Monthly Archives: February 2007

Schumann’s Konzerstück a Knockout

by Lyn Bronson
February 17, 2007

There were four (count ‘em four) French horns on stage at the Monterey Symphony’s Sherwood Hall concert last night, and did they ever kick up a storm! We were hearing a rare work, the Konzertstück in F Major for Four … Continue reading →

Archived in these categories: Monterey Symphony

Cavani String Quartet Impresses

by Lyn Bronson
February 16, 2007

The Mozart Society presented last night at All Saints Church in Carmel, the Cavani String Quartet. It was a stunning concert! These fine young players, violinists Annie Fullard and Mari Sato, violist Kirsten Docter and cellist Merry Peckham, each one … Continue reading →

Archived in these categories: String quartet

Pianist Kevin Kenner

by Lyn Bronson
February 11, 2007

Pianist Kevin Kenner appeared last night in a recital at Le Petit Trianon Theater in San Jose, sponsored by the Bay Area Steinway Society. Last night’s concert revealed that he has a brilliant technique and can play quite artistically, when … Continue reading →

Archived in these categories: Piano

Arnaldo Cohen Triumphs!

by Lyn Bronson
February 3, 2007

HTML clipboard Sometimes members of a concert audience dutifully sit and listen, convinced they are part of a cultural elite with a responsibility to support the fast diminishing genre of serious classical music.  Sometimes they hear routine performances by world … Continue reading →

Archived in these categories: Carmel Music Society, Piano