Newport Classical’s Saturday Night festival concert brought the San Francisco-based Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra to the Breakers Mansion in a delightful HIP of Handel, Biber, and a newly commissioned East Coast Premiere of American composer Mason Bates Appalachian Ayre. With only a...
- July 16, 2023
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With pianist Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner, Eldbjørg Hemsing led a first-half tour of the Scandinavian Arctic followed by a visit with French masterworks Friday night for Newport Classical. Stephen Martorella, The Boston Musical Intelligencer
- July 15, 2023
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Hélène Grimaud enchanted a packed Breakers Mansion in Newport Thursday with Beethoven’s Op. 109, a late sonata, followed by Brahms’s Three Intermezzi Op. 117 and 7 Phantasien Op. 116, concluding with Bach’s Chaconne via Busoni. Stephen Martorella, The Boston Musical...
- July 14, 2023
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Zlatomir Fung delivered a stunningly radiant, resonant, and joyous account of Bach’s solo Cello Suites for Classical Newport Wednesday evening in the Breakers Mansion. Stephen Martorella, The Boston Musical Intelligencer
- July 13, 2023
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Aizruris’ joyful take brought out similarities in the playful interplay of contrapuntal motifs, sweeping scales of lightness and virtuosity, the galloping rhythms of a hunt (second movement Scherzo) or the rustic elements of a village dance, complete with a bagpipe-like...
- July 9, 2023
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Despite another damp foggy Saturday night, the sold-out Newport Classical concert featuring one of America’s premiere all-men’s vocal ensembles, Cantus, roused the Breakers mansion audience with its often humorous and satirical, but also deep and provocative show. Stephen Martorella, The...
- July 9, 2023
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the excitement of discovery, the exhilaration of enlightenment David Patterson, The Boston Musical Intelligencer
- July 7, 2023
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Curtis Stewart’s new composition, “The Gilded Cage,” will premiere at the Breakers on July 22 as part of the Newport Classical Music Festival.
- June 27, 2023
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Newport Classical concluded the second season of its year-round Chamber Series Friday in a glowing and powerful recital by violinist Stella Chen and pianist Henry Kramer at Emmanuel Church in Newport. The presenter’s summer festival begins on July 5th with...
- June 11, 2023
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The balmy weather has us dreaming of summer in the City by the Sea, and nothing says Newport quite like strolling the grounds of a historic mansion, cocktail in hand, while the sounds of music waft over Narragansett Bay. Newport...
- March 22, 2023
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