Mark Malinowski

May. 05 2013

05/05/13 – Toccata Rundown

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PLAY DATE: Sun, 05/05/2013 6:00 PM 48231 Girolamo Frescobaldi Toccata Sesta (Secondo Libro) MSR 1334 SOLO SooHwang Choi, organ 5:51 C 1 1-1 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:05 PM 14294 Girolamo Frescobaldi Toccata quarta (Secondo Libro) MSR 1334 SOLO SooHwang Choi, organ 5:35 C 1 2-2 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:15 PM 21216 Johannes Brahms Souvenir de la Russie Op 151 … Read More »

Apr. 28 2013

04/28/13 – Toccata Rundown

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6:00 PM 7739 Sergei Prokofiev Sarcasms Op 17 MCA 10155 SOLO Oleg Volkov,piano 12:11 C 1 5-9 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:16 PM 47239 Herbert Sumsion Intermezzo Naxos 550773 SOLO Donald Hunt, organ 5:59 C 1 17-17 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:21 PM 47240 Herbert Sumsion Ceremonial March Naxos 550773 SOLO Donald Hunt, organ 3:47 C 1 18-18 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:28 PM … Read More »

Apr. 15 2013

Birthdays

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This past weekend, we lost a couple of great musicians. sir Colin Davis, longtime conductor of the London symphony orchestra (in fact, it’s longest-term music director) died at the age of 85, and Adolphe Herseth, long time principal trumpet for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and considered one of the finest trumpeters in America died at … Read More »

Oct. 19 2012

How ’bout them Tigers!

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Yesterday, the Detroit Tigers completed a 4-game sweep of the slumping NY Yankees, and won the American League Pennant, and an 11th trip to the fall classic, the World Series. Being a native of Detroit, I was ecstatic about the victory, not only because I wanted to see the Tigers in the Series, but I … Read More »

Sep. 10 2012

Experts

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I was watching one of the morning news programs recently, and the story was about some celebrity break-up or something. The program host was talking to someone who was listed on the program as a “Relationship Expert.” Seriously? A “Relationship Expert?” How does one become a “Relationship Expert?” Are there degree programs in “Relationships?” Is … Read More »

Aug. 31 2012

Scene while stopped at a traffic light

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Just across Liberty Road, the hawk is circling– her wings hardly moving; the tips adjusting while the hunter dips and rises, riding the currents of air created by the sun, the breeze, and the exhaust of the passing cars. Beneath the hawk, on the other side of Liberty Road is a church with a … Read More »

Aug. 16 2012

Just thinkin’…

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I’m reading a fascinating book by Jim Holt entitled “Why Does The World Exist?” He subtitled it “An Existential Detective Story.” Check it out–it’s a great read. Anyway, I came across a section in the book where the author says, “I thought to myself…” Well, I though (to myself) how many times have we heard … Read More »

Aug. 15 2012

While sitting on the front porch one evening

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The chorus of crickets begins its song. There are no words (that I know of) but their song calls the birds– the small grey ones with no tails. They gather on the lawn looking for seeds that will soon be washed away and knowing that later the larger birds will come looking for worms. … Read More »

Aug. 13 2012

Good to be back…

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I took a week off (yes, I know it’s been much longer than that for the blog), and spent a lot of time doing very little but hanging out with my wife and watching the Olympics. We ended up watching a lot of sports that I, quite frankly, never took an interest in, but I … Read More »

Jun. 07 2012

Gone, but never forgotten…

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It was with great sadness that I received the news of the passing of the great Ray Bradbury. He was, without a doubt, one of the most imaginative, eloquent, and interesting writers of the 20th century, and his influence has reached far and wide, and will continue to do so. I read “The Martian Chronicles” … Read More »

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