Archive for March 7th, 2025
Hiram Larew’s This Much Very on BookNotes
Hiram Larew, who generously underwrites BookNotes through his Cynipid Fund, is out with his seventh poetry collection, This Much Very, published by Alien Buddha Press. I spoke with Hiram by phone.
Winter Member Drive wrap-up!
Wowza!! What a great drive! We decided to be a bit experimental and try a drive without monetary goals, just appealing to new and rejoining members to help beef up the membership numbers. We started out with a conservative goal of 200 members, and started out the month-long drive with short messaging here and there […]
Toccata listing for 3/9/25
On tonight’s program, organ music by Mendelssohn, Hummel on a “military piano,” and a concerto for 2 pianos by Bartok. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:01 PM 47388 Felix Mendelssohn Organ Sonata in d Op 65/6 Argo 414420 SOLO Peter Hurford, organ 14:29 C 1 8-10 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:18 PM 51079 Johann Nepomuk Hummel Three Amusements […]
Playlist: Mar/07/25
11:54 PM Frederic Chopin — Les Sylphides Conductor: Eugene OrmandyCBS/Sony, 46550 11:27 PM Maurice Ravel — Gaspard de la Nuit Valentina Lisitsa, pianoNaive, 7583 10:41 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Violin Concerto Key: D major Opus: 61Conductor: David ZinmanEnsemble: Baltimore Symphony OrchestraHilary Hahn, violinCBS/Sony, 60584 10:05 PM Antonin Dvorak — The Spectre’s Bride Conductor: Jaroslav […]