A ‘defiant requiem’ seems a contradiction. But not when a chorus of 100 Jews interned at Terezin in 1944 sang Giuseppi Verdi’s ‘Messa da Requiem’ to their Nazi captors and…
If you have the slightest interest in classical music, you must buy Arturo Toscanini: The Complete RCA Collection. Sony has reissued this 84 CD and one DVD box…
Adam Smith was not known for his fondness for the performing arts. By contrast, John Maynard Keynes was the de facto arts minister in Britain during World War II. He…