Areta Zhulla, Ronald Copes, Astrid Schween, Molly Carr by Kevin T McEneaney The Juilliard Quartet at the Howland Chamber Music Circle in Beacon, NY, in a program titled Extra Inspirations…
Concertmaster Eniko Samu and Dr. Leon Botstein with TON After Dr. Leon Botstein’s introductory remarks at the podium of a program of music in turn of the century Vienna, The…
The Poetry of Sex: From Sappho to Carol Ann Duffy by Brian Arkins. Peter Lang, 133 pages, 2023. Reviewed by Kevin T McEneaney The bibliography of this book has more…
by Kevin T McEneaney Saturday afternoon at Smithfield Church in Amenia Kent Tritle, organist of the New York Philharmonic and the Oratorio Society of New York City, and Music Director…
by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday night at The Stissing Center, the Verona Quartet, residing at Oberlin University, presented the first concert in the annual Clarion Concert series founded by…
Nicholas Kitchen, Kristopher Tong, Henry Kramer, Yeesun Kim, Melissa Reardon by Kevin T McEneaney It has been nearly a year since I heard the fabulous Borromeo quartet. Their quartet moniker…
Susan Rotholz, Margaret Kampmeier, Eliot Bailen, Peter Weitzner, Alan Kay, Sarah Adams by Kevin T McEneaney Friday night’s concert at St. Andrews Church in Kent opened with a composition by…
Daniel Khalikov, Pauline Kim, Michael Katz, Wendy Sutter William Hakim by Kevin T McEneaney Like Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) was born in Lucca, named after the Celtic god Lugh,…
Historic Tales of the Harlem Valley: Life at the End of the Line. Tonia Shoumatoff. History Press, 2023, 202 pages. by Kevin T. McEneaney I admit I am not a…
by Kevin T McEneaney The Parker Quartet opened with String Quartet in B Flat Maor, Op. 18 # 6 (1800) by Ludwig van Beethoven completed in December (first performed on…