Today is the 145th anniversary of the death of Ole Bull. So here’s my playlist, beginning with my reimagining of his lost ‘American Fantasy’, which was commissioned for Festspillene i Bergen and premiered at Ole Bull Lysøen Museum – at…
August is my quiet time, and for me, quiet involves conversation. The conversations include the talks with friends as we travel across the Midwest of the USA, and now, from Connecticut to Washington ( I am writing this from a…
Celebrating Paul Pellay’s birthday (two days late!!!). One of my most treasured collaborators – here’s just a sliver of his epic ‘Thesaurus of Violinist Fiendishness’ : Play it if you are violinist or order it is if you want more,…