Category Archives: Music

sticking

keys that is. the e and f in the middle of the keyboard are sticking … its very difficult to play pretty much anything with those two keys misbehaving. i thought they would unstiffen with a few days of playing … Continue reading

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focus

Today being saturday i was able to do what i like without starting at 730!  after dealing with the cats and some email and making a big pot of tea… i made my way to the piano around 11ish.  of … Continue reading

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progress…

after months of chaos from the aftermath of surgery and unpacking and organizing after the move, then returning to work from a new location involving a new commute and to a new job; and finally getting the music room sorted … Continue reading

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back to the keyboard…

so.. .i finally got the clothes off the piano into closets and drawers and boxes. then called the “two young bucks with a truck” guys (how could i have not used them!? when i saw their ad in our Pennysaver!) … Continue reading

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This weekend’s listening choices

First, you really owe it to yourself if you are a Wagner fan to listen to the Tannhauser and Lohengrin rebroadcasts from this year’s Bayreuth Festival… see here for times and stations on Saturday at Bayreuth on Operacast  but you … Continue reading

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On VOX this weekend

VOX Schedule

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VOX Radio – August Schedule

From Robert Aubry Davis, Program Director, VOX July 31st  Sunday Sunday A.M. (begins 6 am) Among other choral pieces, between 6:45 am and 8:30, as well at during the 11 am hour, we’ll hear compositions by and converse with composer … Continue reading

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TONIGHT Paris Opera TRISTAN

Link: Guardian Unlimited | Arts critics | Tristan und Isolde, Opéra Bastille, Paris. Musically, it’s stupendous. Meier and Heppner sing like gods. Selig is infinitely harrowing, while Yvonne Naef is the most intense Brangäne imaginable. Esa-Pekka Salonen’s conducting is flawless … Continue reading

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DVD Reviews and Article

by one of our favorite bloggers to read – vilaine fille

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VOX: Sun-Tues

From Robert Aubry Davis, Program Director, VOX Remember Renee Fleming, Part 4 repeats Tuesday Aug. 2 at 6 pm.eastern, as well as Wednesday at noon. Sunday A.M. (begins 6 am Sunday July 31st)– Among other choral pieces, between 6:45 am … Continue reading

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