Archive for August 12th, 2013
Hooray for new food!
No, I don’t mean fashion-conscious dishes with ingredient lists that read like some sort of perverse culinary nightmare. (A few months ago, I read a review of a recently-revamped restaurant whose new menu includes fried oysters with a strawberry jam dipping sauce. Shudder!) Creativity in the kitchen is all well and good, and every recipe […]
Revisiting Sugarman
Just after I returned from Africa last August, my writing professor at UB (Marion Winik, whose interview I posted here last week) sent me an email asking me if I had seen the film, “Searching for Sugar Man,” because of its strong South African connection. As I wrote in a blog back then, as soon […]
Back in the Saddle
After being without the bike for a week, while it was in the shop for some spoke repair, it was good to back on 2 wheels again for the ride in to work. It is really surprising how much I missed it. It is a funny thing how something can become so much a part […]
Monday 8/12/13 New York Philharmonic This Week
11:00 PM Conductor: Alan Gilbert Lunsqui: Fibres, Yarn and Wire Gruber: Frankenstein! Carter: Two Controversies & A Conversation Jarrell: Nachlese Vb: Liederzyklus Boulez: …explosante-fixe…
Playlist: Aug/12/13
10:30 PM Frantisek Krommer — Concerto for 2 Clarinets Key: E-Flat Opus: 35Conductor: Kalman BerkesEnsemble: Nicolaus Esterhazy SinfoniaKalman Berkes, clarinetKaori Tsutsui,clarinetNaxos, 8553178 9:42 PM Johannes Brahms — Serenade No. 1 Key: DOpus: 11Conductor: Kurt MasurEnsemble: Gewandhausorchester LeipzigPentatone, 5186188 9:23 PM Franz Joseph Haydn — Horn Concerto No. 1 Key: DEnsemble: L’ArchibudelliAb Koster,natural hornCBS/Sony, 68253 8:58 […]
