Benjamin Hochman [http://www.benjaminhochman.com/index.html] played a challenging program at Kennedy Center yesterday KNUSSEN Variations RZEWSKI The People United Will Never Be Defeated BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 Here's a sample of Frederic Rzewski playing part of the same piece that…
Admonkey [https://ghost.org/forum/themes/2749-edit-hbs-files/] earns my thanks by revealing on the Ghost forums the trick to editing .hbs files on a Mac— > Use TextEdit for simple edits but, before you do anything, you should open its preferences, go to the 2nd tab ("Open and Save&…
The bio shows that Ben's considerable achievements have earned a spot on the TED program this year—March 20 at 5:00. > In 2004, Ben Saunders became the youngest person ever to ski solo to the North Pole. In 2013, he set out on another record-breaking expedition,…
In a post about Carol Dweck's Mindset: The New Psychology of Success [http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/01/29/carol-dweck-mindset/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+brainpickings%2Frss+%28Brain+Pickings%29] , I think Brain Pickings may have told you everything…
Need to make an observation about the State of the Union. I've seen pieces by Matt Miller [http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/matt-miller-the-power-of-15/2014/01/22/c93593b8-8365-11e3-bbe5-6a2a3141e3a9_story.html] and another in Sunday's Washington Post. Miller argued for less hoopla and a compressed plan (like Herman…
Attended a fine performance last night—Inon Barnatan and Alisa Weilerstein. Came full circle with their last selection—the Rachmaninoff Sonata in G. I’ve loved this piece since I first heard it. Ashkenazay and Harrell provided a public radio “driveway moment.” Christopher O’Reilly and Carter Brey cemented it…
Went to a great recital the other day and didn't record it here—David Grielsammer played a somewhat daring program contrasting Scarlatti and Cage sonatas. Or maybe it was the common ground between the composers that he was highlighting. Whatever, it really worked for me Before the show,…
Ran across this stunning quotation today > I don't believe in aging. I believe in forever altering one's aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism. > Virginia Woolf (born on this date in 1882) Earlier in the day I listened to a profile of Mark Furstenburg…