcome organ virtuoso Kent Tritle to its historic 1893 Johnson tracker organ for his annual performance in benefit of the Oratorio Society of New York, on ...
Penderecki Quartet Excites at Music Mountain
by Kevin T McEneaney String Quartets, Op. 59 # 1,2,3 (1806) by Ludwig van Beethoven are nicknamed “Razumovsky” after the Russian Count, who commissioned three quartets from Beethoven. Beethoven began working on the first of the three compositions on the ...
The Sherman Ensemble Delivers Stunning Performance
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday night at Saint Andrews Episcopal Church, The Sherman Ensemble outdid themselves in a remarkable, historic performance. The program theme, American Genius, was the honoring of immigrant composers who contributed great classical compositions to the ...
Cassatt String Quartet Amuses at Music Mountain
The 2 pm pre-concert talk by Fred Baumgarten was on the American composer Anthony Philip Heinrich (March 11, 1781 – May 3, 1861), the first "full-time" America composer who is remembered for his operatic style song recitations. He was inspired ...
Lysander Trio Excels at Music Mountain
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday, under a bright blue sky and towering cumulous clouds slowly scudding above, The Lysander Trio performed an unusual musical program. They opened with Andante Con Moto (1878) by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). Grieg completed his ...