This is going to be a great day. A couple of days ago, Elisabeth and I bought two three-pound, two-and-a-half-inch-thick Porterhouse steaks from a local meat market. I kid you not. Six pounds of beef. The biggest, best-looking steaks I’ve ever laid eyes on. I took pictures of them, holding one up to Bradbury, our […]
Entries Tagged as 'Salzburg (January 1776)'
Of Steaks and Sonatas (Missae, Requiem, Organ Sonatas, Box 10)
March 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Box 10: Missae Requiem Organ Sonatas & Solos, Church Sonatas 1-12, Daniel Chorzempa, Deutsche Bachsolisten, Going For the One, Helmut Winschermann, K144, K145, K212, K224, K225, K241, K244, K245, K263, K67, K68, K69, Mozart at 16, Mozart at 18, Mozart at 19, Mozart at 20, Mozart at 24, Organ Sonatas 1-12, Panera Bread, Salzburg (1772), Salzburg (1774), Salzburg (April 1776), Salzburg (December 1776), Salzburg (early 1780), Salzburg (January 1776), Salzburg (July 1775), Yes
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Of Lingering Colds and Divertimenti in Three Keys (Divertimenti for Strings & Winds, Box 3)
January 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Box 3: Divertimenti for Strings & Wind, Divertimento in B flat, Divertimento in E flat, Divertimento in F, Holliger Wind Ensemble, K213, K240, K252, K253, K270, Mozart at 19, Mozart at 20, Mozart at 21, Salzburg (August 1776), Salzburg (January 1776), Salzburg (January 1777), Salzburg (July 1775)
I’d rather have the flu than a cold. The flu causes me to feel badly, perhaps even occasionally throw up, for about a day. But a cold lays me low for a week to 10 days. I haven’t had the flu in years. In fact, I don’t remember the last time. But I do remember […]
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Of Falling Snow and Serenata Notturnas (Serenades and Dances, Box 2)
December 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Box 2: Serenades Dances Marches, K203/189b, K237/189c, K239, March in D, Michigan (USA), Mozart at 18, Mozart at 20, Patrick Kavanaugh, Salzburg (August 1774), Salzburg (January 1776), Serenata notturna, Sir Neville Marriner, Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers
So, now is snows! It’s a good thing the Christmas season lasts until New Years. Bing Crosby would have been able to croon his tune today for sure. While I sat inside, working, I watched the snow fall steadily all day. It’s pretty out there, warm in here, and a picture-perfect late-December day in Michigan. […]
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