Mar 11 2020
Binghamton, NY – The Binghamton Philharmonic announces the hiring of new full-time Executive Director, Paul Cienniwa. Effective, April 16th, 2020, Mr. Cienniwa will replace acting director Andrea Carey, who is relocating to Pennsylvania. Mr. Cienniwa holds a Doctorate of Musical…
May 28 2019
American Record Guide
May/June 2019
Telemann: Violin Sonatas
Dorian Komanoff Bandy; Paul Cienniwa, hpsi
Whaling City 108--80 minutes
This is the second recording I have encountered of Telemann's unusual 1715 publication of sonatas for violin and harpsichord. The first was…
May 25 2019
One of the things that excited me about taking the position at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Delray Beach, FL was the opportunity to create a youth music program from scratch. There was nothing in place! Now at the end…
Apr 29 2019
I had great fun playing Henryk Górecki’s cheeky Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings, Op. 40 at yesterday's Music at St. Paul's concert. Click here to watch a video of the performance.
Mar 19 2019
MAX EMANUEL CENCIC ALUMBRÓ LA NOCHE DE WYNWOOD
Sebastian Spreng in el Nuovo Herald
Sucedió otra vez. Uno de esos pequeños milagros musicales que de vez en cuando suceden en Miami sin demasiado aviso y que, dicho sea de paso…
Mar 8 2019
My Chancel Choir at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Delray Beach, FL sang an excellent service of Choral Evensong on March 3. Included in that service was Bach's Cantata 111.
Mar 8 2019
March 2019 * Larry Palmer
Telemann Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord
Totally unfamiliar music by the most prolific baroque composer Georg Friedrich Telemann (1681-1767) fills a recent compact disc featuring violinist Dorian Komanoff Bandy and harpsichordist Paul Cienniwa (Whaling City…
Feb 15 2019
Dorian Komanoff Bandy and Paul Cienniwa: Telemann, Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord
Posted on February 12, 2019 by John Marks
Click here for the full review.
This new release by Dorian Komanoff Bandy, Baroque violin, and Paul Cienniwa, harpsichord, therefore…
Feb 1 2019
While not a review, Strings Magazine featured a nice profile of my violinist/collaborator Dorian Komanoff Bandy with a good discussion of the source materials for our October 2018 CD release. Click here to read it.
Jan 1 2019
St. Paul’s music director bids 2018 farewell with ‘Goldberg Variations’
December 29, 2018 By Greg Stepanich for Palm Beach Arts Paper
It’s said that the insomniac Count Hermann von Keyserling, an ambassador from Russia to the royal court…
Nov 29 2018
The Whole Note: Strings Attached December 2018-January 2019
by Terry Robbins
Georg Philipp Telemann was not only one of the most prolific composers in musical history but also one of the most cosmopolitan. Some idea of the wide range…
Nov 16 2018
INFODAD, we rank everything we review with plus signs, on a scale from one (+) [disappointing] to four (++++) [definitely worth considering]. We mostly review (+++) or better items. Very rarely, we give an exceptional item a fifth…