Those of us who thought the summer was a dead time for exhibits and good only for surfing shows have at least one reason to revise this opinion: the County Contemporary All Media Juried Show. Unveiled by the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County in June, this modest but inclusive exhibit features a total of 44 works by 36 Palm Beach County professional artists. One of them … [Read more...]
Piano trio’s Florida debut offers multi-style mastery
The piano trio literature is perhaps richer than it might otherwise appear at first mental blush, and there are some great works in this genre that are too little-known to general audiences. That can surely be said of the Piano Trio (in G minor, Op. 15) composed in 1855 by Bedrich Smetana, founder of the Czech national school of composition. It can just as confidently be said … [Read more...]