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mallorynyc posted Welcoming Fall at the Philharmonic with Compositions Old and New | Oct 3, 2008
Wednesday night was the first concert in my subscription at the NY Philharmonic. This is my third year already! It was a good show; the first piece was the lovely fifth Brandenburg Concerto and its Baroque harpsichord goodness; then was the real world premiere of Bernard Rands' chains like the sea,...
Mary Nicole Hicks posted Baroque Music | Oct 1, 2008
The Baroque period of music is an era that existed from 1600 to 1750. A Baroque style is a set of styles from European classical music. The music of the Baroque period ranges from a style similar to that of the previous Romantic period, to the style found in the following Classical musical period....
Aubrey posted The Noble Horse | Sep 16, 2008
"Why have you put a horse in the middle, and Saint Paul on the ground?" "Because!" "Is the horse God?" "No, but he stands in God's light!" This rather spirited exchange took place in 1601, between an exasperated church official and a painter, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. He was the painter of...
Jack posted Strange Feeling | Sep 13, 2008
When I was a kid, my mom worked nights. She was single-momming it, and our apartment was within view of where she worked, so she just left me at home alone. Sometimes, I couldn't sleep, so I'd get up and watch TV. At that time of night, all our stations had gone off the air. Some cable stations...
