(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) — The world-renowned Bard Music Festival, now celebrating its Silver Jubilee with an exploration of “Schubert and His World,” opens Friday, August 8, 2014, with Weekend One: The Making of a Romantic Legend, featuring five themed concerts including orchestral and chamber concerts, recitals, operetta, plus talks, panel discussions, and commentary, at the Fisher Center…
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) – Works by contemporary composers including Osvaldo Golijov, Louis Andriessen, and Joan Tower, among others, will be performed by students from the Bard College Conservatory of Music and the Music Program on Sunday, September 29, 2013, at 3 p.m., in the Sosnoff Theater at Bard College. The program, “Conservatory Sundays: Music Alive,” is…
(NEW LEBANON, N.Y. ) – The Brentano String Quartet will play works by Beethoven, Debussy, Mendelssohn in the final program of the Tannery Pond Concerts season on Saturday, September 21, 2013, at 6pm. The program includes Beethoven’s String Quartet in D major, OP. 18, No. 3; Debussy’s Quartet in G minor, Op. 10; and Mendelssohn’s…
(NEW LEBANON, N.Y.) – Cellist Sebastian Bäverstam and pianist Yannick Rafalimanana will perform works by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms in the Tannery at Darrow School on Saturday, June 8, 2013, at 8pm, as part of the Concerts at Tannery Pond chamber music series. Both young musicians have already garnered critical acclaims and awards. They first…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein and singer-songwriter Tift Merritt bring their new, unique musical collaboration captured on their brand new duo album, Night (Sony Classical ) – combining classical, folk, and rock – to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, March 23, 2013, at 8pm, just days after premiering their new repertoire at New…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Pianist Armen Donelian will showcase his unique solo piano arrangements of selected songs of the 18th-century Armenian composer Sayat-Nova in advance of an upcoming CD release weaving Armenian, classical and jazz elements live in concert in The Songs of Sayat-Nova at the Hudson Opera House on Saturday, January 5, 2013, at 8pm.…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) — The drama and emotion of the Italian cantata takes center stage when the early-music ensemble Tragicomedia performs a holiday concert featuring works by Handel and Italian Baroque composers on December 9, 2012, at 6pm, at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, as part of the Close Encounters With Music series. “Tragicomedia: A…
by Seth Rogovoy From children’s songs like “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” to blues like “Freight Train Blues” to the Clash’s “Train in Vain,” the relentless, repetitive rhythms of the railroad have inspired countless songs that recapitulate those rhythms musically while making overt reference to them textually. But perhaps no music has ever made…
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Grammy Award-nominated oud player Simon Shaheen, considered by many to be one of the most significant contemporary Arab musicians and composers, performs his unique blend of Arabic, jazz and Western classical styles at PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century on Saturday, June 30 at 7:30 pm. Shaheen will be accompanied by…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – German pianist Hauschka performs his unique experimental compositions, drawing on electronics and prepared piano, at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, June 22, 2012, at 9 p.m. Next Tuesday marks the release of Hauschka’s latest project, Silfra, a duet recording with world-renowned classical violinist Hilary Hahn, on Universal/Deutsche Grammophon. The recording features twelve…
