Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
On Sunday 13 July I will play “Duetto” from Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Songs Without Words, Op. 38, No. 6, as an offertory during worship …
Night to Remember
Yo Yo Ma played at the home of our dear friends, Elizabeth and Jan Lodal, on May 13, as a prelude to …
Savannah Music Festival
In late March Steve and I met friends in Beaufort SC and heard three concerts at the 25th annual Savannah Music Festival, an …
Rice Orchestra on Tour
The Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra of Rice University performed at Meyerhoff Hall in Baltimore last Saturday evening, February 15. My friend Carol …
Happiness
One doesn’t have to be unhappy to explore and appreciate Gretchen Rubin’s remarkable book, The Happiness Project. Even a happy person like me …
Solo Violin: Bach, Bartok & Berio
Yesterday afternoon I heard a concert at Palm Beach State College that illustrated the influence J.S. Bach’s six Sonatas and Partitas for …
Siddhartha
This week my evening book group in Arlington will be discussing this book. Since I can’t be with them, I am writing …
Lighting the way
David and Leslie in Coral Gables are awaiting the birth of twins, due December 12. They are prepared! The nursery dresser is …
Symphonies & Sports
How is a conductor like a quarterback? CBS News Cultural Correspondent Wynton Marsalis shows how Alan Gilbert’s conducting of the New York …
Night Sky and Beyond
On October 17, I took Violet to see “Big Bird’s Adventure: One World, One Sky” at the Boston Museum of Science Planetarium. …