Nadia and Lili Boulanger make up one of classical music’s most intriguing sibling sagas. At a time when the composing ranks were overwhelmingly dominated by men, Lili won the Prix de Rome, one of the ...
Ride the waves of La Mer—Debussy’s shimmering portrait of the sea—and then dive into the rich, romantic world of Cécile Chaminade’s Piano Sonata, a rarely heard work full of passion and lyricism. Two ...
It was the end of the 19th century in Europe. The Franco-Prussian war had ended, and World War I had not yet begun. Japan was open to the West. Van Gogh, Victor Hugo, Ravel, Marie Curie walked the ...