LISTENING TO TCHAIKOVSKY: Béla Hartmann uses his knowledge of Eastern Europe to argue against the banning of all Russian culture following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
CENTRAL ENGLAND: Mike Wheeler's concert reviews from Nottingham and Derbyshire feature high profile artists on the UK circuit - often quite early on their tours.
As a seventeenth century German organist and composer older than Bach, Georg Böhm knew the master and probably had some influence on his music and career . He was born on 2 September 1661 at Hohenkirchen and died on 18 May 1733 at Lüneburg.