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Monthly Archives: December 2015
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
What’s Christmas without The Chieftains?
Black Friday in New York
Continuing the adventures in New York City! On Black Friday, we didn’t do much by the way of shopping until late. First up was one of two things that had been on my Must-Do list: Visit the Museum of Natural … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas!
Time for a repeat! I’ve never liked “Carol of the Bells”, but this rendition makes me happy.
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Symphony Saturday
I know, we missed this feature last week, but fret not! We’re back, with a work I didn’t even know existed until this very morning. It’s the Symphony No. 2, subtitled “Roma”, by Georges Bizet. It’s an interesting piece, with … Continue reading
A Brief Trip Around Writing Blogistan
Here are some things that I’ve seen around the neighborhood of the Blogistan Writing Community: Briana Morgan released her first book, Blood and Water, a month or two back (I read several chapters of it in draft, and if the final … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas!
Alan Silvestri’s music to The Polar Express is just wonderful stuff. Here’s a suite of it!
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Your Daily Dose of Christmas
Yo Yo Ma and Natalie MacMaster, two of my favorite string players, teaming up for a Christmas jig!
Thanksgiving in New York, continued
After the Parade dispersed, we went in search of something very pressing: a bathroom. Hey, we’d been standing there for five hours! We found a Starbucks. To my great disappointment, they spelled my name correctly on my cup. Just across … Continue reading
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Something for Thursday
I’ve featured this piece before, but here it is again, as I’ve just discovered that my favorite performance of it ever is on YouTube! It’s the Trumpet Concerto by Alexander Arutiunian, a Soviet/Armenian composer who only died a few years … Continue reading