A few weeks ago, when soprano Malinda Haslett performed Mozart’s “Requiem” with an orchestra in Connecticut, she had a hard time staying in her seat. In rehearsals, she had found the music so pleasing that she unrestrainedly danced as she practiced, and the habit got into her bones. Read More
Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D Minor is one of the great narrative works for solo instrument – said to be one of the most recorded in the 20th century. The violin speaks early and declaratively, almost like a travel guide on a Scandinavian whirlwind. Read More