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It is Lithuania's National Day today, and for the first time Symphony Hall, Birmingham, is to resound to  The Sea by Mikolajus Čiurlio...

Listening on the radio to the splendid Proms debut of Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla with her CBSO the other night, I couldn't help a smile or ten...

Oldest church Originally uploaded by Duchenj . It's a little like meeting people: it can take two encounters to make the penny dro...

Nice feedback today from my friend Beate in Vilnius. She's been showing off the piece I wrote for The Strad (February issue) about music...

Back from Vilnius, reeling a bit. Four incredibly intense days of walking, looking, listening, talking, tasting, paying tribute... I'll ...