If I hadn’t been stuck in traffic in the West End while listening to the radio, I would probably have missed this short but compelling R3 profile of Michael Rabin, the American wunderkind brought low by stage phobia and the concert hall treadmill. I’m ashamed to say I’d never even heard of him. Must catch up with his recordings.

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