The World Becomes a Dream, the Dream Becomes a World
Wolfgang Rihm’s Astralis
From Romania With Love
Dancing with Dinicu
Making Himself at Home
A German-born composer and his English oratorios
The Maestro as Engineer
Ernest Ansermet and Arthur Honegger’s speeding train
On St. Cecilia’s Day
Handel’s ode for November 22
The Virtuoso as Aristocrat
Jorge Bolet and one memorable night in 1974
State of Gliss
The art of Gloria Coates
Bewitching Sounds of Bronze
The maverick Lou Harrison
The Power of Musick
Handel, Dryden, and Alexander the Great
The Boy Romantic
Erich Wolfgang Korngold and his musical snowman