We eat in the shade of the Triperia Pollini food cart, an infamous spot on the corner of Borgo do Croce in the Sant’Ambrogio neighbourhood, a network of medieval streets in Florence’s centro ...

Stravinsky told us a lot about the genesis of his fine Violin Concerto in D major, a work he was initially reluctant to undertake. Not being a string player he asked Hindemith (a violist) if that ...