I was thrilled to see this new recording from the Pacifica Quartet on Cedille Records. No extraneous “extras” like on their previous two “America-themed” releases (a clarinet on American Stories and a children’s choir (groan) on American Voices). […]
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, born 178 years ago this week, on 25th February 1841, was a French Impressionist painter whose eye for beauty made him one of the movement’s most popular practitioners. He is best known for […]
The Nazareth-born violinist Yamen Saadi, concertmaster of the Vienna State Opera, is organising a concert for peace in the opera house on May 26 at 11 am. The programme consists of works by Fauré, Brahms, […]