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Just about recovered from a thrilling New Year in the city of waltzes... Appropriately enough, since 2007 is the 50th anniversary of Korngol...

My new computer is up and running and is deliciously compatible with Blogger. So here we go: a taste of Rio de Janeiro... From top left: t...

Hi folks, back to business as usual after long-awaited week on summer hols in the south of France. Coming back to London after basking on th...

There's been a good reason for my blogland silence this week. I've been in Rome. Almost didn't come back. When Dorothy taps her ...

This is the indomitable Norman Lebrecht's inspiring account of how he found himself performing the recitation in Schoenberg's '...

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

I've been to Estonia this week to do a travel feature for BBC Music Magazine and something for The Strad. The trip was courtesy of Warne...

My birthday is coming up soonish, so Tom and I decided to treat ourselves to a couple of days in Paris. We had some air miles and managed to...

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

Just back from a long weekend in Denmark, celebrating our sixth wedding anniversary with friends in Aarhus. Tom's first job was in the A...