Through the charm and warmth of tone achieved by Mandhira’s violin, the music itself seemed redolent with the scent of flowers. Brahms’ music often reflected his own shy and introspective yet intense ...
While many musicians were fleeing Europe ahead of the cataclysm of World War II, Benjamin Britten was returning to the United Kingdom from a sojourn in the United States. Just before doing so in 1939, ...