Scott and Lara St. John / The Knights / Eric Jacobsen

Scott and Lara St. John / The Knights / Eric Jacobsen: Mozart

by C. Michael Bailey
August 17, 2010

Ever since the consumptive and mysterious Nicolo Paganini took the stage, breaking three of his four famous fiddle strings, playing on the remaining G, and declaring “the Artist as Hero," the cult of personality of the artist has become as important and, Indeed, compelling, as that of the composer and the music composed. Today we would call this personality. Canadian violinist Lara St. John is not wanting of personality; her Bach, as evidenced by her earliest releases up to her ...