by Kevin T McEneaney This year SummerScape at Bard College has its focus on Hector Berlioz and the Romantic context of his period. The music of Berlioz may be characterized…
by Kevin T McEneaney Erinys (meaning Furies) Quartet derives its name from the Oresteia by Aeschylus. They were founded in 2018 at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. They have…
While my bailiwick is classical music, I enjoy multiple music styles: jazz, blues, and even pop music. Last Saturday the Millbrook Winery hosted a fundraiser for the NAMM Foundation which…
There is nothing that I, or anyone else can say, to enhance the reputation of the American String Quartet (which is legendary). They opened with String Quartet in B Flat…
by Kevin T McEneaney The Dior Quartet was formed in the Fall of 2018 at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University under the tutelage of the Pacifica Quartet. They…
by Kevin T McEneaney On Saturday evening at St. James Place in Great Barrington, Daniel Stepner of Aston Magna performed J.S. Bach’s three violin solo Partitas on baroque violin to…
by Kevin T McEneaney Antoinette Brim-Bell, Poet Laureate of Connecticut, began the Sunday program of Music Mountain by reading a selection of her poems. These poems featured subtle rhythmic use…
by Kevin T McEneaney Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest addresses the same theme as Tennessee Williams’ play Suddenly Last Summer (1958): mistreatment of people in…
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday Music Mountain featured two of Franz Schubert’s late piano compositions. During his short lifetime of 31 years, Schubert composed about 1500 works, over 600…
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Friday evening at The Stissing Center in Pine Plains pianist Sophia Zhou accompanied Tenor Daniel McGrew and Soprano Katherine Lerner Lee in a sophisticated program…