David Noel Edwards is a writer, composer, and recording artist from Canaan, New York. He has been writing for the Berkshire Edge since 2015, mainly about music, but also about books, birds, and reptiles.
The intensely empathic energy the Dali String Quartet brings to Piazzolla’s music shines just as brightly in their interpretations of standard repertoire.
"Think of it as Handel’s version of a pulp fiction thriller, inspired by Julius Caesar’s high-stakes escapades in Egypt and his scandalous love affair with the young, cunning Cleopatra." — R.B. Schlather
Weiner's String Trio in G minor, Op. 6., is a hidden gem of early 20th-century chamber music that is bound to appeal to fans of Brahms, Dohnányi, or early Kodály.
"Dido and Aeneas" is Virgil’s story of Queen Dido of Carthage, who falls in love with the Trojan hero Aeneas but is abandoned by him due to a plot by evil sorceresses that leads to her heartbreak and death.
"I like to listen to the musicians who are with me. I like to give them freedom and leverage to be themselves, and I like to collaborate and improvise and just be honest and open when we are on the stage." — Alfredo Rodriguez
"We've created 200-plus commissions now, and with every single one, we continue to push ourselves as to what the sound of the Reed Quintet can be and what chamber music can be." — Akropolis clarinetist Kari Landry
In addition to performing as a soloist, Chertock serves as principal keyboardist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and has been a professor of piano at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
"Whenever I work with my BSO colleagues and do folk music, they're super supportive of what I arrange, and we always have a really great time," says BSO violinist Bonnie Bewick.
This was a significant moment in Bach's career. Frederick was a patron of modern music, while Bach represented the high Baroque tradition that was on its way out of style.
