Jul 27, 2023
Very few cities have had a relationship with a
single person, especially a foreigner, like the city of Prague and
its love affair with Mozart. Here’s what Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart’s
librettist for some of his greatest operas, said about it: "It is
not easy to convey an adequate conception of the enthusiasm
of...
Jul 20, 2023
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Have you ever heard of Jean-Louis Duport? I imagine that unless you are a professional cellist, or someone who studied cello as a child, you probably haven’t. Even though my sister is a professional cellist, I had never heard of him before I was asked to make...
Jul 6, 2023
When we listen to the music of Johannes Brahms, we often are reminded of the image of the portly bearded Brahms at the piano, eyes closed in a soulful pose. Brahms’ works always, even in his youth, seemed to have a burnished maturity about them. As I’ve said many times on this show, Brahms’ music is often...