Le retour

Yesterday’s shuffle actually ran the battery down:

1. Shostakovich: Entr’acte 6/7, Allegretto from The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Opus 34 (Cologne Radio Symphony, M. Jurowski) [537/1507]
2. The Talking Heads: “Houses in Motion” from Remain in Light [423/1507]
3. Hindemith: Ludus tonalis № 5, Interlude 2, Pastorale, moderato [663/1507]
4. Britten: Sea Interlude № 1 from Peter Grimes, “Dawn” (LSO, Previn) [363/1507]
5. Genesis: “Duchess” from Duke [311/1507]
6. Messiaen: Abîme des oiseaux from Quotuor pour la fin du temps (Ralph Manno, cl) [31/1507]
7. Shostakovich: Symphony № 15, Opus 141 — mvt iii: Allegretto (Prague Symphony Orchestra, Maksim Dmitriyevich) [948/1507]
8. Shostakovich: Symphony № 4, Opus 43 — mvt iii (Prague Symphony Orchestra, Maksim Dmitriyevich) [953/1507]
9. Bonzo Dog Doo/Dah Band: “Cool Britannia” from Gorilla [254/1507]
10. Ibert: Escales, № 1 — Rome - Palermo (Detroit Symphony, Paray) [464/1507]
11. Prokofiev: Le pas d’acier, Opus 41 — Les marteaux (Cologne West German Radio Symphony, M. Jurowski) [632/1507]
12. Stravinsky: Scene i from Les noces (Robt Craft, conducting) [633/1507]
13. Frank Zappa: “Heavy Duty Judy” from The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life [410/1507]
14. Shostakovich: Prelude & Fugue in E, Opus 87 № 9 (Nikolayeva) [568/1507]
15. Stravinsky: De elegia tertia from Threni (Robt Craft, conducting) [283/1507]
16. Peter Gabriel: “Big Time” from So [188/1507]
17. Shostakovich: String Quartet № 11 in f minor, Opus 122 — iii. Recitative: Adagio (Emerson String Quartet) [1112/1507]
18. Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Opus 64 — Act III, Scene vii — № 45: Interlude (BSO, Ozawa) [81/1507]
19. Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine — xiii. Magnificat, № 12 Sicut erat (Boston Baroque, Pearlman) [1473/1507]
20. Stravinsky: Rex tremendae from Requiem Canticles (Ollie Knussen, conducting) [872/1507]
21. Janáček: Sinfonietta — ii. Andante (Cz Phil, Ančerl) [468/1507]
22. Bonzo Dog Doo/Dah Band: “Equestrian Statue” from Gorilla [328/1507]
23.Prokofiev: Piano Concerto № 5, Opus 55 — v. Vivo (Michel Béroff, pf; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig; Masur) [828/1507]
24. Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni № 3 in F, L’autunno — iii. Allegro (Kremerata Baltica, Gidon Kremer) [604/1507]
25. Vaughan Williams: Symphony № 8 — ii. Scherzo alla marcia, per fiati (London Phil, Haitink) [756/1507]
26. Hindemith: Symphony in E^b — mvt i. (NY Phil, Lenny) [1180/1507]
27. Berlioz: L’enfance du Christ, Opus 25 — Part I, scene i Marche nocturne (BSO, Munch) [436/1507]
28. Mannheim Steamroller: “We Three Kings” [1441/1507]
29. Sibelius: Symphony № 4 in a minor, Opus 63 — iv. Allegro (Helsinki Phil, Berglund) [1003/1507]
30. Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni № 3 in F, L’autunno — ii. Adagio molto (Kremerata Baltica, Gidon Kremer) [603/1507]

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A blog post about all the blogging I haven’t — is that done?

How to Tell (Chasing the Tail of Nothing), the new trio for alto flute, clarinet and frame drum, has turned out entirely satisfactorily. May run ten minutes by the clock, but oh, what a lot of living in that ten minutes. We’ll be taking that live this coming Thursday.

The 2011 performance of the Viola Sonata seems not to have materialized (if materialized be le mot juste), but another violist (on the west coast) is rumored to have taken a shine to it. Who knows? The viola version of the Sonatina sopra « Veni, Emmanuel » has been passed on to him, as well.

Contrary to prior expectations, I’ve become an ardent Schnittke fan.

Completely within reasonable expectations, I have rediscovered my love — nay, passion — for Bach organ music.

Another new discovery: Liszt’s Symphony to Dante’s « Divine Comedy »