THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL: Roderic Dunnett previews the 2024 edition of the UK's oldest music festival, 27 July until 4 August.
MET STARS: From 2002 until 2021 the late Maria Nockin reported from Arizona, mostly on live opera productions.
VIDEO PODCAST: John Dante Prevedini leads a discussion about Youth Involvement in Classical Music - this specially extended illustrated feature includes contributions from Christopher Morley, Gerald Fenech, Halida Dinova, Patricia Spencer and Roderic Dunnett.
American pianist and narrator Miriam Brickman was born in 1933 and studied at Juilliard. She was married to British composer Ronald Senator, and they divided their time between London and New York. Senator wrote much music for Brickman, who recorded all of his piano collections. The repertoire on her recordings is particularly diverse.
Together with her husband, Miriam Brickman died tragically in a fire at her home in Yonkers, New York on 30 April 2015, aged eighty-one.
Evocative Canvases - A recital by Miriam Brickman, reviewed by Malcolm Miller
Ensemble. Music in Captivity - Malcolm Miller was at a lecture recital by Ronald Senator, with Teresa Gobel and Miriam Brickman
Ensemble. Hour of Magic - Malcolm Miller is enthralled by seldom-heard East European music