WINSTON-SALEM, NC – J. S. Bach (Germany, 1685-1750) wrote six works for unaccompanied violin in 1720 (although they were not published until 1802): three sonatas and three partitas. Since that time, almost every famous violinist...
Read MoreYewon Ahn and Kent Lyman in Recital
Yewon Ahn of the North Carolina Symphony presented solo recitals in the Triangle this week, the latest a stunning, intimate parlor performance at the Searstone Retirement Community in Cary, collaborating with Dr. Kent Lyman,...
Read MoreWilliam Wolfram Powerful in Signature Performance Piano Recital for EMF
The Eastern Music Festival opened its 61st season this week with a plethora of chamber music and orchestra concerts, including a Signature Piano Recital by the brilliant virtuoso and long-standing faculty member, William...
Read MoreHenry Kramer’s Oft-Delayed Recital Worth Waiting For
Henry Kramer’s recital at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Durham was originally announced to be on February 6. Due to the pandemic, that date had to be changed not once, but four times. These changes pushed the...
Read MoreMusic for a Great Space Season Anew Presents Women In Song
Friday night’s Music for a Great Space concert offered an evening of music from opera, jazz, and Broadway. The different genres were sung by soprano Teri Bickham, a UNCG faculty member (opera), alto Ariel Pocock, a jazz...
Read MorePhyllis Pancella Brings Her Favorite Songs to UNCSA
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts hosted their very own voice faculty member, Phyllis Pancella, in Watson Hall for a recital featuring some of the mezzo-soprano’s favorite songs. The program started as...
Read MoreTriangle Wagner Society Presents Lecture and Recital of Wesendonck Lieder
This past Sunday, the Triangle Wagner Society of North Carolina presented a virtual lecture and performance featuring German giant Richard Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder. The event’s presentation had to be modified...
Read MoreReconsidering [the Vast Majority of] Robert Schumann’s Songs
Robert Schumann (1810-56): Alle Lieder* & Clara Schumann (1819-96): (3) Lieder once attributed to Robert Schumann. Christian Gerhaher, baritone, & Gerold Huber, piano, with additional contributions from sopranos Anett...
Read MorePan Harmonia Takes Flight in Asheville
This past Sunday, the award-winning Asheville chamber group Pan Harmonia returned for its first live November performance in two years. Taking place at the atmospheric and resonant First Presbyterian Church of Asheville, Kate...
Read MoreEric Guo Shines In Two Glorious Recitals for the Eighth Paderewski Festival
Only five weeks ago, 19-year-old pianist Eric Guo was playing a nine-foot Steinway grand piano in Warsaw, Poland, in the first round of the 18th Chopin Competition. (A video of his Warsaw program is here.) While in Warsaw, he...
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Soprano Louise Toppin and Colleagues Premiere Collaborative Art Song Project at Duke
Soprano Dr. Louise Toppin and her long-time collaborative pianist, Dr. John O’Brien were welcomed by an appreciative audience to the Nelson Music Room on the East Campus of Duke University to present “Double Consciousness: Perspectives on Composition in Black Music and Poetry.” This event was NOT a mere concert – it was the fruit of a seminar between Duke graduate literati and composers whose subject of inquiry and the subsequent investigations and collaborations, resulted in a program of art song settings in this premiere performance.
Read MoreGagliano Opens Eighth Paderewski Festival With Commanding Performance
Twenty-year-old pianist Avery Gagliano is on a journey. It has had its pitfalls: only seven years ago, her absences from middle school to perform in competitions and concerts caused her to be labeled a truant by her...
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