Baroque Highlights at Trinity in Lakeville

by Kevin T McEneaney This past Sunday at Trinity Episcopal Church, Crescendo, under the direction of Christine Gevert, produced a program under the title Gallant Fire,” centering the playlist around…

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Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective in Hudson

This past Sunday at the Hudson Opera House, in the Clarion Concert Series, the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective from England performed a program focused on Robert Schumann (1810-1856) and two English…

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Pete Anderson Trio at Smithfield Church

by Kevin T McEneaney On a golden autumn afternoon surrounded by blue sky and leaves boasting red, orange, yellow, and brown, the Pete Anderson Trio performed a program of favorite…

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China Now: Chasing Dreams at Bard Sosnoff

by Kevin T McEneaney The China Now Music Festival, led by conductor Jindong Cai, is an annual production presented by the US-China Music Institute at Bard College Conservatory in collaboration…

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The Limeliters at The Stissing Center

by Kevin T McEneaney Have you ever been to The Grace Note? That’s the basement East Village-like nightclub/cabaret setting for intimate music that hosted the current incarnation of the long-lived…

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Pacifica Quartet Thrills in Hudson

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday under the umbrella of Clarion Concerts and cloudy skies, Grammy Award winners, Pacifica Quartet, performed at Christ Episcopal Church, an historic Gothic revival church,…

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Kent Tritle Mesmerizes at Smithfield Church

by Kevin T McEneaney This was the fourteenth appearance of Kent Tritle in the intimate setting of the historic Smithfield Church. In addition to his renown on the tracker organ…

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Gernsheim Revival at Bard Sosnoff

Friday night at Sosnoff Theater time went backward. One can, of course, instruct and highlight by going backward or forward. The evening opened with a rarely performed gem by Friedrich…

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All along the Watchtower

By Tonia Shoumatoff "If only men could see that almost all that they know consists of the ruins of destroyed towers, perhaps they would cease to build them. "-- P.D. Ouspensky…

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Kent Tritle to play at Smithfield Church

Preview by Sharon Webb The Smithfield Church in Amenia, New York, is proud to welcome organ virtuoso Kent Tritle to its historic 1893 Johnson tracker organ for his annual performance…

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