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  • Ewing’s 1867 Sanctuary Arts Revival

    Ewing’s 1867 Sanctuary Arts Revival

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    Bob and Helen Kull have created a sanctuary for the arts in Ewing.

    The 1867 Sanctuary, a one-time Presbyterian Church, was scheduled from demolition in 2008 when the Kulls stepped up not only to preserve the now 149 year-old structure, but also to envision a platform for the performing arts in Mercer County. The hall was repurposed and reopened in February to regularly host musical events and theatrical productions.

    It was during a rehearsal of the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey there that the orchestra’s concertmaster, Vladimir Dyo, realized its potential as a venue for chamber music performances. He will be bringing together some of his friends and colleagues for a varied program to be presented at the venue on Monday night at 8:00.

    On the concert will be a sonata for violin and guitar by Allen Krantz; three tangos for violin and guitar by Astor Piazzolla; a suite for solo cello by Gaspar Cassado; Frederic Chopin’s “Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise Brillante” in E-flat major, Op. 22; Mauro Giuliani’s Serenade for Guitar, Violin and Cello, Op. 19; and Beethoven’s Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11. Dyo will be joined by Krantz on guitar, Ovidiu Marinescu on cello, and Clipper Erickson on piano.

    1867 Sanctuary at Ewing hosts not only classical music concerts. Upcoming events will also include jazz artists and theatrical productions, with the venue’s next open mic night scheduled for Nov. 25. This weekend, there’s cabaret and a one-man show. For a more complete schedule, visit http://www.1867sanctuary.org.

    Then read my article in today’s Trenton Times.

    http://www.nj.com/times-entertainment/index.ssf/2016/11/classical_music_vladimir_dyo_p.html

    Photo of 1867 Sanctuary, located at 101 Scotch Rd. in Ewing, by my good friend and former editor, Michael Mancuso

  • Remembering Soldiers Sacrifice and Bravery

    Remembering Soldiers Sacrifice and Bravery

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    The bravery and sacrifice of the soldier at war is unfathomable. I think especially of those souls who were called up in the days of the draft or who volunteered. What horrors were thrust upon them, and how well they acquitted themselves. I am thankful to those, like my grandfather, who did the heavy lifting so that the rest of us wouldn’t have to.

    In Flanders fields the poppies blow
    Between the crosses, row on row,
    That mark our place; and in the sky
    The larks, still bravely singing, fly
    Scarce heard amid the guns below.

    We are the Dead. Short days ago
    We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
    Loved and were loved, and now we lie
    In Flanders fields.

    Take up our quarrel with the foe:
    To you from failing hands we throw
    The torch; be yours to hold it high.
    If ye break faith with us who die
    We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
    In Flanders fields.

    “In Flanders Fields” remembered:
    http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/john-mccrae-in-flanders-fields.htm

    Charles Ives’ setting:

    Ives’ “Tom Sails Away”

    Ives’ “He Is There!”

    Germany’s perception of the American soldier in World War I:
    http://mentalfloss.com/article/57121/42-quotes-germans-about-american-troops-after-world-war-i

  • Chamber Music Intimate Conversations

    Chamber Music Intimate Conversations

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    Chamber music. Intimate conversation between friends.

    Join me for a morning of civilized discourse, as we enjoy a string quartet by Niels Wilhelm Gade, a clarinet sonata by Max Reger, a quintet for flute, violin, viola, cello and harp by Jean Cras, a piano quintet by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, a quartet for clarinet, violin, cello and piano by Peter Schickele, a duet for two cellos by Friedrich August Kummer, a double sextet by Steve Reich, and more.

    Violinist Vladimir Dyo and Clipper Erickson, piano, will join me in the 10:00 hour. They’ll tell us a little bit about a chamber concert they’ll be performing at 1867 Sanctuary at Ewing this Monday at 8 p.m, with colleagues Allen Krantz, guitar, and Ovidiu Marinescu, cello. The program will include works by Krantz, Astor Piazzolla, Gaspar Cassado, Frederic Chopin, Mauro Giuliani, and Ludwig van Beethoven.

    The election is over. Time to conduct ourselves with dignity, if only for a few hours, from 6 to 11 EST, on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wprb.com. Let’s make beautiful music together, on Classic Ross Amico.

  • November Introspection Music on WPRB

    November Introspection Music on WPRB

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    Between the weather and the election, November is off to a very strange start. I am sure I am not alone in feeling rather subdued this week. It seems only appropriate, then, that tomorrow morning on WPRB, the focus will be on intimacy, introspection and solace. We’ll enjoy music for various chamber combinations – string quartets, woodwind quintets, that sort of thing – so as not to agitate or jangle too many nerves.

    It will be a morning of genuine concord, from 6 to 11 EST, at WPRB 103.3 FM and wprb.com. You’ll find me relaxing with a scotch in the bath, on Classic Ross Amico.

  • Bass-Baritone Birthday Bash on WWFM

    Bass-Baritone Birthday Bash on WWFM

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    It’s all about the bass!

    Join me this afternoon as we celebrate the birthdays of dueling bass-baritones Thomas Quasthoff (who will sing Schubert) and Bryn Terfel (who will sing Gerald Finzi). We’ll also hear Finzi’s elegy for orchestra, “The Fall of the Leaf.”

    In addition, we’ll remember American composer Burrill Phillips, a product of the Eastman School, who later taught there. Can music of his teacher, Howard Hanson, be far behind?

    Plenty of solace and beauty to be found today, from 4 to 7:00 EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and at wwfm.org.

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