The Big Bucket Challenge
My dear sister-in-law challenged me, and this is the fine video I created. I hope you will enjoy it. As you can see, from now on I won’t be in…
My dear sister-in-law challenged me, and this is the fine video I created. I hope you will enjoy it. As you can see, from now on I won’t be in…
This week, I’ll have a bit of a study of Tchaikovsky’s Marche Slave or “Serbo-Russo March”, with which I have no previous familiarity, in name, and I’m curious if I will…
Modern-day Commentary There’s not a lot of note going on with this one. Pretty straight-forward. I remember some elements of this experience, but much more about the day itself and…
Well, here’s a piece that I hadn’t even heard of until a few months ago when I stumbled upon a New York Philharmonic performance of it courtesy of InstantEncore. I’ve…
I learned recently about the death of one of my classmates from college. Chris’ was a combination of talents like I’d never seen, which I may never see again. I…
Modern-day Commentary Finally, I’ve found a school paper for my Rewind Series which is totally truthful. This is a tour of my bedroom, a glimpse of my home life in…
This past week as I listened to some archived Tanglewood broadcasts on the Boston Symphony website, I came to the realization that I did not own a recording of Stravinksy’s Le…
It’s been an unusual week for me. I hesitate to use words that come easily like “terrible” or “worst ever” because I know that there are people with whom I’m…
Modern-day Commentary As with nearly every reflective essay I’ve highlighted on my Rewind series, this one stretches truths nearly to the limit.
This week I have begun to study Les préludes by Franz Liszt, a very popular orchestral work which, once again, has somehow managed to escape my eye for many years.…