Aeolus Quartet at Olin Hall, Bard College

by Kevin T McEneaney The Aeolus Quartet opened with String Quartet in D Minor, K. 421 (1783) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). This work is nicknamed "the second Haydn Quartet"…

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The Parker Quartet at Olin Hall

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday, The Parker Quartet, currently in residence at Harvard University, performed an exciting program at Bard College, Olin Hall. They opened with String Quartet No.…

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Smithfield Church Pops Chamber Orchestra Swings

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday afternoon, the Bang Family Concert Series produced its 6th Annual Spring “Pops” Concert under the baton of Michelle Demko, who chose most of the…

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Baldouret Quartet at Lyall Church

by Kevin T McEneaney The Baldouret Quartet became a Quintet on Friday afternoon in a free concert sponsored by The Millbrook Music Salon. Sophia Zhou, the Artistic Director of the…

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The Concert Truck at Bennett Park

Susan Zhang and Sophia Zhou by Kevin T McEneaney A Memorial Day celebration at Bennett Park opened with the roving Concert Truck at 1 pm. Krista Thorne delivered a short…

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Spring Concert at Lyall Church

by Kevin T McEneaney To celebrate 100th anniversary of Lyall Church this past Sunday, The Millbrook Community Festival Choir presented Foundations, under Music and Choral Director Daniel Michael Koch who…

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King Lear Triumphant at TheatreWorks

King Lear, one of William Shakespeare’s greatest plays, is now running at TheaterWorks in New Milford, CT, with a superb cast of superior actors under the lean and keen direction…

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All-Strauss program at Bard Sosnoff

by Kevin T McEneaney Richard Strauss began composing at the age of nine. At the age of 21, he composed a Serenade and a Burleske in D minor (1886, revised…

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Polonsky and Wiley at The Stissing Center

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Sunday at the Stissing House in Pine Plains, cellist Peter Wiley from Bard College teamed up with Russian-born pianist Anna Polonsky from Vassar College to…

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Green Room Ensemble at Millbrook Music Salon

by Kevin T McEneaneyLast Saturday evening in Chelsea Morrison Theater at Millbrook School, Green Room Ensemble delivered a delightful program with a wink at the past and a plunge into…

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