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From the Boston Musical Intelligencer: “Radius Ensemble presented a comfortable program of old favorites and friendly newer works on May 5th at Longy’s Pickman Hall. The evening progressed in reverse chronological order from a commissioned premiere to Beethoven’s Sextet for … Continue reading
During his lifetime, Saint-Saëns achieved a rare type of fame: renowned to the general musical public, and respected by his friends and colleagues. Gounod called him “the French Beethoven.” Liszt noted his outstanding talent as an organist. Making his public … Continue reading
When he was twenty-two years old, Beethoven moved to Vienna to study with Franz Joseph Haydn. Only a year later, he parted ways with the elder composer when Haydn returned to England. It wasn’t a good parting, either, as Haydn … Continue reading