Friday, 14 November 2008

A giving thing is terrible to lose

From the Sydney Morning Herald:

Philanthropy should survive the financial meltdown, writes Clare Morgan.

It has been billed as the $11 million concerto. When the Australian Chamber Orchestra takes the City Recital Hall stage tomorrow night to perform Brahms's Double Concerto, all eyes - and ears - will be on Richard Tognetti's Giuseppe Guarneri Guarneri "del Gesu" violin, worth $10 million, and Timo-Veikko Valve's cello, made by the father, Giuseppe Guarneri Guarneri filius Andreae, worth $1 million.

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