Honorable Mention
When America aspired to be first in the arts as well as war
A Week of Webern
Chances to hear the master’s music live are all too rare
Beethoven in the Blitz
When the bombs fell, Myra Hess played on
Sonic Fields of Dark and Light
Morton Feldman and his Rothko Chapel
The Sequel as Rebirth
What could Hector Berlioz do to follow up his most fantastic symphony?
The Séance and Robert Schumann
How did a long-lost concerto finally come to light?
Crushed Cadences and Vented Rests
Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled
The Scholar-Pianist
Paul Badura-Skoda on his 90th birthday
Crossing Over
Kiri Te Kanawa and Richard Strauss’s final songs
Songs of Innocence
Fauré, Verlaine, and the music of eternal hope
