Minnesota Beethoven Festival Why Winona? What is it about that quaint little Mississippi River city in Minnesota’s southeast corner that inspired superstar violinist Joshua Bell to help launch the fir...
06.30.2025 Startribune.comIncredibly to me, my father died twenty-two years ago today. Soon, it will have been a quarter of a century. I still miss him very much. Somewhat to my surprise, I still think about him every day. Cer...
06.30.2025 Patheos.comLast night in the first Trump-Biden debate (or rather 'debate'), this exchange occurred : [Chris] Wallace: You have repeatedly criticized the vice president for not specifically calling out antifa and...
07.02.2025 2politicaljunkies.blogspot.comViolinist. com - News & Advice - Reviews Laurie Niles July 2, 2025, 12: 34 AM · In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist. com each week presents links to reviews of n...
07.02.2025 Violinist.comWelcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week, audiences get the second part of a CD series, solo albums, including a debut album, and some rarely performed works. Longing – A Love Across The Ages In the tradition of great “art song” composers, such as Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Gabriel Fauré, Johannes Brahms, and Gustav Mahler, Emmy-nominated composer Craig Brandwein releases an opera in one act, “Longing – A Love Across The Ages (An Ope...
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