Romeo & Juliet: A Masterwork at The Center for Performing Arts
Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet were William Shakespeare’s most popular plays during his lifetime. For perhaps misogynist ambiance, The Taming of the Shrew was his most often performed play in the 18th century. It remains a joy to witness his ...
Clarion Concert: Sublime at The Stissing Center
Last Sunday, the New York Philharmonic String Quartet, in the Clarion Concert series, delivered a memorable performance at The Stissing Center in Pine Plains. They opened with String Quartet in G major, Op. No. 1 HobIII:81 by Franz Joseph Haydn ...
Millbrook Music Salon at Grace Church
by Kevin T McEneaney Violinist Leonard Fu and pianist Baron Fenwick provided the second concert at Grace Church in the newly formed Millbrook Music Salon series. Introduced by Artistic Director Sophia Zhou, Fu, has shared the stage with Mitsuko Uchida ...
Emilia at Rhinecliff Morton Library
by Kevin T McEneaney Emilia Bassano Lanier was the first English woman to publish a book of poems in England. The poems were devoutly religious and genteel, politely criticizing male sensibilities under King James's rule. Both her poetry book and ...