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Episode 61. Margaret Price I: The Voice of Consolation (Music for a World in Crisis V)

Posted November 15, 202001:16:11

Our world seems to be falling apart, both in the personal and in the global sense. I sustained an enormous personal loss this week when my dear friend...

Episode 60. The Bach Aria Group (Full-Figured Baroque I)

Posted November 8, 202001:11:08

Today’s episode, dedicated to historical performances of Johann Sebastian Bach, is the first in an ongoing series I have dubbed “Full-Figured Baroque.”...

Episode 59. Rosanna Carteri In Memoriam

Posted November 1, 202001:38:49

I had been planning a 90th birthday tribute to this extraordinary artist in December, but alas, the great Rosanna Carteri departed this earth a week...

Episode 58. Richard Strauss’s Vier letzte Lieder (Music for a World in Crisis IV)

Posted October 25, 202001:33:26

As the worldwide pandemic renews its threat and creates general unrest, panic, anger, and depression, as well as illness and death for so many, we turn...

Episode 57. Francisco Araiza @ 70

Posted October 18, 202001:34:02

On October 4, the great Mexican tenor Francisco Araiza celebrated his 70th birthday. On that day I promised my listeners a full episode on this exceptional...