Saturday, August 19: Any other jazz eminences have stumbled on the rocks of Harvey Fite’s spectacular sculpture park, including local residents and jazz titans like DeJohnette, Holland, Abercrombie and (one-time local resident) Metheny. Still, there is something pretty special about this one: drummer Jimmy Cobb, the last surviving member of Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue ensemble (a group that included John Coltrane, Bill Evans and Cannonball Adderley) takes to the rocks.

Friday, August 18: In symphonies and other large-scale orchestral works, composers stake their claims, craft their legacies and position themselves in the traditions. Chamber works and – especially – solo piano music, on the other hand, are more likely to be the composer’s secret heart-songs and experimental diaries. This is why I so much prefer them. 

Tuesday & Wednesday, August 15-16: Brooklyn art-rock celebrities Grizzly Bear are not only back-room material, but also material enough for two nights of it.

Saturday, August 12: From the podium and in his capacity as artistic director, longtime Hudson Valley Philharmonic conductor Randall Craig Fleisher has been a highly visible bridge-builder between the Big Show wing of classical music and the world of pop – especially rock – music.

The festival runs from August 11-20, and includes 16 musical programs and discussion panels. Pieces range from solo piano to opera, and include not just the eponymous composer, but others from the 19th century.

Friday, August 11: I have long contended that the Belew/Levin-era King Crimson of the early ‘80s into the ‘90s reenergized the prog/rock tradition and may well have saved it from its own excesses and misguided middle brow pretentions, providing an alternative, lean and funky model of what prog could be that the genre continues to invoke to this day.

Friday, July 28: Think of Dweezil Zappa not as someone riding on his father’s coattails, but rather as an apologist for and curator of his father’s formidable legacy.