Editor’s note: Here are three reviews from recent concerts; posting has been delayed by technical difficulties. Three clarinetists in a trio de force for Farberman concerto Lynn Philharmonia (Oct. 25, Wold Performing Arts Center, Boca Raton) One of the important insignia of the new regime of conductor Guillermo Figueroa at the Lynn Philharmonia is his determination to offer … [Read more...]
‘Memory Palace’ a haunting story of illness, loss and remembrance
Norma Kurap Herr was a talented musician when she started hearing voices at age 19. She struggled with schizophrenia for the rest of her life, and was in and out of psychiatric wards and often homeless before she died at age 80. In this new memoir Mira Bartok, one of Herr’s two daughters, describes in heartbreaking detail her mother’s descent into chaos and its effect on the … [Read more...]