‘Being patient is very important in this business’ Mozart and Chinese folk music surrounded soprano Mei Gui Zhang in equal measure as a child. Growing up in China with singers for parents, one singing opera, the other folk, created an
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Aldo Forte created Impressionist Prints: Six Masters in Two Galleries, using artworks by 6 of the greatest impressionists. Each painting captures a particular idea within Impressionism. He opens with Monet’s work in London. Monet’s 1872 painting Impression, Sunrise, was the
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Did Mozart actually write his Sinfonia Concertante for winds? Scholars remain divided: Alfred Einstein thought it genuine, Donald Tovey thought it inept. The original score vanished under suspicious circumstances in 1778. Uncover the full detective story and listen to a 1957 recording here.
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Bach’s Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin are the Himalayas of the violin repertoire – the phrase is George Enescu’s, and virtually every violinist who has ever attempted them would agree. Written around 1720, they remain the most demanding,
