Reviews

“The Merz Trio kickstarted Newport Classical’s season at the Newport Classical Recital Hall at Emmanuel Church in downtown Newport, Rhode Island, on Friday, and they brought the audience to their feet with their closing piece by Johannes Brahms. Comprised of...

“Pianist and passionate advocate for social justice Lara Downes closed Newport Classical Summer Festival in grand style with selections from her new album “This Land” (available August 23rd) and from her other recordings, repertoire, and projects. Opening with a Jeremy...

“The Breakers Mansion Great Hall in historic Newport, RI resounded Saturday night with new music pronouncing a way forward towards better “harmony” in our society, honoring deeply rooted American traditions with a vision of our better selves, honoring music of...

“The high-ceilinged sanctuary with its beautiful stained-glass window over the altar at Newport’s Emmanuel Church (Episcopal), which shares its home with Newport Classical, had a fully packed audience in attendance Saturday afternoon for the piano recital of festival artist Llewellyn...

“Thirteen members of Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society brought the sweet dulcet tones of historically rendered masterworks of the Baroque to an enthralled Newport Classical audience Friday evening in the sumptuous acoustic of the Breakers Mansion Great Hall, a Gilded...

“The Breakers Mansion Great Hall hosted the Isidore String Quartet Wednesday evening. Violinists Adrian Steele and Phoenix Avalon, violist Devin Moore, and cellist Joshua McClendon teamed up as undergraduates in the Juilliard School in 2019, and named their quartet after...

“In the tent at Newport’s Castle Hill Inn with stunning ocean views, duo-pianists Drew Petersen and Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner opened last Tuesday with Mozart Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 358 for one piano, four hands. Mozart wrote four complete duo-sonatas between...

“Newport Breakers Mansion resonated Sunday evening with the sparkle and romance emanating from the violin of Anne Akiko Meyers with Max Levinson, piano. The  radiance of her long gown matched the glowing resonance and warmth from the full-bodied resonance and...

“Amidst the curated collections of rare books and fine art in the Redwood Library and Athenæum, Sunday afternoon patrons of Newport Classical assembled to hear a rarefied mélange of sounds emanating from oboe, bassoon, piano, and accordion provided the Poulenc Trio...

“Pianist and composer Dinuk Wijeratne along with clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh, and the string ensemble A Far Cry asked us to consider the meaning of home Friday evening in the Breakers Mansion. Kinan Azmeh’s Ibn Arabi Postlude, taken from his larger...