Day 302: Shostakovich
Day 302 — Shostakovich
30-May-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
A light day. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1 enlightens me.
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30-May-1972 (Dienstag–Tue.)
A light day. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1 enlightens me.
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Day 300: Big music day at Mai Fest
Day 300 — Big music day at Mai Fest
28-May-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Vienna,
the city of music, lives up to its name today—the
Vienna Boys’ Choir, Mozart with the Vienna
Philharmonic, Böhm conducting and Gundula Janowitz
singing Weber’s Der
Freischütz are all on
the menu. Wow!
This is 300 days of blogging today. Come on Google, you say content is king. Give me a #1 ranking. (I used to be in the top 3 for a short while.) That said, we do use Google as a time machine to travel back to some of today’s concerts.
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28-May-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
This is 300 days of blogging today. Come on Google, you say content is king. Give me a #1 ranking. (I used to be in the top 3 for a short while.) That said, we do use Google as a time machine to travel back to some of today’s concerts.
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Day 280: Time travel with YouTube—Mahler 4
Day 280 — Time travel with YouTube—Mahler 4
08-May-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
The real
Mahler 4 concert at night. We enter a time-vortex
through the magic of YouTube and see two videos from
this same concert—36 years ago. Yes, I was there.
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08-May-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
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Day 279: Bernstein & Beethoven
Day 279 — Bernstein & Beethoven
07-May-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
A Mahler symphony and Beethoven opera are on today’s venue, along with a YouTube video. Nice.
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07-May-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
A Mahler symphony and Beethoven opera are on today’s venue, along with a YouTube video. Nice.
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Day 269: RPO, Tchaikovsky 4, Pirates of the Caribbean
Day 269 — RPO, Tchaikovsky 4, Pirates of the
Caribbean
27-April-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
A good day
for everything—horn, piano, electronic music, and a
concert. Tchaikovsky 4 is on the menu today and a bit
of Pirates
of the Caribbean. Arrgh! My
last day of German journal writing. Yay!
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27-April-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
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Day 210: I’m playing Bruckner; Brothers
02/28/08 07:43 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 210 — I’m playing Bruckner; Brothers
28-February-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
Not only
it is a good day but I am going to play Wagner tuba
in Bruckner’s Symphony
No. 8. Yes.
Check out some Bruckner links and a YouTube video. I
talk about brothers Steve and Frank.
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28-February-1972 (Montag–Mon.)
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Day 206: The Viennese experience; the Valkyries
Day 206 — The Viennese experience; the Valkyries
24-February-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
I talk a bit about the Viennese experience and why I couldn’t recreate it back home. It’s another great night at the opera with The Valkyries. Check out Pierre Boulez conducting The Ride of the Valkyries on YouTube. I may use the Valkyrie motive as a ringtone for certain family members. No, not my wife, Brunhilde.
Here’s my wife and I in costume as Wotan and Brunhilde.
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24-February-1972 (Donnerstag–Thur.)
I talk a bit about the Viennese experience and why I couldn’t recreate it back home. It’s another great night at the opera with The Valkyries. Check out Pierre Boulez conducting The Ride of the Valkyries on YouTube. I may use the Valkyrie motive as a ringtone for certain family members. No, not my wife, Brunhilde.
Here’s my wife and I in costume as Wotan and Brunhilde.
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Day 202: Horn players love Richard Strauss
Day 202 — Horn players love Richard Strauss
20-February-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
It’s Sunday and I need to take a break. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the brass section wows me at night.
I discover a ton of online videos relating to Ein Heldenleben and the horn.
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20-February-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
It’s Sunday and I need to take a break. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the brass section wows me at night.
I discover a ton of online videos relating to Ein Heldenleben and the horn.
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Day 201: Horn-o-phrenia
02/19/08 07:58 AM Filed in: Vienna
Day 201 — Horn-o-phrenia
19-February-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
19-February-1972 (Samstag–Sat.)
I discover
that I may be afflicted with the rare, horn player’s
problem, called horn-o-phrenia. Bipolar swings of
good and not-so-good playing. After analysis of this
journal, several professionals have concluded that I
certainly demonstrate bipolar horn playing.
To cheer myself up, I watch some great Siegfried horn
videos on YouTube.
Day 195: Gourmet Beethoven
Day 195 — Gourmet Beethoven
13-February-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
Today is a
GOURMET day. First, my incredible culinary
masterpiece—the Sunday meal. Second, wonderful
gourmet Beethoven. Life is good.
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13-February-1972 (Sonntag–Sun.)
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Day 126: Guitarist Julian Bream
Day 126 — Guitarist Julian Bream
06-December-1971 (Mon.)
A Julian Bream guitar concert reminds me of the wonderful experience of hearing top artists perform “live.” Hey, I find some YouTube videos of Bream. Why didn't I think of this before?
I encourage you all to experience as many live music and concert events as are affordable and convenient to you. An apartment or condo in New York City would be nice. And convenient. And expensive.
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06-December-1971 (Mon.)
A Julian Bream guitar concert reminds me of the wonderful experience of hearing top artists perform “live.” Hey, I find some YouTube videos of Bream. Why didn't I think of this before?
I encourage you all to experience as many live music and concert events as are affordable and convenient to you. An apartment or condo in New York City would be nice. And convenient. And expensive.
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