Pianist Terrence Wilson thrills at The Stissing Center
by Kevin T McEneaney Terrence Wilson, an acclaimed pianist of great vigor and sound who has toured the globe’s great musical halls, made his debut at The Stissing Center last Sunday. Wilson performs by memory without a score. He opened ...
Relic Baroque Orchestra performs wonders in Millbrook
by Kevin T McEneaney A dozen talented musicians performed an eclectic, uninterrupted two-hour concert presenting thirty-six short Baroque pieces on the Harmony of the Spheres theme at Saint Joseph Church in Millbrook. The acoustics in the Church were amenable, and ...
The Baldouret Quartet Excites at Grace Church
by Kevin T McEneaney As winners of the 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant Award, the Baldouret Quartet delivered an impressive and eclectic concert in Millbrook, NY. They opened with String Quartet in One Movement, Op.89 (1929) by Amy Beach (1867-1944), ...
From Bach to Marsalis at The Stissing Center
The Northern Dutchess Symphony at The Stissing Center this past Friday opened with Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060 (1736)by J.S. Bach. The orchestra captured the exuberant joy and tenderness of the work in the three ...
La Traviata soars at the Mahaiwe
by Kevin T McEneaney The good news is that the Berkshire Opera Festival is in its vigorous tenth year of bringing quality opera to the Mahaiwe venue in Great Barrington. Now playing is Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, his most popular ...
Cuarteto Latinoamericano lifts the roof at Music Mountain
by Kevin T McEneaney One of the globe’s greatest quartets, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, which has published over a hundred CDs, performed a selection of well-known and unfamiliar compositions with thrilling éclat! The quartet, which has been in existence for 42 years, ...
Hans Pålsson Astonishes in Ireland
By Kevin T McEneaney On July 24, at the Gerard Manley Hopkins Literary Conference in Newbridge, Ireland, Hans Pålsson, the noted Swedish pianist, presented an unforgettable piano concert. Hans opened with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 8 in A ...
Three Cello Fellows at Smithfield Church
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday afternoon at Smithfield Church in Amenia, three extraordinary cellists performed an unusual program of cello music. The three fellows consisted of Arthur Fiacco, principal cellist of the Musica Sacra Orchestra and the New York ...
Nicolò Tuccia at Arbor Ridge and Klavierhaus
by Kevin T McEneaney Nicolò Tuccia, a pianist from near Bologna who has garnered over fifty awards in national and international competitions, briefly landed in NYC after performing in San Francisco. He has performed all over Europe and even in ...
Lysander Piano Trio at Music Mountain
by Stephen Kaye Piano trios possess a distinctive repertoire with their interpretive milestones. Two of those milestones that were played by Lysander Trio, Sunday, June 16 at Music Mountain in Falls Village, CT: the second Shostakovich (1944) and the first ...