I know I posted this earlier when I was on my Tchaikovsky kick, but I have no shame in reblogging today. This is one of my favorite pieces ever and I’m so glad there exists a clip of Mr. Cliburn playing it: . (The end of Mvt. 1; Mvt. 2; Mvt. 3) . What anContinue reading “R.I.P. Van Cliburn.”
Monthly Archives: February 2013
A rambling homage to George Harrison
Not trying to be overly sappy or anything, but I can honestly say that George Harrison changed my life. In 8th grade, I had been taking piano lessons for 6 years and played clarinet in middle school band, but music wasn’t really that big a part of my life. It was more of an extracurricularContinue reading “A rambling homage to George Harrison”
Ravi Shankar: The Ladies’ Man
So I didn’t get to watch the Grammys live last weekend (hooray for no cable), but I did come across this video and thought it was blog-worthy. As far as I know, Norah Jones and Anoushka Shankar have never really appeared together on TV (they are half-sisters who didn’t meet until they were teenagers). TheContinue reading “Ravi Shankar: The Ladies’ Man”
A night in Oakland, with The Who
Sooooooo, on Friday night one of my lifelong dreams came true and I saw The Who in concert. It. was. incredible. To be quite honest, I don’t know how Pete and Roger can still do it – after almost 50 years of playing and touring, you’d think they’d have fizzled out by now. Not theContinue reading “A night in Oakland, with The Who”
