Melody Bostic Brown

Rachmaninov revisited Celebrated in his day not only as a great composer, Sergei Rachmaninov was also admired as an outstanding pianist who was a peerless interpreter of his own works including the piano concerti and the Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini. It is well known that he was in effect the sole pianist capable of performing his most demanding Third Piano Concerto and his performances and recording of the concerto came to be considered as the definitive ones.

It was time and long overdue. I needed a hysterectomy. The pain, heavy menstrual cycles and extreme bloating had become debilitating, especially in the last year. After five myomectomies, failed in vitro fertilization attempts  and the welcomed surprise of getting pregnant with my 5-year-old daughter, my husband and I decided that we weren’t going to have any more kids.