Colonel Arnald Gabriel, a war hero, became conductor of the US Air Force Band. His musicians esteeked him.
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The NY Times has obtained an audio recording of President Trump’s first board meeting at the Kennedy Center. During the board meeting Mr. Trump floated the idea of hosting the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony himself… […]
Portrait of Mendelssohn by Wilhelm Hensel, 1847 Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 2 ‘Lobesgesang’; Lucy Crowe, Hilary Cronin, Nick Pritchard, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Choir of the Enlightenment, Sir Andras Schiff; Queen Elizabeth […]
In a week which included Richard Strauss’ Ariadne from Glyndebourne, it feels only right to reach for this from the pile: excerpts from Richard Strauss’s comic opera Die schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman), pre-produced as studio recordings […]
