We have met violinist Vilde Frang on evil occasions, most memorably in her coupling of Beethoven and Stravinsky, in Berg at the Barbican, and in Bartók in Berlin. We have also considered Albert Sammons’ recording […]
Tonight in Berlin, the Staatsoper launches a new production of The Excursions of Mr Broucek. Tomorrow in Munich, the Staatsoper opens a new Katya Kabanova. This is not a Janacek anniversary year. It is routine […]
Richard William Pickar, Music Director of the Galveston Symphony Orchestra for 33 years (1979-2012) and principal clarinetist with the Houston Symphony Orchestra for 31 years (1959 -1990), died on Thursday, October 3, 2024, in Houston, […]