by Dr. Jeffrey Lant. Author’s program note. Let us open with a fanfare, music that breaths royalty, written by a man who knew precisely how to present princes to their subjects for maximum effect. This man is Sir William Walton (1902-1983). The fanfare of immediate interest is the piece he wrote in 1955 for Sir …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. It came by courier about two months ago. I was at home, feeling poorly. I signed for the package, but confess I didn’t open it right away; I felt so terribly. I shall always wonder if it would have made any difference in the end. Of course, I …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant. Author’s program note. I confess to a naughty obsession. Its name is Andrew Lloyd Webber. Father forgive me, but he’s a truly larger than life phenomenon, talent oozing from every pore. Born March 22, 1948 (thus still — just — on the sunny side of Social Security) he hasn’t space enough …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program note. We’ve been having a lot of rain lately here in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It’s the kind of rain that all locals greet with amiable forbearance, saying even to total strangers (especially if they are grumbling), “We need the rain.” It makes us feel important when we say it; as …
By Dr. Jeffrey Lant Author’s program notes. When I go to an art museum, gallery or auction house I am eagle-eyed and fastidious to a degree. A nick in the frame, the dust and grime of centuries, the general effect sad and forlorn, all these I see. I see, too, the myriad of other defects …
by Dr. Jeffrey Lant Right now thanks to the growing presence ofworldwide auction houses online, the world is for sale. If you’re a committed (even obsessed) treasurehunter like me, you want to know as much as possibleabout how to acquire as much as possible of the highestquality you can afford. This report will help. 1) …