The Remorse of Orestes , by  William-Adolphe Bouguereau Euripides' Orestes ( Ορέστης ) was produced in 408BC, 50 years after Aeschy...

The shade of Bach over Beethoven's gentle fughetta infuses a pathos to the sublime andante dance through time. (Compare to the simila...

In Part I of our series on presidential rhetoric we look at President Obama's Inaugural Address . Today we will look at John Adams'...

Gould wrote this fugue as the finale to, "The Anatomy of the Fugue," a television program he also wrote and directed. Airing in t...

The common, perhaps predominant, concept of the artist is someone who expresses himself in his art, both as virtuoso and an individual with...

In light of our recent discussion of political moderation in our look at Harry Clor's book On Moderation , it seemed prudent to try to a...

Pianist Glenn Gould in conversation on his 1981 recording of J. S. Bach's Goldberg Variations . Part I | Part II | Part III

On Moderation: Defending an Ancient Virtue in a Modern World by Harry Clor. 2008. In everything it is no easy task to find the middle. . ...

The documentary "Vivaldi's Women" on BBC Four presented the story of an extraordinary creative partnership between one of hi...

Cello Concerto in C Major Op. 40 written in honour of Pau (Pablo) Casals by his friend, Donald Francis Tovey. Rondo-Allegro giocoso Pau ...