The North Carolina Symphony gave renowned French pianist Pascal Roge the chance to back out of his performances in Southern Pines and Raleigh after it became clear it couldn't afford his fee. But Roge ...

I used to hide my perplexity at the music of Francis Poulenc for fear of being thought a bad homosexual. Perhaps if I had known back then the music on a new disc of Poulenc’s chamber music (Onyx), ...