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Andrew Appel is Wave Hill’s Performing Arts Programmer. He and pianist Vassily Primakov spoke with John Schaefer, host of WNYC program Soundcheck, about the Hudson River Historic Concerts series, part of Wave Hill’s celebration of the Hudson River Quadricentennial during the fall of 2009. The interview took place in WNYC’s studios at the beginning of September.
There is only one thing I love more than talking, to many people about things I adore, and that thing is listening to a marvel of a pianist play Chopin. Our trip to the WNYC studios this afternoon was pure delight.
John Schaefer and I were able to tell all of New York about the series of recitals beginning on Sunday, Sept 13, in Armor Hall – great historic recitals, performed originally by the giants of the early 20th century concert stage and recreated by fine artists of today. And then Vassily Primakov made it all come to life with two, almost unbearably beautiful mazurkas of Chopin played with full poetry. And to think that we can all soon spend a Sunday afternoon listening to Vassily play Chopin masterpieces looking over the Hudson and Wave Hill’s gardens! I guess I love that the best. In the meantime, enjoy the podcast.
John Schaefer is front and center in this snapshot, Vassily at far right, myself far left.
Courtney White is Director of Education & Public Programs at Wave Hill.
What a treat to talk with Dave Egbert of Living Green Radio about how Wave Hill is the perfect staycation destination for New Yorkers and other locals from the tri-state area! Listen to the mid-August broadcast to learn more.
When you visit, be sure to walk down to Laura Anderson Barbata’s experiential installation of red hammocks in Wave Hill’s south woods, Our History is Not Found in a Book, which is part of the exhibition The Muhheakantuck in Focus. I sank into a hammock with a busy mind reflecting on this rich, conceptual work and of that in the gallery and other places throughout the grounds. But my mind soon wandered to my “what’s next”, “to do” or “honey do” lists, and then they, too, soon faded into a faint memory. The transformation had begun. My perspective was completely shifted to the understory of the cluster of white pines, hemlock and other native trees. I saw a spider web glistening in the distance. The sounds transitioned from the far-off laughter of children to the more immediate echoing of the annual cicada and the nearby buzz of honeybees. The wind gently rocked me as if I were a child in a cradle. My body completely relaxed, and indeed I didn’t want this staycation to end.
Hope you’ll visit and stay awhile too!
