Mendelssohn’s piano concertos are not performed as often as those of his late classical and early romantic era peers, and one reason may be that they are not on the same level as the works of ...
While many musicians were fleeing Europe ahead of the cataclysm of World War II, Benjamin Britten was returning to the United Kingdom from a sojourn in the United States. Just before doing so in 1939, ...
If you like looking at pictures of Alfred Roller’s sets for Götterdāmmerung or portraits of Jean de Reszke as Siegfried or Birgit Nilsson as Brünnhilde, you would likely have enjoyed the New York ...
There’s a hoary cliché from rock journalism, where a guitarist is giving an interview and talks about how they dislike certain other players because they have great technique but no “feel.” While a ...
Sequentia performed “Gregorious—The Holy Sinner” Sunday at Corpus Christi Church. Early music concerts are a form of time travel. With “Gregorius—The Holy Sinner,” Music Before 1800 transported the ...