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…
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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…
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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, TWV…
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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 every conceivable genre, idiom, and…
Read moreKarl 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:
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…
Read moreSt. 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 performance…
Read moreThe 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…
Read moreFormer 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!
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…
Read moreFinding 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 a spiritual…
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Playing Bach in Boston
Last week, I played a short Bach program for Emmanuel Music's Lindsey Chapel Series in the stunning chapel. Photographer Steve Dunwell was there to document the pre-concert excitement:
Couperin's Kyrie
Back in the very early 2000's, I arranged the first Kyrie couplet from François Couperin's organ "Mass for the Convents." My arrangement, originally for organ alone, is a verbatim setting of Couperin's excellent part-writing with the addition of the text…Read more
Leaving New England
I will be leaving New England to begin a new position as Director of Music at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Delray Beach, Florida. The position begins on June 1, so I will be moving at the end of May.…Read more
A very nice book review
New Zealand logger Mike Crowl wrote a very nice blog post about my book, By Heart: The Art of Memorizing Music. He writes, "This has been the most helpful book I've come across in a long time, in terms…Read more
Messiah community singalong
I will be leading a community singalong Messiah in New Bedford, MA on Sunday, November 27 at 4pm. This charity event will be made up of singers from across the community, and you are cordially invited to come sing or just listen--all…
Read moreSingalong with Automne!
Towards the end of the summer, I was asked to participate in a demo recording for Les Enfants d'Orphée. Little did I know that it was a video demo! The end result is here: https://youtu.be/oG2-NO8FaGA
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Editing Telemann
Back in June, baroque violinist Dorian Komanoff Bandy and I recorded Telemann for a new CD to be released on Whaling City Sound. I blogged about that then (http://paulcienniwa.com/news/blog/preparing-to-record-telemann), and now Dorian has blogged about the editing process.…Read more
Old songs presented in a new way is an ALLISON treat
SouthCoast Today
Posted Jul. 28, 2016 at 2:01 AM
LITTLE COMPTON — ALLISON will perform music from their debut CD, “Volume One,” featuring songs of Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens, Graham Nash, and more on Aug. 4 at St. Andrews…
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Those who keep up with my news will remember that I was hired as Director of the Collegiate Chorale at Stonehill College back in 2014, just in time to start teaching the 2015 spring semester (http://paulcienniwa.com/news/blog/paul-cienniwa-appointed-director-of-the-collegiate-chorale-at-stonehill-college).
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