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What is called the world's biggest music festival begins in London tonight at the Royal Albert Hall. The summer season of concerts of this great British…

Marilyn Horne and I had a dear friend in common. Our friend died last fall after a long illness. I came to know Marilyn as a warm-hearted and generous…

Louis Aubert is a composer new to me. He's a Frenchman who lived from 1877-1968. He was a boy-soprano star, introducing Faure's Pie Jesu. Puberty wrecked…

Giuseppe Verdi turns 200 this October. He died in 1901. Here are a few seconds from his funeral, as the cortege leaves the Milan Cathedral and passes by…

This week on Fretworks, I'll start the hour with a British group, the Pro Arte Guitar Trio in a recording from the early 1990s. They'll play Le Grand…

Also: The San Bernardino mass shooting site reopens today; armed protesters continue to hole up in a federal building in Oregon; and a robbery suspect is caught after taking a selfie with the victim.

Gershwin's Summertime has the feel of a lazy August afternoon. It might feel a bit more relaxed when performed by Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ on the đàn bâù, a…

Also: Congress approves a disaster aid package for hurricane and wildfire relief; China's new ruling Politburo is announced; and the World Series opens in Los Angeles in record heat.

Also: An alligator snatches a child at a Disney resort; President Obama meets the Dalai Lama today; and African American magazines Ebony and Jet are being sold to an private equity firm.

Imagine violin students being able to go into a musical instrument museum and pick up and play a fine Amati, Guarneri del Gesu, or a Stradivarius--just to…