The Amernet Quartet: Misha Vitenson, Marcia Littely,Jason Calloway and Michael Klotz.By Greg StepanichEditor’s note: Here are brief reviews from local concerts in the past weeks.Amernet Quartet(Oct. 24, Josephine Leiser Center, Fort Lauderdale)The Russian composer Sergei Taneyev has been largely overlooked in the United States, but he had much to offer, … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Sept. 24-26
City Milk, by JoAnn Nava. Art: This weekend, the historic African-American neighborhood on Fort Lauderdale’s Sistrunk Boulevard is the site of the Midtown Urban Arts Show, part of a nonprofit effort to support revitalization of the Sistrunk corridor, named for the pioneering black physician who tended to its residents in the early 20th century. Restoration … [Read more...]
Music review: Cellist deMaine’s Beethoven survey exciting, important
Cellist Robert deMaine.By Greg StepanichOne of the benefits of a complete-works concert series is that a composer's achievement can be measured not only in a specific genre but against itself.But getting a good assessment is only possible if the pieces are played well enough for the performers almost to drop away and leave the music standing alone, alive and independent, making … [Read more...]
Music feature: Cellist deMaine to play all of Beethoven’s cello pieces in Boca concerts
Cellist Robert deMaine.By Greg StepanichThe cultural-event marathon is one of the most absorbing pleasures in the world of the arts, a chance for fans of a genre or a specific body of work to immerse themselves and give themselves wholly over to the featured creations.Pianists have milestones such as the complete Well-Tempered Clavier of Bach or all 32 of the Beethoven sonatas, … [Read more...]