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CLASSICAL | Holocaust Remembrance Concert

This concert features music by Gideon Klein and Wladyslaw Szpilman, composers who perished and survived (respectively) Holocaust camps. Performing will be Eastman School of Music faculty and students, organized by Associate Professor of Violin, Renee Jolles, whose father, Jerome, was a survivor of the camps in Romania, came to America, and established a musical career […]

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CLASSICAL | “On the Road”

Pegasus Early Music’s first full concert of 2015 — the organization presented a Pegasus Rising concert last week — will take audiences on a string band tour of the 17th century. “On the Road” will feature music and styles from Germany, Austria, Italy, France and England. Of special interest is Biber’s Sonata for two viola […]

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CLASSICAL | Bedlam

Bedlam is a voice and lute duo that performs 16th-century music inspired by forbidden and taboo subjects associated with that famous London institution. Vocalist Kayleen Sanchez and lutist Laudon Schuett (pictured) are involved in keeping the “madness” — the rejection of rational thought — alive through these performances, both intimate and exciting. Bedlam will present […]

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CLASSICAL | Emerson String Quartet

The Emerson String Quartet will present an afternoon recital in Kilbourn Hall featuring music from the early 17th-century to the masterworks of the 20th-century. The Emerson String Quartet has an unparalleled list of achievements across three decades: more than 30 acclaimed recordings, 9 Grammys, 3 Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize, and collaborations with many […]

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CLASSICAL | “The Best of East and West”

“The Best of East and West,” an afternoon recital program presented by Nazareth College’s Music Department, will feature a coming together of contrasting colors and styles. The “East” will be represented by the pieces “Sound of the Five” and “Wild Grass” — written by composers Chen Yi and Zhou Long, respectively — while the “West” […]

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