The BBC Proms are underway. I’ve searched the site(s) for a Calendar file that I can import into Google Calendar and Apple Calendar. No such…
So, this site crashed and burned due to some hackage – even though I have several security features enabled. My hosting provider was zero help…
Here is a direct prose translation of Friedrich Schiller’s Ode to Joy as modified by Beethoven for the finale of his Symphony No. 9.
Last night on Independence Mall, Opera Philadelphia showed an HD broadcast of their current production of La Traviata. Here is the online program. Here is…
I know that I have no chance at all to win the New Yorker’s caption contest with this submission. But, I couldn’t resist this one,…
Mark Laycock conducts the English Chamber Orchestra with Ofer Falk and Stephanie Gonley as soloists in Philadelphia for a performance of Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante. The…
Robin Holloway (1943-) Born October 19, 1943 in Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom. Ode for 4 Winds and Strings, Op. 45 Composed 1980. Instrumentation: 2…
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Born June 2, 1857 in Broadheath, (near Worcester) England. Died February 23, 1934 in Worcester. Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op.…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Born January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. Died December 5, 1791 in Vienna, Austria. Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364 (320d) Composed Summer,…
Program Notes for Mozart’s Symphony No. 29