Music that remembers
After the end of history, listening to Shostakovich’s art of witness.
Selected Writing: Music & Place
Mahler in the mountains
What we seek – and what we find – on a journey to Mahler’s alpine composing huts. The first of two essays.
Songs of the Earth
Reconnecting Mahler’s music to the landscapes that nourished his life and art. The second of two essays.
Ives for sale
The Boston Globe
Evicting America’s great musical poet of place.