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
Telemann CD in review
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
A very nice review!
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…
Nov 15 2018
An excellent review!
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN - Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord - Dorian Komanoff Bandy (Violin) - Paul Cienniwa (Harpsichord) - 687606010826 - Released: October 2018 - Whaling City Sound WCS108
Sonata no. 1 in G minor…
Oct 12 2018
New Release: Telemann Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, Frankfurt, 1715
Telemann
Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord
Frankfurt, 1715
Dorian Komanoff Bandy & Paul Cienniwa
Telemann (1681-1767) was one of music’s great mavericks, an aesthete with a restless mind and cosmopolitan tastes. During his nearly seven-decade career, he sampled…
Aug 21 2018
Karl Henning's Op. 116
On August 19, 2018, I performed Karl Henning's Plotting (y is the new x), Op. 116 with excellent violinist Mei Mei Luo. The performance was recorded for YouTube, and you can view it here:
Mar 14 2018
Palm Beach Symphony gives glorious concert at Bethesda
By Mark Aliapoulios - Special to the Palm Beach Daily News
Posted: 4:01 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, 2018
The Palm Beach Symphony’s performance Monday night was vibrant and glorious.
Maestro Ramón Tebar led the orchestra in…
Mar 1 2018
St. Paul’s marks 30 years of music
Paul Cienniwa will play Bach’s Art of the Fugue on the harpsichord at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
Music at St. Paul’s will celebrate its 30th season with a…
Oct 10 2017
The X Commandments
In late summer, I created an edition of "The X Commandments," John Farmer's 1592 setting of a versified Ten Commandments that appeared in "The Whole Booke of Psalmes, With Their Wonted Tunes, As They Are Sung In Churches, Composed Into…
Aug 5 2017
Former student performance
A former high school student from the Rhode Island Philharmonic Music School studied Brahms' Second Rhapsody with me this past spring. This YouTube video is of her playing it at Eastman a few weeks ago:
Fabulous!
Jun 17 2017
A nice mention from Charleston Classical Guitar
Writer Chadwick Becks gave a nice mention of By Heart on the Charleston Classical Guitar blog:
FYI: If you would like an interesting read about playing "from the heart," then you might want to pick up By…
May 4 2017
Finding Faith: Music brought organist to God — and Delray Beach
Finding Faith: Music brought organist to God — and Delray Beach
Paul Cienniwa, who starts June 1 as St. Paul’s Episcopal Church’s music ministry director, says ‘music can touch people who aren’t religious. It’s…