EngageYour Senses - join Lyn Farmer at these events where, as a Presenter or Participant, he shares thoughts on the relationship of taste in all its permutations.
A visit by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields prompts a wine-fueled exploration of the Romantic Era in a pre-concert presentation.
Lyn narrates Saint-Saëns charming Carnival of the Animals in a concert that links the French composer's music with hilarious verses by American poet Ogden Nash. Click the image for concert details
Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops return to the Broward Center on February 1st with a British program that includes music by Elgar, Britten and...The Beatles! Lyn previews the concert in a presentation and wine tasting complimentary to all ticket holders. Click for details!
Tenor sax legend Houston Person comes to the Broward Center, and Lyn will provide a concert preview to all ticket holders. Houston is performing with Shelley Berg's Trio in a great evening of classic jazz, and it will be even better if you stop by early for Lyn's preview!
Thursday, December 8th conductor James Judd, violinist Jan Mracek and I join to bring you a wonderful concert with the Symphonia of Boca Raton, a concert that opens with Beethoven's Egmont Overture, continues with Schubert's fourth Symphony and wraps up with the gorgeous Violin Concerto by Johannes Brahms.
In both opera and wine, passion runs deep and nuance is at the heart of the story. I'm delighted to use two wines to provide some insights into the nuances of Bellini's great opera Norma when Florida Grand Opera brings its production to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts February 11 and 13. Best of all, you get wine and great music at a very special package price! For details, read on...
Guitarist John Pizzarelli is in concert for the Gold Coast Jazz Society on January 15, and Lyn provides a preview, setting up the role of the guitar in jazz and pondering the perfect Manhattan in the process.
Just as Rossini’s music is cast in a light, comic vein that masks a deeper profundity, so we can find the same elements in wine - a quest we pursue at Florida Grand Opera's production of The Barber of Seville in two pre-curtain presentations in the intimate Intermezzo Lounge at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
Lyn previews an extraordinary and exciting piano recital by Jonathan Bish, wine glass in hand (Lyn's hand, not Jonathan's!)
Lyn Farmer previews a family-fun, holiday concert by the Cincinnati Pops and Broadway singing sensation Brian Stokes Mitchell. The program is open to all ticket holders
Lyn previews the recital by violinist Joshua Bell at Broward Center and of course, includes a wine tasting, because what is music without wine?
Join Lyn Farmer for a pre-concert presentation, with two Italian wines to assist in noting some sparkling aspects of the light music on the evening's Summerfest program.
James Beard Award-winning Writer, Educator, Presenter, Photographer and Sampler-of-Good-Things Lyn Farmer savors experiences and shares thoughts on living life more fully by engaging all our senses all the time. Here you will find essays on taste in all its permutations, wine tasting notes, travel reviews and photography, and reflections on the many ways food, wine and the arts intersect to increase our experience of the world around us. It's time to taste your world!
