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Before I forget…
The first time I couldn’t remember a name I was, perhaps, in my 30s. (It was a while ago; I don’t remember the year. Or my age.) I was at the Met for a performance of Tosca. It was an … Continue reading
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Tagged 'The Irish Ballad', "Speak Memory", Joe Biden, JS Bach, Mahler, Mario Cavaradossi, Metropolitan Opera, Paul Krugman, Scarpia, Tito Gobbi, Tom Lehrer, Tosca, Vladimir Nabokov, Well Tempered Clavier
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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
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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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