Tom Lehrer on Desert Island Discs

Taina Elg, the only Finnish acress ever to have made it in Hollywood, has died at an advanced age. A prodigy at Finnish National Ballet, she moved on after the Russians bombed and occupied her […]

Sunday morning at the Concertgebouw. So civilsed.   The post Unravel with Maurice appeared first on Slippedisc.

The house where Ferruccio Busoni lived from 1902-08, and where he composed his monumental piano concerto, was remembered with a memorial plaque yesterday in Berlin. Next month sees the centenary of the composer’s death. Igor […]