Clarion Concert: Sublime at The Stissing Center

Clarion Concert: Sublime at The Stissing Center

Last Sunday, the New York Philharmonic String Quartet, in the Clarion Concert series, delivered a memorable performance at The Stissing Center in Pine Plains. They opened with String Quartet in G major, Op. No. 1 HobIII:81 by Franz Joseph Haydn ...
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Millbrook Music Salon at Grace Church

Millbrook Music Salon at Grace Church

by Kevin T McEneaney Violinist Leonard Fu and pianist Baron Fenwick provided the second concert at Grace Church in the newly formed Millbrook Music Salon series. Introduced by Artistic Director Sophia Zhou, Fu, has shared the stage with Mitsuko Uchida ...
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TAKE3 takes off in Pawling

TAKE3 takes off in Pawling

by Kevin T McEneaney The performance of TAKE3 in the Gardiner Theater on Friday night in the Pawling Concert Series at Trinity-Pawling High School was, by turns, ecstatic and electric. TAKE3, led by extraordinary violinist Lindsay Deutsch, offered a smorgasbord ...
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Bard Sosnoff: From Mozart to Perle

Bard Sosnoff: From Mozart to Perle

by Kevin T McEneaney Under the baton of Dr. Leon Botstein, the Bard Conservatory Orchestra opened its March 15th concert with Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56A (1873). These variations on a theme by Ignaz Joseph Pleyel (1757-1831) ...
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Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet at The Stissing Center

Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet at The Stissing Center

by Kevin T McEneaney The tango (a fight, a lewd dance, a celebration) was born between 1880 and 1900 in brothels and/or prisons on the South American continent. The most likely place was Buenos Aires, although many locales claim to ...
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Crescendo: Renaissance Voice Painting

Crescendo: Renaissance Voice Painting

by Kevin T McEneaney This past Sunday at Saint James Place in Great Barrington, Crescendo offered a choral presentation, predominantly by female authors who are not well-known. The program, under the direction of Christine Gevert, was titled Revolutionary Renaissance: Motets ...
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Schubert’s Winterreise at Grace Church

Schubert’s Winterreise at Grace Church

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Friday evening at Grace Church Chapel the newly formed nonprofit Millbrook Music Salon under President Stephen Kaye hosted Baritone Benjamin Appl, accompanied by Bryan Wagorn on piano, for an evening performance of Franz Schubert’s Winterreise, ...
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Blind Injustice: a WOW at Lincoln Center

Blind Injustice: a WOW at Lincoln Center

MasterVoices presents Blind Injustice, Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall, Monday, February 3, 2025. Credit Photo: Erin Baiano by Kevin T McEneaney In the MasterVoices Series under the baton of Artistic Director Ted Sperling, the New York Premiere ...
Sam Gravitte: Cabaret at the Stissing Center

Sam Gravitte: Cabaret at the Stissing Center

Cabaret is a refreshing venue that transports one to the land of love and humor. Last Saturday night in Pine Plains was the season opening for 2025 with actor Sam Gravitte and pianist Jacinth Greywoode. As an actor, Gravitte has ...
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Chinese New Year Concert at Bard

Chinese New Year Concert at Bard

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday at Sosnoff Concert Hall a sampling of Chinese music was performed with The Orchestra Now and soloists from China under the baton of Jingdong Cai under the title “The Sound of Spring.” The Chinese ...
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