A Bit of Magic

He’s back. Jeff Nelson’s back! Just. And the Canadian Brass knows it. It wasn’t the same when he was gone. Probably, though, it surprised everyone that he would ever return. Most things like that don’t. The Beatles didn’t. That kind of talent can’t sit still. Usually....

Recollections of WindSync

It was a conversation between three friends at the Open Road. A week or so before, at the WindSync concert, they’d saved seats in the balcony, for another friend and I.  We guessed we’d each be coming in late from a Maundy Thursday service.  I was the last to arrive,...

We are Three

It was an enchanting evening, awhile back, dark earlier, before the time change. That was Friday, February 23, before another weekend. Two sisters they were, violinist Johanna Mulfinger Lebo, cellist Sharon Mulfinger Gerber—two from a family of eleven children. But...
Falling into the Sublime

Falling into the Sublime

    Stephen Hough is a Renaissance man. He has the kind of genius we might expect to put things together in a surprising way. But that doesn’t mean we’re prepared for the surprise. Last Friday at the TCA concert, this celebrated British pianist took the...