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Classical 101“Too much of a good thing is wonderful,” Mae West said.Even I wasn’t around when West immortalized that line in 1932. Even so, it’s a motto of mine, for…
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Classical 101Most people who experience George Frideric Handel’s operas do so as spectators, taking in the music and drama onstage from a comfy, velvet-wrapped seat in…
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Classical 101Picture it: George Frideric Händel’s music played like jazz, complete with improv, riffs, sparkling syncopations and blisteringly virtuosic licks.Sound…
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Classical 101The Southern Theatre hosts ProMusica Chamber Orchestra's annual Messiah sing-along at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8. David Danzmayr conducts the wonderful…
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Classical 101Here's what happens when you clean your office — at least, in my case.You find things you never knew you had, that are interesting in and of themselves…
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Happy 330th birthday to George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) – or is it George Frederick Handel, or Georg Friedrich Häendel? Whatever you call him, he’s…