Archive for August, 2012
Ooh, shiny! (Not a post about old jewelry. Really.)
Yesterday, Berlin Iron, today, the Berlin Wall. Contrary to popular belief, I don’t only look at jewelry when I visit the Baltimore Summer Antiques Show. Anything that catches my eye is fair game, & a whole booth full of large, shiny, official-looking optical instruments is bound to do just that. Last year, while strolling the […]
Playlist: Aug/23/12
10:39 PM Edward MacDowell — Orchestral Suite No.1 Opus: 42Conductor: Takuo YuasaEnsemble: Ulster OrchestraNaxos, 559075 10:29 PM Friedrich von Flotow — Martha: Overture Conductor: Arthur FiedlerEnsemble: Boston Pops OrchestraRCA/BMG, 5479 9:56 PM Franz Schubert — Symphony No. 5 Key: B-Flat Conductor: Jonathan NottEnsemble: Bamberg SymphonyTudor, 7143 9:19 PM Johannes Brahms — Piano Quartet No. 3 […]
Iron deficiency? Click here!
I’m feeling run-down. Do I need more iron in my diet, or my jewelry box? I think the latter, at least if the iron in question looks like the bracelets above! Yes, they are actually made of wrought iron – the same stuff as fences, garden furniture, & bridges. These pieces aren’t heavy, however; they’re […]
Wednesday 08/22/12 Live! At The Concertgebouw
11:00 PM Conductor: Etienne Siebens Pianist: Ralph van Raat Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Lex van Delden: Symphony No. 3 Henriëtte Bosmans: Concertino for piano and orchestra Jan van Gilse: Symphony No. 1 in F major Fill: Brahms: Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87 Jan van Gilse: Overture in C
Playlist: Aug/22/12
10:43 PM Franz Joseph Haydn — Horn Concerto No. 1 Key: DConductor: Vladislaw CzarneckiEnsemble: Southwest German Chamber OrchIfor James, hornEBS, 6052 10:11 PM Sir Edward Elgar — String Quartet Key: eOpus: 83Ensemble: Brodsky QuartetASV, 526 9:30 PM Antonin Dvorak — Symphony No. 5 Key: FOpus: 76Conductor: Stephen GunzenhauserEnsemble: Slovak Philharmonic OrchestraNaxos, 550270 9:26 PM Johannes […]
Pharmacist? Antiques fan? Check this out!
My dad is retired now, but he was a pharmacist for over 50 years, so of course I thought of him when I spotted the giant mortar & pestle pictured above at last year’s Baltimore Summer Antiques Show. This rather large piece is made of metal & once sat outside Pinehurst Pharmacy in Baltimore […]
Tuesday 08/21/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Sir Mark Elder Dvořák: String Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op 97, American (Emerson String Quartet; Paul Neubauer, viola) Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Op 72, Nos 2 and 3 Dvořák: The Noonday Witch Dvořák: Symphony No 9 in E Minor, Op 95, From the New World
Playlist: Aug/21/12
10:54 PM Gustav Holst — Capriccio Conductor: Richard HickoxEnsemble: London Symphony OrchestraChandos, 9420 10:32 PM Sir Edward Elgar — Wand of Youth suite no 1 Opus: 1Conductor: Raymond LeppardEnsemble: Indianapolis Symphony Orch.KOSS CLASS, 1014 10:09 PM Silvius Leopold Weiss — Lute Sonata No. 32 Key: FRobert Barto, luteNaxos, 8570551 9:39 PM Franz Joseph Haydn — […]
It’s that time of year again!
Macbeth closed yesterday & I’m feeling a bit of that post-show “crash” that comes every time a production ends. The performances went very well, we had such appreciative audiences, & the cast & crew really bonded. This was one of those experiences that reminds one why doing theater is worth all that rehearsal time, memorization, […]
