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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
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
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
“Pretty Paper” by Willie Nelson.
Thanksgiving in New York
The Wife has maintained, pretty much since the very first Thanksgiving I spent with her, that one day she wanted to go to New York City and see the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in person. Then, a little less than … Continue reading