Charlie Albright at the Piano

American pianist Charlie Albright was invited back by popular demand to perform at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial, under the auspices of Pro Musica of Detroit. Dressed dashingly in a blue suit, he began with a short piece not on the program – his...

An Afternoon of Romantic Operas

The Lakefront Ballroom of the Grosse Pointe War memorial looks out over Lake St. Clair.  With all the snow that had fallen that day and the accumulation of ice, it might have made a photo op for Glenn Gould’s “The Idea of North”...

Music with Love

Pohadka, a Czech word meaning fairy tale, was the first work presented by our performers Wei Yu and Keuna Lee.  The first movement of this three movement work begins with a kind of call and response between the piano and the cello.  From the piano come the...