Category Archives: Balthazar
“The Room Seems to Have Come into Its Own at Last”: One Afternoon in the Library of Patrick Leigh Fermor (11 June 2011).
Maggie Rainey-Smith has been kind enough to share images and memories from her 7 November 2007 visit with the late Patrick Leigh Fermor. In a recent post at “A Curious Half Hour,” Maggie has published a set of photographs and … Continue reading
“A Set of Love Songs to the City”: Composer Lisa Bielawa Reflects on The Alexandria Quartet (15 June 2011).
In her recent New York Times Opinionator essay, composer Lisa Bielawa reflects on how Lawrence Durrell’s writing helped to shape her ambitious “site-specific musical work,” Chance Encounter (2007): Musical experiences that heighten a sense of a place can actually break … Continue reading
