| Crescendo is proud to have sponsored
concerts by internationally celebrated artists here in the Northwest
Corner of Connecticut. The following are a representative sample
of artists who have appeared here under Crescendo's sponsorship:
The Badura-Skoda Trio, with Paul Badura-Skoda,
piano, Martin Kofler, flute, and Michael Carrera, violincello (2003).
The concert, the initial fund-raising
event for Crescendo, was held at Weatherstone, a private estate in Sharon.
Peter Sykes, harpsichord, January 7, 2005, at
the Hotchkiss School.
Prof. Sykes is the director of music at the First Church in Cambridge,
Congregational, and is a faculty member at the Longy School of Music of Boston
University and the New England Conservatory.
The English vocal ensemble, I Fagiolini, with
Robert Hollingworth, organist and director. The concert, held on March 4,
2006, was at Trinity
Lime Rock, and consisted of Spanish, Italian and Flemish Renaissance music,
including works by Palestrina, Da Flecha, Monteverdi, De Wert and others.
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