Why We Do It
April 27th, 2012 | 0 Comments | Music |
Stories like this make it all worthwhile.
Last week I got to attend the annual Bach Festival at my alma mater, the first time since I was actually in it as a senior in 1979.

I got these and I’m not even a big rock fan. Thanks, Frank and Claire!

The Maplewood Community Band, taken before our December 17 concert this year. What a great group!
Two big concerts this weekend, Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon. Come on down!
Over the years I’ve heard this piece many, many times. I was even lucky enough to get to play it once. But never, never like this. A riveting, vivid, take-no-prisoners, leave-it-all-on-the-field performance.
I’ll be playing with the New Amsterdam Symphony this Thursday evening in Chelsea. Come on down if you’re in the neighborhood.
The Broadway Bach Ensemble’s May concert is this Sunday, 2 p.m., at the Broadway Presbyterian Church in New York. It’s on the corner of 114th and Broadway, just across from Columbia University.
We’re doing music of Dvorak, Mouret and Canteloube — some of the unbelievably lush “Songs of the Auvergne,” featuring the wonderful soprano Silvie Jensen.