For those who think that classical music is on death’s doorstep, I would like to recount my experience in the mountains of North Carolina, where on March 18 a small city orchestra in a substandard performing arts hall gave...
Read MoreMany surmise that the Golden Age of Pianism is dead and that no one can now recapture the supple tone and grandiose elegance of, say, Horowitz or Rubinstein or Serkin. I dwelt in that despondent camp until I heard Olga Kern...
Read MoreThe Music for a Great Space series continued January 13 with a performance by virtuoso organist Paul Jacobs on the Fisk organ (Op. 82) at Christ United Methodist Church in Greensboro. Jacobs, the youngest person ever appointed...
Read MoreAmid the hustle and bustle of the midday rush in downtown Charlotte, there was an oasis to be found within the historic walls of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. People working in the banking district could easily have...
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