The death has been announced, aged 94, of the venerable Burton Fine, principal viola for 29 years of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
He started out as a research chemist with the space agency NASA.
The post Death of Boston Symphony principal who was also a NASA scientist appeared first on Slippedisc.
We are all mesmerised by the return of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light to our TV screens, even though we know how it ends! Part of the atmosphere of the series is created […]
The winner of the Cleveland International Piano Competition is Zijian Wei, 25, from China. Two Americans came second and third. You can watch the final round on youtube. The post Chinese contender wins Cleveland appeared […]
The long-discordant church of St Thomas Fifth Avenue has named a successor to Jeremy Filsell, who was sacrificed in the lastest upheavals three months ago. The next music director is to be Richard Tanner, director […]
