Niccolò Paganini by Ingres (1818) The Oxford Philharmonic’s Bach Mendelssohn Festival might be over [see my review] but the orchestra’s season in Oxford continues apace. There is a focus on 19th century violin virtuosi during […]
Several fantastic, musically inspiring releases have graced my listening room over the past couple of months, and it has been a pleasure hearing and writing about them here on my blog. But among those, there […]
Our agony aunt’s mailbag this week is bulging with ‘take me home’ cries: Dear Alma, I am a 16 year old violinist at a summer music camp. We have been here for 2 weeks and […]