It was one of those concerts you never forget. June 12, 1999. In Chicago to attend a convention and staying in the Loop, my wife and I took advantage of the opportunity and attended the Chicago Symphony concert. It was the last concert in a special “Shostakovich Festival,” conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich. It opened with […]
My wife discovered this movie while looking for something different at a local shop. Sure, it was a gamble. An unknown film, with no big stars. And no promotion to speak of. Yet what a pleasant surprise this turned out to be. Initially, I watched with indifference, but my wife was moved. Unusually moved. So […]
For about a year, I was privileged to write reviews for Fanfare Magazine. One of the highlights of this experience was discovering the organ music of Charles Tournemire. My exposure began with the recording by Sandro Müller of offices 2, 27 and 48, three of the fifty-one “Offices” Tournemire wrote in his L’Orgue Mystique. Ever […]