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My teacher Mr. Mueller often mentioned that Handel was Beethoven's favorite composer. He would say that the trio from Beethoven's Fi...

At recent performances of Messiah , the audiences readily stood during the Hallelujah chorus. During my pre-concert talk, I suggested that ...

On September 25, Mr. Ax will play Beethoven's Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. If you plan to att...

There was a time when the Hartford Symphony regularly played host to some of the greatest figures in symphonic music. Lotte Lehmann sang a W...

--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- "Kind of young to be doing this, aren't ya'?" Those were the fi...

Most people are unaware of the music I listen to at home, in the car, etc. As I have noted in a previous post, I do not own an iPod. In my...

I was in Bogota last week, conducting Schoenberg's Pelleas und Mellisande -- a piece which you will never hear played by the Hartford S...