Soovin Kim goes the distance with BPO

American violinist Soovin Kim was featured soloist as the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra performed Antonín Dvo?ák’s "Violin Concerto in A-minor, op. 53" on Saturday, April 2, at Binghamton University’s Anderson Center. It was a convincing demonstration of endurance in a composition uncharacteristically demanding of both bowing and fingering for long periods of time throughout its 32 minutes. The solo violin seemed to rise smoothly out of the ensemble, the orchestra deferring to the virtuoso’s cadenza passages, then just as smoothly ramping up again. The performance was met with an enthusiastic standing ovation from the full house. The program opened with John Mackey's Redline Tango and concluded with Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, showing off many individual artists in the orchestra.

By |2022-01-27T13:30:44-05:00April 5th, 2011|Broome Arts Mirror, Review|

Historic organ gets a fourth life

A full church Sunday (March 27) witnessed the dedication of the Main Street (Binghamton) Baptist Church’s Russell organ, a rebuilt, renovated and upgraded instrument embracing parts of three previous generations of pipe organs. Binghamton native Andrew Kotylo, currently Associate Director of Music at Trinity Church on the Green in New Haven, Conn., showed off the expanded organ’s capabilities. The concert celebrated the culmination of an eight-year project, inspired by Andrew’s father, Joseph Kotylo, who has been Main Street Baptist’s organist for 35 years.

By |2011-03-29T09:01:05-05:00March 29th, 2011|Broome Arts Mirror, Review|
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