by Robin Wirthlin | May 16, 2012 | Concert Reviews
As I recently wrote, the 27th annual Irving M. Klein International String Competition will take place next month on the campus of San Francisco State University (SFSU). By way of a preview, today’s Noontime Concerts™ recital at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral offered a...
by Robin Wirthlin | Nov 1, 2011 | Concert Reviews
One can certainly think of more devout ways to celebrate All Saints’ Day than with those marginalia of anonymous Irish monks that inspired Samuel Barber to compose his cycle of ten Hermit Songs (Opus 29). However, there is something to be said for texts the celebrate...
