October 24, 2013
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"Les Preludes"
"Les Preludes" ...
... and other thoughts.
... As I was driving home from work the other day, Kurt Masur was conducting this piece, one of my favorite Franz Liszt compositions, and I lengthened my trip so as to get to the rousing finish before arriving home. Here, Valery Gergiev conducts the Vienna Philharmonic. He's fun to watch.
For a little romantic levity, here is "Sonata Innamorata" by P.D.Q. Bach.
... As for those other thoughts
... It took till Tuesday for me to get around to reading the Sunday Review -- I should say "start reading ..." because I'm nowhere near finished reading. I literally cried while reading Nicholas Kristof's "Are Chicks Brighter Than Babies?" as well as Lawrence Downes's "The Writing on the Wall" and Serge Schmemann's "World to Washington 'Really?' " and I could literally write a paragraph or more on each of those subjects except I just made a doctor's appointment to find out whether I have carpal tunnel syndrome or whatever it is that is keeping me from enjoying the Times crossword puzzle.
It's painful to put pen to paper.
I'll be back.
Comments (4)
hahaha..I loved the sonata! good luck with the doctors appointment, do you wear a wrist brace?, sometimes they help.
I thoroughly enjoyed the PDQ Bach. I usually listen to the 24hr classical station in the car on my way to and from work - a good way to start and end the day... I do hope the doctor can suss out the problem and come up with a remedy! It would be sad to be forced to do all the crosswords online!
Hope your wrist is okay! It would be awful to have to give up the crossword puzzles.
Will you be "bach" like The Terminator?!
HUGS!!!
Impressive sonata.
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