Four years after beginning to make movies and near the end of World War I, Charlie Chaplin completed building his own movie studio in a Hollywood orange grove at a cost of $1.2 million. “He was such a creative genius, such a strong character, he needed complete freedom. It was the most sophisticated state-of-the-art film…

It has been a while since I attended an all Mozart concert.  The last time, probably, was back in 1997.  It was a different time then.  I was new to classical music and enchanted by everything I heard.  Even at that last all Mozart concert, the Posthorn Serenade melted into whatever else was on the…