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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 …

 
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13 Mar

A Visit to the Jefferson

A Visit to the Jefferson

The Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D. C. is a pain to get to… it’s far from the mall, and the path isn’t so well marked …

 
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13 Nov

Magalena Kozena: Lamento

Magalena Kozena: Lamento

Magdalena Kozena and Musica Antiqua Köln perform works by the Bach family in Lamento, (p) 2005 DG Archiv. This is an interesting program, for it spans …

 
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13 Nov

Vivaldi – Concerti con Molti Strumenti

Vivaldi – Concerti con Molti Strumenti

There are a certain collection of CDs that I buy, seemingly without thought, and these include those by Europa Galante, under the direction of …

 
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13 Nov

Telemann: Flötenquartette

Telemann: Flötenquartette

Musica Antiqua, Köln records Telemann Flute Quartets, (p) 2005 DG Archiv. Violinist Reinhard Goebel groups both Maurice Steger, recorder, and Verena Fischer, flute, together for works …

 
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22 May

Higher Def Audio

Higher Def Audio

I’ve been tempted as of late to try some online services that sell music not in compressed formats. Today I purchased two albums from Linn …

 
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16 Jan

Sacrificium

Sacrificium

Ceclia Bartoli performs with Il Giardino Armonico works of supposed complexity written for castrati. Composers represented include Handel, Porpora, Leo, Graun, et al. This might …

 
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09 Aug

Hantaï on BWV 1066

Hantaï on BWV 1066

I found this video of Le Concert Français performing BWV 1066, Bach’s orchestral suite #1. I like the tempo (unlike many commenters), but find the …

 
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08 Aug

Cathedral

Cathedral

I remember well the book by Macaulay on Cathedrals. Building the Book Cathedral Today I finally visited the closest one to my home and had a …

 
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19 Apr

Flowers

Flowers

I bought a two-year membership to the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden here in Richmond. They have some great stuff to practice my photography skills upon.

 
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14 Dec

BWV 1044

BWV 1044

Among Bach’s gems is the so-called Triple Concerto, one that mimics the scoring of his equally famous Brandeburg Concerto #5, but this concerto lives on …

 
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30 Nov

Exporatorium

Exporatorium

Today I re-visited the Exploratorium, an interactive science museum in San Francisco. I say “revisit” because it was some 16 years ago that I visited …

 
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12 Nov

Ignazio Albertini: Sonates

Ignazio Albertini: Sonates

I recently picked up the recording by Hélène Schmitt of Ignacio Albertini’s sonatas for violin and continuo (Alpha). Both the composer and performer here were …

 
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07 Sep

Tell No One

Tell No One

Today I saw a great French film, Tell No One. It’s a thriller, but more interesting than that was the complex plot and events. It’s …

 
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09 May

Richmond Flowers

Richmond Flowers

I am trying out a new “widget” from slideoo.com.

 
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06 May

Music as comfort

Music as comfort

Those who know me the best know that among my favorite music is that written by Bach. I confess, I’m more a Bachfan than a …

 
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13 Jan

Beethoven String Trios, Thomas Tallis

Beethoven String Trios, Thomas Tallis

Right now, I’m listening to Perlman, Zuckerman, and Harrell perform Beethoven’s Trios for Strings, an EMI-issue that I purchased from Borders Books and Music in …

 
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13 Jan

Speaker Cable

Speaker Cable

I have been doing a lot of reading (online, magazines) over the past year on reviews of different audio components, including speaker cable. What I …

 
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