Bach: Sonates pour violon et clavecin
This is not the first time I’ve gone on record about this recording; I’ve had it now for a couple of years, having found the …
28 Dec
Macintoshes
Macintoshes
I got to visit MoMA this past week in New York. I knew this iconic museum in New York had celebrated the artistic nature of a …
28 Dec
Bridge over Water
Bridge over Water
It’s worth viewing this one full size to appreciate the detail.
28 Dec
Mean Woman
Mean Woman
The building built from a real estate empire. This building sits across Park Avenue, and you get to drive through it, if you want, which is …
28 Dec
Teeny Weeny
Teeny Weeny
Tilt-shift is a type of lens which can be used to mimic a psychological effect when looking at photos; in this case, I used Snapseed …
27 Dec
Apple of my Eye
Apple of my Eye
One of my goals this time to NY was to visit more than one Apple Store. I brought my Canon with me to the Grand …
27 Dec
Panini
Panini
Close to the Eataly food emporium and Monroe Square Park stands one of New York’s iconic buildings, the Flatiron. I captured this one with the Sigma …
27 Dec
Cliche with a Crowd
Cliche with a Crowd
Perhaps one of the iconic images we have of NYC at Christmastime is skaters under a light snow at Rockefeller Center. No snow, and way …
27 Dec
Busy Times (Square)
Busy Times (Square)
This photo lacks the depth and detail of the other shots; it too was (heavily) edited in Snapseed. But the remarkable thing is that the …
27 Dec
World’s Largest
World’s Largest
Macy’s — didn’t see it in person — but captured this shot from the Empire State Building using the 400mm (full zoom) setting of the …
27 Dec
Eat at Joe’s
Eat at Joe’s
One of my best NYC eating memories was here, at Joe’s Shanghai, home of where many people consider the best place to find Chinese “soupy” …
27 Dec
Da Plane!
Da Plane!
I hope you forgive me in sharing some of my favorite photos from my trip to New York. For Christmas, I received a new lens, …
27 Dec
Finding Music in NYC
Finding Music in NYC
I visited New York on a whim over Christmas. We chose excellent weather (it didn’t rain, despite the forecast until this afternoon, when we had …
21 Dec
The Goat Rodeo Sessions
The Goat Rodeo Sessions
Biberfan’s Album of the Year My thoughts went to Yo-Yo Ma recently when I read Isaacson’s book on Steve Jobs. Ma comes up in the book; …
12 Nov
Abel: Drexel Manuscript
Abel: Drexel Manuscript
You can learn more about this release directly from the Glossa website. Carl Friedrich Abel, born 1723, fits into an interesting cubby of history; his instrument’s …
10 Nov
Blandine Rannou performs Bach’s Variations Goldberg
Blandine Rannou performs Bach’s Variations Goldberg
There are several Goldberg recordings I have avoided; two of late were those by Richard Egarr and the one by Andreas Staier. Both recordings had …
05 Nov
Bach Sinfonias
Bach Sinfonias
In college you could buy a book with all of Bach’s chorales from his cantatas. Today, you can purchase this CD of all of Bach’s …
31 Oct
The Stingers
The Stingers
In the 1990s I was an undergraduate at the University of Rochester (NY). As a trombonist, I was recruited to form a trombone ensemble by …