Ukrainian Music Thunders at Bard Sosnoff
by Kevin T McEneaney Last weekend, under the baton of Dr. Leon Botstein, The Orchestra Now (TŌN) offered an unusual program of rarely performed music that focused on Ukrainian themes. They opened with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Overture on Russian Themes, Op.28 ...
Rio Jazz Excites & Surprises at Smithfield Church
Last Saturday afternoon, Smithfield Church in northwest Amenia hosted Bandleader Matt Finley’s Rio Jazz with the most accomplished jazz musicians in/or surrounding Dutchess County. This was a concert that often featured the original composers playing in their own compositions. I ...
Bard East/West Ensemble Delights
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday at the Lazlo-Bito Conservatory, under the direction of Jindong Cai, the Ensemble, which features a sophisticated blend of Eastern and Western instruments, presented a diverse three-part program of new contemporary music. The second part ...
Music in Motion at Bard Sosnoff Theater
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday, Jindong Cai led the annual China Now Music Festival at Bard Sosnoff Theater with The Orchestra Now. The broad focus of the program selected living composers from three generations. Under the baton of Jindong ...
Rio Jazz at Smithfield Church
Preview The Smithfield Church will present Rio JAZZ - Intimate Brazilian Jazz hosted by the Bang Family Concert Series. Saturday, 3 pm, October 11, 2025. Refreshments to follow in the Fellowship Room. Free parking. Elevator for the disabled at the ...
Mahler’s Wondrous Third Symphony at Bard Sosnoff
by Kevin T McEneaney Twenty-six years ago, Bard opened the acoustically marvelous Sosnoff Theater with Gustave Mahler’s Third Symphony (1896, only the first two movements were performed), one of the longest symphonies ever written and rarely performed. The symphony was ...
Kent Tritle & Arthur Fiacco at Smithfield Church
The concert opened with Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532 by J.S. Bach (1685-1750), which is thought to have been composed during Bach’s later years at Wiemar (1708-1717) where he began to leave behind his ardent obsession with ...
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), ...