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Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Madrigal Music

The madrigal, Renaissance Italy’s great secular song, taught music to listen to poetry. From Arcadelt’s dying swan to Gesualdo’s anguished chromaticism, Monteverdi’s daring dissonances, and the sunlit fa-las of Morley and Weelkes, this essay traces how composers made sighs fall, flames leap, and lovers expire in sound. Along the way, it explores word painting, the poets of Petrarch’s lineage, and why these intimate a cappella part-songs still reward attentive listeners more than four centuries later.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Opera in the Garden by the ON SITE OPERA
Music
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Opera in the Garden by the ON SITE OPERA

NEW YORK – Opera in the Garden by the ON SITE OPERA, an artistic, musical triumph in a delightful natural setting in an intimate neighborhood park.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Richard C. Walter presents Pieces: New Musical Selections. (photo courtesy chelseatableandstage.venuetix.com)
Cabaret
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Richard C. Walter at Chelsea Table and Stage

‘Pieces’ performed by Santina Umbach exemplified Richard C. Walter’s finest sonic expressions of elegiac, passionate, and metaphysical delights.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchesra at Bryant Park. Photo by Edward Kliszus
Music
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

American Symphony Orchestra and the Roaring 20s

The conductor and music director of the ASO, Maestro Leon Botstein, came to the stage. Building anticipation for the concert, he explained that tonight’s program featured musical works of American composers from the Roaring 20s. Botstein delivered a mini musicology introduction for each work. His words thus inspired listeners and brought the music to life, making it relevant, tangible, and understandable.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
In The Trenches
Off Broadway
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

In The Trenches

In the Trenches is fun and one feels just a bit sorry to see young adults leave behind their single, childless lives. But they muddle through and discover that raising a family is rewarding, time is fleeting and precious, and your single friends will have to deal with you and your yoga pants, PTA meetings, trips to the mall, a barking lab, and dinner moved up from 10 pm to 5 pm.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
A visual representation of Polyphonic and A Capella music inspired by the Counter Reformation. Digital art by Edward Kliszus
Language of Sound
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

The Counter Reformation

Some think 17th-century music is ancient, stuffy, or irrelevant, but polyphony and a capella music can touch the most cynical heart!

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Alexa Tarantino Quartet
Jazz
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Alexa Tarantino Quartet

The Alexa Tarantino Quartet made the scene at the Birdland Jazz club. Alto saxophonist Tarantino brings the Bird back to Birdland with her smooth, mellow sound. She’s cool, relaxed, and versatile as she solos and trades with the best of them, allowing everyone to speak their own musical voices to songs in a great groove. She draws us into her world of energy, excitement, and romance. Her sound is soulful, rich, and as subtle and formidable as she commands.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Natalie Douglas
Cabaret
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Natalie Douglas

The audience was packed with Douglas’ loyal followers. As she introduced songs and told anecdotes of her mingling with the likes of Dolly Parton, Lena Horne, or Roberta Flack, people nodded and smiled in affirmation. She projects a sentimental, nostalgic, and caring persona and each song she sings creates a warm, safe, embracing space. Balancing her view of life through song is her sense of humor, a sweet smile, and joie de vivre.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Polyphony in Music
Language of Sound
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Polyphony in Music

Polyphonic in Music is the art of creating multiple independent melodic lines, each with its own rhythm, and is an inspirational and timeless technique. From the Renaissance to the 20th century and beyond, great composers such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, and Debussy have dazzled audiences with their intricate and beautiful polyphonic works.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Seth Rudetsky Presents DREAMGIRLS at Café Carlyle
Cabaret
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Seth Rudetsky Presents DREAMGIRLS at Café Carlyle

Seth Rudesky hosted an event at Café Carlyle that, in the annals of theater, shall remain a night of incredible music, cherished remembrances, personal anecdotes, and Broadway history told by the artists who live it. It was indeed a biographical sojourn of epic artistic proportions.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
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