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Looking back on 25 years with the Beaux Arts Trio, cellist Bernard Greenhouse comments. "I think it's a miracle! Twenty-five years is a long time to be together: I'm surprised we're still talking to each other." Indeed Greenhouse and his companions, violinist Isidore Cohen and pianist Menahem Pressler, are still the closest of friends, in spite of the strain of playing more than 125 concerts around the world every year. One reason the group has kept its sanity over the years is that the members maintain a distinct separateness when not on tour. They hardly ever...
...where he is on the faculties of the Manhattan School of Music and SUNY at Stony Brook. During the summer, he performs and teaches at the Marlboro Festival. The son of a scrap-metal dealer from Brooklyn, Cohen studied under Ivan Galamian at Julliard. Before joining the Beaux Arts Trio in 1968, Cohen spent more than ten years with the Julliard String Quartet. He has also appeared as a guest artist with the distinguished Budapest Quartet. In some ways, Cohen is the most jocular of the Beaux Arts, often relieving the tension of rehearsals with a quick quip...
...Republican cause. After spending some years as a soloist. Greenhouse opted for a somewhat less draining ensemble career. When his friends Menahem Pressler and Daniel Guilet approached him in 1955, he agreed to join them for eight to ten concerts. He has been a part of the Beaux Arts Trio ever since. Greenhouse, age 64, plays a Stradivarius cello, 210 years older than himself. Stradivarius only made 60 celli, and today only 15 are in their original state. Greenhouse is quite protective of his, and he always carries it on board airplanes with him. Due to its size, the cello...
James Bundy, Maggi-Meg Reed, and Katharine Kean burst onstage in "Comedy Tonight," which immediately satisfies with its snappy lyrics and fast beat. The trio maintain professional distance from the audience, and, here again, director David Frutkoff's restraint preserves the professional atmosphere...
...women of Side by Side revolve around Bundy as he balances the trio, providing a foil for their criticism of men. His rich, strong voice and bearded mugging make songs like "Could I Leave You?" (In a minute!) hilarious. He moves a little heavily about the stage in the beginning but catches up to the very fast, controlled pace of the other two in the second half of the show...