Jonah Kim.By Greg StepanichThe cellist Jonah Kim has spent several years concertizing and living in South Florida, including studies at Lynn University, all the while building a wider career from two other home bases in New York and Prague.Tuesday night’s closing concert of the Stringendo School for Strings faculty series at Palm Beach Atlantic University’s Persson … [Read more...]
Music review: Passionate Brahms performances marred by piano tuning
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897).By Greg StepanichAnyone who’s been to an arts camp or summer festival has heard that sound before – enthusiastic, friendly voices loudly acclaiming a performance by members of the team.Tuesday night at Palm Beach Atlantic University’s Persson Hall, the applause from a home-court crowd was heard for two aggressive performances by … [Read more...]
Music review: Masterful Bach opens Stringendo series
James Buswell.By Greg StepanichPerhaps it was Johannes Brahms who said it best:“Using the technique adapted to a small instrument the man writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings,” he wrote to Clara Schumann, describing the celebrated Chaconne of J.S. Bach. “If I could picture myself writing, or even conceiving, such a … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks June 3-7
A photo taken in Jackson, Mont.,from Alan Winslow and Morrigan McCarthy’s Project Tandem. Art: Two photographers – Alan Winslow and Morrigan McCarthy – traveled 11,000 miles by bicycle across the United States beginning in 2008 to gather opinions about the environment, get to know their fellow Americans, and, of course, take pictures of them.They … [Read more...]
Music review: Atlanta Symphony violinists do right by Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953).By Greg StepanichSergei Prokofiev didn’t write a great deal of chamber music, but his two string quartets, two violin sonatas (one originally for flute) and piano quintet are marvelous works, and worthy of the repertory status that only the violin sonatas currently appear to have.The same goes for the Sonata for Two Violins (in C, … [Read more...]
Music review: Violist shines in Telemann at Stringendo concert
Violist Stanley Konopka.By Greg StepanichA violist for the Cleveland Orchestra made a persuasive case for the power and versatility of his instrument Tuesday night during a performance of a Telemann concerto at Palm Beach Atlantic University.Stanley Konopka, who has been assistant principal viola of the Cleveland since 1993, was one of two members of that orchestra … [Read more...]