ASK ALICE: Weekly, from 2003 until 2016/17, Alice McVeigh took on the role of classical music's agony aunt to answer questions on a surprising variety of subjects.
SPONSORED: Ensemble. Unjustly Neglected - In this specially extended feature, Armstrong Gibbs' re-discovered 'Passion according to St Luke' impresses Roderic Dunnett.
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Nathan Perelman, the Ukrainian-born pianist and pedagogue, was born on 1 August 1906. A long-time teacher at the St Petersburg Conservatory, he was renowned for his inspired musicianship. Perelman died in St Petersburg on 18 February 2002, aged ninety-five.