Nov.
08
2024
A Roadmap to Less Stress
Dr. Gary Sprouse AKA The Less Stress Doc is a retired physician who makes it his mission to help people have less stress, and he’s written a couple of books about it.
Judith Krummeck
Nov.
03
2024
Norfolk Letters with Music at St. David’s to commemorate Veterans Day
A collection of art songs entitled Norfolk Letters is a setting of soldiers’ letters from the Norfolk Armed Forces Memorial in Norfolk, VA. I spoke to composer Michael Rickelton and Douglas Buchanan Music Director of the Music at St. David’s series about a performance coming up on November 10th. […]
Nov.
01
2024
BookNotes’ insights into the little known Portuguese Inquisition
Portuguese Jews and New Christians in Colonial Brazil, 1500-1822: A New Geography of the Atlantic World is the title of the new book being published this month by geographer Alan Marcus. I spoke to him for BookNotes.
Oct.
29
2024
Music at St. David’s marks All Saints’ Day
To mark All Saints’ Day—or All Hallows’ Day, following Hallowe’en—Music at St. David’s is presenting Songs of Farewell by Sir Hubert Parry, with cello interludes and poetry, on November 1st as part of its First Friday series. I spoke with Music Director Douglas Buchanan.
Oct.
21
2024
Two viola quintets on the Shriver Hall Concert series
The award-winning Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak joins the Escher Quartet for quintets by Dvořák and Brahms on the Shriver Hall Concert Series on October 27th. It was my pleasure to talk to Jordan by phone about the concert.
Oct.
04
2024
BookNotes marks Jewish holidays through poetry
The month of October is rich with days of observance on the Jewish calendar, including the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, and the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. I spoke with poet, Robbie Nester, about the significance of Jewish poetry in this context.
Sep.
30
2024
Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason opens the new Shriver season
Piano soloist and chamber musician Isata Kanneh-Mason opens the 2024-2025 Shriver Hall Concert Series season with a program of Haydn, Clara Schumann, Carl Nielsen, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Chopin. It was my pleasure to speak with Isata by phone.
Sep.
15
2024
Music at St. David’s ’24 – ’25 season
Douglas Buchanan, Director of Music for the Music at St. David’s series, has devised another season of commemorative events and diverse musical offerings. He came in to talk to me about it.
Sep.
06
2024
Yale Rep on BookNotes
Award-winning dramaturg, playwright, and novelist James Magruder is coming out with his first nonfiction work, The Play’s the Thing: Fifty Years of Yale Repertory Theatre (1966-2016). I spoke to Jim for BookNotes.
Sep.
04
2024
Music at Emmanuel’s expansive new concert season
Music at Emmanuel in Baltimore’s historic Mt. Vernon neighborhood is offering its most expansive concert season yet. I spoke with their Director of Music, Christian Lane.
