Keith Stonier: 2 books

The Singers has a dynastic, historical context. There are vivid descriptions of three generations of a family burdened with the drudgery of hard labour and poverty, having talents for singing and artistic pursuits and possessing a terrible secret which is whispered from generation to generation until,...

Concerto is a human story with a musical context. The first part is based on the historical facts surrounding the contrasting arrivals in New York, over a century ago, of two of the finest performers of their day (Mahler as conductor and Rachmaninov as concert pianist and composer) and a celebrated...