Smithfield Church: Kent Tritle, Organ & Arthur Fiacco on Cello

Smithfield Church: Kent Tritle, Organ & Arthur Fiacco on Cello

by Sharon Webb Preview The Smithfield Church announces the appearance of New York Philharmonic organist KentTritle at its historic tracker organ, in concert with acclaimed New York cellist Arthur Fiacco,Jr. on Saturday, September 14, 2024 at 3:30 pm. The Smithfield Church, ...
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Merz Trio Thrills at Music Mountain

Merz Trio Thrills at Music Mountain

Last Sunday afternoon at Music Mountain with small cumulus clouds puffing overhead under an autumnal blue sky, Merz Trio (the German word means “to mark” and here they are marking music with their original blend of three instruments) placed their ...
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Finesse and Wit at The Stissing Center

Finesse and Wit at The Stissing Center

by Kevin T McEneaney Three musicians from the New York Philharmonic joined Sophia Zhou, Director of the Chamber Music Series at the Stissing Center, for a one-hour concert. (Sophia Zhou has also performed with the New York Philharmonic.) String Trio ...
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The Sherman Ensemble Delights with Fauré

The Sherman Ensemble Delights with Fauré

by Kevin T McEneaney An all-Fauré concert last Friday by the Sherman Ensemble in Kent at St. Andrew’s Church delivered an unusual program that was a special happening. The concert was titled A Hidden Genius: A Foray into Fauré; the ...
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The Ulysses Quartet offers surprises at Music Mountain

The Ulysses Quartet offers surprises at Music Mountain

by Kevin T McEneaney Under the brilliant sunny skies of Music Mountain, The Ulysses Quartet opened with Plan & Elevation by Caroline Shaw, who became the youngest recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music when she was thirty. She was ...
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Hypnotic Violinist Geneva Lewis at Caramoor

Hypnotic Violinist Geneva Lewis at Caramoor

by Stephen Kaye On Saturday, July 20, Geneva Lewis played a solo violin in the Sunken Garden at Caramoor in Katonah. We went because Geneva is playing in an ensemble at The Stissing Center on October 13, and we wanted ...
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The Marvelous Penderecki String Quartet at Music Mountain

The Marvelous Penderecki String Quartet at Music Mountain

by Stephen Kaye The Penderecki String Quartet was the second group in a row to come to Music Mountain from Canada. This well-established group, formed in Poland in 1986 is in residence at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario. They have ...
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Lysander Piano Trio Excites at Music Mountain

Lysander Piano Trio Excites at Music Mountain

by Kevin T McEneaney Under gray skies that relented to sunshine streaming over Gordon Hall, the Lysander Trio (formed by students at the Juilliard School and named after the character of Lysander in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream) opened ...
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Orchestral Romance at Bard

Orchestral Romance at Bard

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday night, the program at Bard College Sosnoff Theater was entitled “An Evening with the Orchestra,” designed to exhibit a couple of the most popular Romantic Overtures alongside two major symphonies no longer in the ...
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Romanticism & Song at Bard SummerScape

Romanticism & Song at Bard SummerScape

by Kevin T McEneaney Saturday afternoon in Olin Hall at Bard College song hovered sweetly in the concert hall, the theme being the Romantic movement and lyric song. Paris was the birth node of the Romantic movement, especially artistic gatherings ...
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