Elliot & Zhou: Transcendence at The Stissing Center
by Kevin T McEneaney In a program titled Cello Americana! young cellist Sterling Elliot and pianist Sophia Zhou performed works by four noted American composers. They opened with Four Sketches, Op. 15: In Autumn (1892) by Amy Beach. This short, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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) ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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
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 ...