Jan Lisiecki & Conrad Tao: Two concerts of note
by Stephen Kaye Jan Lisiecki, a Canadian pianist with a Polish background, has had a robust European career that preceded his U.S. tour which culminated in a debut recital at Carnegie Hall last Wednesday, March 13. His artful and demanding program ...
Offenbach Opera at Bard Sosnoff Theater
by Kevin T McEneaney Jacques Offenbach’s musical score with libretto by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy, Orpheus in the Underworld (1858, revised 1874) was the smash-hit of Offenbach’s musical career. He was a renowned virtuoso cellist, writing over one hundred ...
Edson Scheid Solo Violin Concert at Trinity
Veiled by a long curtain of rain posing as the herald of Spring, noted violinist Edson Scheid performed Johann Sebastian Bach’s Partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (c. 1719) at Trinity Episcopal Church in Lakeville, CT this past ...
Taconic String Quartet Awes at Millbrook Library
by Kevin T McEneaney The opening program Saturday night with The Taconic String Quartet at the Millbrook Library (sponsored by the Millbrook Arts Group) featured String Quartet in C major, Op. 33, no. 3 by Josef Haydn. From the very ...
Lady Blackbird sings the blues at The Stissing Center
by Kevin T McEneaney Saturday night at The Stissing Center featured an upcoming blues star Lady Blackbird, aka Marley Munroe (b. 18 January 1985), who has worked principally in England (born in New Mexico). At the Jazz FM Awards, Lady ...
Chinese New Year Festival at Bard 2024
by Kevin T McEneaney Chinese New Year and Spring Festival is governed by a lunar calendar based upon a twelve-year cycle of the Zodiac. This year’s festival began on February 10 and its animal mascot is the dragon. This annual ...
All-Brahms at Bard Sosnoff Theater
by Kevin T McEneaney This well-attended All-Brahms concert last weekend offered a combo of songs and music: the first half concentrating on vocal music, the second half featuring orchestral music, his first symphony. They opened with Rinaldo, a tenor cantata ...
Crescendo: Polyphonic Riffs at Trinity
by Kevin T McEneaney At Trinity Episcopal Church in Lakeville under direction of the irrepressible Christine Gevert, the Crescendo choir of sixteen singers (closer to twenty when one hears the tuneful projection of Gevert’s voice over the organ she is ...
Crescendo Christmas Voice-Music at Trinity Church
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday afternoon at Trinity Episcopal Church in Lakeville, CT, Crescendo Vocal Ensemble, directed by Christine Gevert, presented a program of traditional Christmas carols ranging from the sixteenth century to the present with nearly forty singers ...
The Vivaldi Project Astonishes at Trintiy-Pawling
by Kevin T McEneaney For the annual Christmas concert at the Episcopal high school, The Vivaldi Project, a Baroque ensemble, played rarely performed Baroque works in All-Saint’s Chapel, which features superior acoustics. Ned Reade Emceed the event. They opened with ...