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Animal news: A major flock of flamingos in a surprising place
I’d just remarked how lucky we (three lunch companions) were to be Americans. We’d been talking about the colossal cruelty of Russians throughout the ages — in history and literature — and branched off to colossal cruelty elsewhere, everywhere. It … Continue reading
Posted in Animal news, The Facts of Life
Tagged flamingos, Henry Moore, Lincoln Center
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A short shaggy song tale
Thursday night I went to hear the New York Philharmonic. The orchestra’s place of business, now called David Geffen Hall (want your name on a building? One hundred million dollars will do the trick), was ripped up and renovated during … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, Mysteries of Life, The Facts of Life
Tagged Christine McVie, David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York Philharmonic, Shostakovich, William Grant Still
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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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