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The eternal mystery which carries me through the days
The New York Times’s obit for pianist Radu Lupu, sent me back to adolescence and a conversation with my mother. She had been considering what careers might suit her oldest child. (Sorry, Mom, for putting this into parentheses, but years … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, Mysteries of Life, The Facts of Life
Tagged Chamber Music Society, classical music, David Finckel, Galileo, Galileo Galilei, Johan Sebastian Bach, JS Bach, Lincoln Center, mathematics, Radu Lupu, serious music, Sviatoslav Richter, the universal language, Vincenzo Galilei, Well Tempered Clavier, Wu Han
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The effect of masks on a serious music concert
Yesterday afternoon, for the first time in more than a year and half, I went to Lincoln Center for a chamber music concert at Alice Tully Hall. Outside the hall, there was a short line where friendly Lincoln Center people … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, The Facts of Life
Tagged Alice Tully Hall, Brahms, Calidore String Quartet, chamber music, Lincoln Center, masks, Nicky Swett, pandemic masks, Puccini, Shostakovich, Webern
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