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Treasuring the Here and Now
A report from Lisbon, Portugal on preparing to record a CD of recent music by Portuguese composers —...
The Other Mozart
1756 was a momentous year for 37-year old Leopold Mozart, fourth violinist at the court of the Prince-Bishop...
The Cellist Priest: Fr. Theodore Mathieson (1913-1994)
Some months ago, I wrote a tribute column to the great Bengali film-maker Satyajit Ray (whose birth centenary...
To Maestro With Love
Do you remember when we first met? It was an evening, end of October 2016. We had come...
Music and Poetry? Writing Inspired by Classical Music: Part II
This continues the discussion exploring the association of music and poetry, comparable to the “ekphrastic” relationship of poetry...
Music and Poetry? Writing Inspired by Classical Music: Part I
The nine Greek muses of the arts served to encourage creativity, enhance imagination, and inspire artists. The Greeks...
The classical music of Chick Corea
On 9 February 2021 the world of jazz bid a tearful goodbye to iconic jazz composer, keyboardist, bandleader,...
Beethoven and Gandhi: Two of Their Admirers
Two of Mahatma Gandhi’s most effective foreign disciples during his lifetime were great admirers of Beethoven. One of...
