My listening post this evening is in front of the TV, the Christmas tree (sans presents), and with an egg nog laced with Captain Morgan Rum beside me. On the TV is the series Blue Bloods, starring the one and only Tom Selleck (who will forever be Magnum, P.I to me), as Police Commissioner Frank … [Read more…]
My listening post this morning is my happy place: the second floor of our local library. Tiny snow flakes are gently falling. A bottle of Evamor water sits to my left, a notepad with a fresh sheet of paper to my right. As is well with my soul. Or, it would be if I were … [Read more…]
In all honesty, I am not looking forward to today’s performance. Why? Because I’ve encountered Maestro Rattle five times previous to this afternoon, on… Day 15. Rating: “Meh!” Day 33. Rating: “Meh!” Day 51. Rating: “Meh!” Day 69. Rating: “Meh!” Day 87. Rating: “Meh!” And the results are a perfect score of “Meh!” ratings. And … [Read more…]
Today is gorgeous. The temperature is 57 degrees (Fahrenheit), under blue skies, with just a slight 9-mile-per-hour breeze out of the South. So I wasted no time setting up my makeshift desk and got to work listening to English conductor Sir Simon Rattle (1955- ), The Wiener Philharmoniker, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C … [Read more…]
You guessed it. I’m back in my happy place this morning. Yay! I’m drinking high-alkaline water (Evamor rocks!), nibbling on dried paypaya slices (discreetly, since the library frowns on “outside food”), watching four wild turkeys cross the field, and listening to Simon Rattle (1955- ), a renowned conductor from England, the Wiener Philharmoniker, and Beethoven’s … [Read more…]
My spot for today’s Beethoven blog is one of my favorites. It is, in fact, my happy place: the second floor of the local library. The view is spectacular – a field (granted, it was once a landfill but now it’s a field) bordered by trees. Sometimes, as I’m sitting at one of the tables, … [Read more…]
My office this morning is at a restaurant-chain-that-must-not-be-named, known for its signature Light Roast coffee (when the pot actually has some in it!). As soon as I finish this, I will pack up and go to the office where I’m working on a screenplay and a book project. For now, though, I watch people meet, … [Read more…]
This morning’s conductor of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 in C Major is Liverpool-born conductor Simon Rattle (1955- ) working his magic with the Weiner Philharmoniker. Warner Classics is the record label. At 63, Rattle might very well be the youngest conductor to which I’ll listen during my exploration of Beethoven’s nine symphonic works. He was … [Read more…]