tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165092822024-03-07T06:37:44.079-05:00Arts and Culture: Christopher PurdyComments on the arts and culture and related rants from a classical music broadcaster.Christopher Purdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422628514762232516noreply@blogger.comBlogger430125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16509282.post-43085325085932357022022-01-06T08:47:00.002-05:002022-01-06T08:47:16.104-05:00BOOKS READ IN 2021<p>In and out of a pandemic, reading remains one of the great joys of my life. I host a book program on WOSU/89-7NPR News the third Friday of ever month, at 11 .a.m. Join us! Streaming live on www.wosu.org</p><p> These are the books I read in 2021.</p><p>*=Recommended</p><p><b>HERE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITES FROM 2021</b></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCIt1nJKIWO0hId0G8yU809s7Y8D5mZ2ZDTmf5xv8OBNt8WCxDO9Yozo4ywvsxzCIrb3LAWId5zE7vLBqRtKE6dgt3IyQBDiRG9mti4ckPxK8YwjRfVw5qFdK38j1iMXZDmOdAROClWFTyRNEtpkrkbRg6UiItK4okj3m1typiwneSWxUpErg=s499" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="329" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCIt1nJKIWO0hId0G8yU809s7Y8D5mZ2ZDTmf5xv8OBNt8WCxDO9Yozo4ywvsxzCIrb3LAWId5zE7vLBqRtKE6dgt3IyQBDiRG9mti4ckPxK8YwjRfVw5qFdK38j1iMXZDmOdAROClWFTyRNEtpkrkbRg6UiItK4okj3m1typiwneSWxUpErg=w132-h200" width="132" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><br /></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEievp8i_uZ1KW_RXQ-OhWCZr3D5PfKj5z9cTjHJOZTXwR7DCWrP4LvU6hthUksLHyoR4vL-sB0TJssHppKtgQr9En5Twc5k8hEyk64hSuRlf_5z-HfE1-SQqauYBZPKsrbEfuUcYHp-KxPHyxghCyFnLISjPCXHOoJiPfG6qinDAALstNxgB_I=s499" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="329" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEievp8i_uZ1KW_RXQ-OhWCZr3D5PfKj5z9cTjHJOZTXwR7DCWrP4LvU6hthUksLHyoR4vL-sB0TJssHppKtgQr9En5Twc5k8hEyk64hSuRlf_5z-HfE1-SQqauYBZPKsrbEfuUcYHp-KxPHyxghCyFnLISjPCXHOoJiPfG6qinDAALstNxgB_I=w132-h200" width="132" /></a></div><b><p><b><br /></b></p>MORE FAVORITES ARE PICTURED</b><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A Promised
Land<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Barak Obama<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Cary Grant:
A Brilliant Disguise<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scott Eyman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Bread and Wine
Ignazio Silone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Lying
Life of Adults Elena Ferrante<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48616787-the-lying-life-of-adults"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48616787-the-lying-life-of-adults</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Mozart
Reign of Love Jan Swafford<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Stamped:
Racism, Antiracism, and You Jason Reynolds Abram X, Kendo <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Eleanor
(Roosevelt) David Michalis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Memorial
Bryan Washington<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48902303-memorial"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48902303-memorial</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Group: How
One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by
Christie Tate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50891570-group"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50891570-group</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">V2: A novel
of WW II Robert Harris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Duke’s Children
Anthony Trollope (Palliser VI)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>MORE FAVORITES FROM 2021:</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS0SxDryrpiO7_BmYkCm-j11ElaHvSTihy5R5bjN9u6QHVeT479Bg9uRK76WeJ6Ef2RdYqko1dQ4uuv3yAuH-06-mb70BRxFihI_EjDnWOnG1PMvop9ThTKj3DZTQAsJxw_V3G93C0GuvfpIxMh4Apvq-ya20PYU0wnLnNqqtqEG9YCJxFeeg=s400" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhS0SxDryrpiO7_BmYkCm-j11ElaHvSTihy5R5bjN9u6QHVeT479Bg9uRK76WeJ6Ef2RdYqko1dQ4uuv3yAuH-06-mb70BRxFihI_EjDnWOnG1PMvop9ThTKj3DZTQAsJxw_V3G93C0GuvfpIxMh4Apvq-ya20PYU0wnLnNqqtqEG9YCJxFeeg=w133-h200" width="133" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQih_RpyX1ogxfjkaxqZYv3IEc9N1Nl-AUHoyPiwWnHXAqo8IJK-ZqWAGoUFxQ_7NCco6JvW3rAOmDZ0EgP_Wbn-VN0lvmASf_x8nPsXSxHoBboBm81aGlmsbRDWrPcFQTe54NrgfkV7xzMZQ5X2MazgTP-fbpRsFevBXMXqkZDjCHJ28hwuU=s1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQih_RpyX1ogxfjkaxqZYv3IEc9N1Nl-AUHoyPiwWnHXAqo8IJK-ZqWAGoUFxQ_7NCco6JvW3rAOmDZ0EgP_Wbn-VN0lvmASf_x8nPsXSxHoBboBm81aGlmsbRDWrPcFQTe54NrgfkV7xzMZQ5X2MazgTP-fbpRsFevBXMXqkZDjCHJ28hwuU=w320-h168" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Order
Daniel Silva<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*The Ancient
Hours Michael Bible<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/647236/the-ancient-hours-by-michael-bible/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/647236/the-ancient-hours-by-michael-bible/</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Catching the
Wind: Edward Kennedy and the Liberal Hour 1932-1976 by Neal Gabler<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Trio by
William Boyd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/24/trio-by-william-boyd-review-superbly-wry-and-wise"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/24/trio-by-william-boyd-review-superbly-wry-and-wise</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Black
Narcissus<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rumer Godden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sergeant Salinger
Jerome Charyn <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Ticking
Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes Ira Rosen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Foregone<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Russell Banks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/foregone-book-review/2021/03/08/5356c2ba-7fb7-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/foregone-book-review/2021/03/08/5356c2ba-7fb7-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> <b>MORE FAVORITES:</b></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZ1RMSzBS7u6t6PTcaXBn4fYhJVBS4bAepE8jqjXDlIDONzSL4y_cKc-EFkQ9pKlr6Y2AD-BVFZxzFDj2ImPvj43p6dvsLC1eWqYoxw8fN_L35DWNqlJ3Y0LizHiHyaCWuesyzntlSzKIMhUrVJlPGz5NFNz516MRNukw5qFi24kBVKwF2Fz4=s1360" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="907" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZ1RMSzBS7u6t6PTcaXBn4fYhJVBS4bAepE8jqjXDlIDONzSL4y_cKc-EFkQ9pKlr6Y2AD-BVFZxzFDj2ImPvj43p6dvsLC1eWqYoxw8fN_L35DWNqlJ3Y0LizHiHyaCWuesyzntlSzKIMhUrVJlPGz5NFNz516MRNukw5qFi24kBVKwF2Fz4=w213-h320" width="213" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Wonder Boys
Michael Chabon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Fire Shut Up
in my Bones Charles Blow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Klara and
the Sun Kazuo Ishiguro<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klara_and_the_Sun"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klara_and_the_Sun</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Landslide
by Susan Conley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.susanconley.com/landslide"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">http://www.susanconley.com/landslide</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*The Truth
at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost its Soul James Carroll<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/635408/the-truth-at-the-heart-of-the-lie-by-james-carroll/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/635408/the-truth-at-the-heart-of-the-lie-by-james-carroll/</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Elizabeth
and Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor sisters by Andrew Morton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*The Fourth
Child by Jessica Winter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/books/review/the-fourth-child-jessia-winter.html"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/books/review/the-fourth-child-jessia-winter.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Everything
was Possible: The Birth of the Musical Follies by Ted Chapin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Singular
Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway Michael Riedel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Concrete
Rose by Angie Thomas <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://angiethomas.com/concrete-rose/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://angiethomas.com/concrete-rose/</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Beautiful
Things by Hunter Biden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Lady Bird
Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight by Julia Sweig<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My Heart by
Semezdin Mehemedinovic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/books/review/semezdin-mehmedinovic-my-heart.html"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/books/review/semezdin-mehmedinovic-my-heart.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">April
Morning by Howard Fast<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Lolly
Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolly_Willowes"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolly_Willowes</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Razzle
Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway by Michael Riedel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Philip Roth
by Blake Bailey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I Married a
Communist by Philip Roth <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mother
Teresa Behind the Image by Anne Sebba<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*As I Am by
Cicely Tyson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Little
Dorritt by Charles Dickens<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Remote
Sympathy by Catherine Chidgery<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53362504-remote-sympathy"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53362504-remote-sympathy</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Ethel
Rosenberg: An American Tragedy by Anne Sebba<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Counterpoint:
A Memoir of Bach and Mourning by Philip Kennicott<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Morningside
Heights by Joshua Henkin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48822627-morningside-heights"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48822627-morningside-heights</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Silver Girl
by Erin Hildebrand<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Veritas: A
Harvard Professor, A Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife by Ariel Sabar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Antony and Cleopatra
Shakespeare<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Plot by
Jean Hanff Korelitz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jean-hanff-korelitz/the-plot-korelitz/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jean-hanff-korelitz/the-plot-korelitz/</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Monkey Boy
Francisco Goldman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55825854-monkey-boy"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55825854-monkey-boy</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Prima Donna:
The Psychology of Maria Callas by Paul Wink<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Macbeth
Shakespeare<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Rainbow
Milk by Paul Mendez<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55573130-rainbow-milk"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55573130-rainbow-milk</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Hour of
the Witch by Chris Bohjalian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://chrisbohjalian.com/hour-of-the-witch/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://chrisbohjalian.com/hour-of-the-witch/</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">While
Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/books/review/while-justice-sleeps-stacey-abrams.html"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/books/review/while-justice-sleeps-stacey-abrams.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mercury
Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy and the New Battleground of the Cold War by
Jeff Shesol<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Ceely
Rose Murders at Malabar Farm by Mark Sebastian Jordan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Winter
Counts by David Heska Wanbi Weiben<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48678117-winter-counts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">King
Richard: Nixon and Watergate an American Tragedy by Michael Dobbs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Hamlet
Shakespeare<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Project Hail
Mary by Andy Weir<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Home
Stretch by Graham Norton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55919304-home-stretch"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55919304-home-stretch</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Every Minute
is a Day: A Doctor, an Emergency Room and a City Under Siege by Robert Meyer,
MD and Dan Koeppel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Plague
Year: America in the Time of Covid<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by
Laurence Wright<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Master
by Colm Toibin (Henry James)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sooley by
John Grisham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.jgrisham.com/books/sooley/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.jgrisham.com/books/sooley/</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Vixen by
Francine prose (Ethel Rosenberg)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55507033-the-vixen"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55507033-the-vixen</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">An American
Marriage: The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln by Michael
Burlingame<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">***********A
Book of Hours: Music, Literature and Life, A Memoir by Father M. Owen Lee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Great
Mistake by Jonathan Lee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55502632-the-great-mistake"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55502632-the-great-mistake</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3gH4oHy0Zc9cd2Hpk3w4S6YiacI9KEz9qNvzAauYy-pluJb3pEAcJDS3Y0A3RSv48k6jsl56gDFaRDtJBiQuYQ01YKoKbA8uIP0gpr5BSbRDupucF5QZf0XOv1wwRoBqRd3AFZ3NUps3LjFINHuDAJM0-pdzMpv6chsGePZMkk-_aMhub-SQ=s293" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="192" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3gH4oHy0Zc9cd2Hpk3w4S6YiacI9KEz9qNvzAauYy-pluJb3pEAcJDS3Y0A3RSv48k6jsl56gDFaRDtJBiQuYQ01YKoKbA8uIP0gpr5BSbRDupucF5QZf0XOv1wwRoBqRd3AFZ3NUps3LjFINHuDAJM0-pdzMpv6chsGePZMkk-_aMhub-SQ" width="192" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The End of
October by Lawrence Wright<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52669505-the-end-of-october#:~:text=%22The%20End%20of%20October%22%20was%20written%20pre-CoViD-19.%20See,lazily%20written%20book%20but%20it%20is%20poorly%20written"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52669505-the-end-of-october#:~:text=%22The%20End%20of%20October%22%20was%20written%20pre-CoViD-19.%20See,lazily%20written%20book%20but%20it%20is%20poorly%20written</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Agatha of
Little Neon by Claire Luchette<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.harvard.com/book/agatha_of_little_neon/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.harvard.com/book/agatha_of_little_neon/</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*A Farewell
to Gabo and Mercedes by Rodrigo Garcia (Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mercedes
Baracha)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*The
Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108620.The_Beginning_of_Spring"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108620.The_Beginning_of_Spring</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A Keeper by
Graham Norton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40934989-a-keeper"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40934989-a-keeper</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Three-Martini
Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton by Gail
Crowder<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54304135-three-martini-afternoons-at-the-ritz#:~:text=Three-Martini%20Afternoons%20at%20the%20Ritz%20by%20Gail%20Crowther,drinking%20martinis%20at%20the%20Ritz-Carlton%20Hotel%20in%20Boston"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54304135-three-martini-afternoons-at-the-ritz#:~:text=Three-Martini%20Afternoons%20at%20the%20Ritz%20by%20Gail%20Crowther,drinking%20martinis%20at%20the%20Ritz-Carlton%20Hotel%20in%20Boston</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">**Ramadan
Ramsey by Louis Edwards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55919294-ramadan-ramsey?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=bfn9fdgUzW&rank=1"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55919294-ramadan-ramsey?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=bfn9fdgUzW&rank=1</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNCzgvU2tmRpQfmKNSewIQzYHZC4zHJqVHRxpJAWDR1mBFCL1uaSb5DO74vTB03rD5dSC1aouVt8CTEIF9lSKH0JCePbQ6uxsQyHojG7rs0Q_LYQv0rM56HJk-3A6g-qGShfLlYtx97QAx1sIICX3vfC9D2JrRxiM_6zrbDHJt9JE9xTLint8=s500" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNCzgvU2tmRpQfmKNSewIQzYHZC4zHJqVHRxpJAWDR1mBFCL1uaSb5DO74vTB03rD5dSC1aouVt8CTEIF9lSKH0JCePbQ6uxsQyHojG7rs0Q_LYQv0rM56HJk-3A6g-qGShfLlYtx97QAx1sIICX3vfC9D2JrRxiM_6zrbDHJt9JE9xTLint8=s320" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">***We’re Not
Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation by Eric Garcia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Little
Cruelties by Liz Nugent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://molib2go.overdrive.com/media/5274546"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://molib2go.overdrive.com/media/5274546</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Putting It
Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created Sunday in the Park with George by
James Lapine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Finding
Freedom: Meghan and Harry and the Making of a Modern Royal Family<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Festival
Days (essays) JoAnn Beard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*The Fourth
State of Matter (essay) JoAnn Beard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">**The
Magician Colm Toibin (Thomas Mann)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Stolen: A
Memoir Elizabeth Gilpin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Ninth
Hour Alice McDermott<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33931059-the-ninth-hour"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33931059-the-ninth-hour</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">All the
Frequent Troubles of our Days: The True Story of an American Woman at the Heart
of German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca Donner (Mildred Harnack)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Apples Never
Fall by Lianne Moriarty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56143578-apples-never-fall"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56143578-apples-never-fall</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mrs. March
by Virginia Feito<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/books/review/mrs-march-virginia-feito.html"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/books/review/mrs-march-virginia-feito.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Crossroads
by Jonathan Franzen <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://jonathanfranzen.com/project/crossroads/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://jonathanfranzen.com/project/crossroads/</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">American
Estrangement: Stories by Said Sayrafiezadeh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.sayrafiezadeh.com/american-estrangement"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.sayrafiezadeh.com/american-estrangement</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Lying in
Wait by Liz Nugent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36373425-lying-in-wait"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36373425-lying-in-wait</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbQfRdhGI1KH_OEoKQZvMO4ZKw-IMZQssg-aqdMXVJTN-G7zTqAv90r0ulb8t7zjzYuiGxRZj8Rf1f0c03JnapcKdeBIxoUs8yfVqbiO5LcT-vhEu78Jcb6cKYGEhIaMflGyqUf7gUEpx-F_1ECnmJKgbZHMzyPjACJsNOZcPBuXx63bTVENE=s293" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="199" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbQfRdhGI1KH_OEoKQZvMO4ZKw-IMZQssg-aqdMXVJTN-G7zTqAv90r0ulb8t7zjzYuiGxRZj8Rf1f0c03JnapcKdeBIxoUs8yfVqbiO5LcT-vhEu78Jcb6cKYGEhIaMflGyqUf7gUEpx-F_1ECnmJKgbZHMzyPjACJsNOZcPBuXx63bTVENE" width="199" /></a></div><br /><o:p><br /></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Matrix by
Lauren Groff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/09/06/1031907772/matrix-lauren-groff-book-review"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.npr.org/2021/09/06/1031907772/matrix-lauren-groff-book-review</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">**When We
Cease To understand the World Benjamin Labatut<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/books/review/benjamin-labatut-cease-understand-world.html"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/books/review/benjamin-labatut-cease-understand-world.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Lean Fall
Stand by Jon McGregor <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.bookbrowse.com/reviews/index.cfm/book_number/4332/lean-fall-stand#:~:text=In%20Lean%20Fall%20Stand%2C%20the%20main%20character%20suffers,ability%20to%20understand%20or%20express%20speech%20is%20aphasia"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.bookbrowse.com/reviews/index.cfm/book_number/4332/lean-fall-stand#:~:text=In%20Lean%20Fall%20Stand%2C%20the%20main%20character%20suffers,ability%20to%20understand%20or%20express%20speech%20is%20aphasia</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*The War for
Gloria by Atticus Lish<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/552619/the-war-for-gloria-by-atticus-lish/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/552619/the-war-for-gloria-by-atticus-lish/</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Oh, William
by Elizabeth Strout<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/56294820-oh-william"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/56294820-oh-william</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Mr.
Beethoven by Paul Griffiths<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.nyrb.com/products/mr-beethoven?variant=37889862893736"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.nyrb.com/products/mr-beethoven?variant=37889862893736</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Lawn Boy by
Jonathan Evison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
Tobacconist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The
Tobacconist by Robert Seethaler</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34838346-the-tobacconist"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34838346-the-tobacconist</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Call the
Midwife by Jennifer Worth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> We are the Brennans by Tracey Lange<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55169040-we-are-the-brennans"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55169040-we-are-the-brennans</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Peril by Bob
Woodward and Bob Costa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Lawn Boy by
Jonathan Evison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/this-lawn-boy-asks-wheres-my-part-of-the-american-dream/2018/04/10/ed03e7de-3cf9-11e8-a7d1-e4efec6389f0_story.html"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/this-lawn-boy-asks-wheres-my-part-of-the-american-dream/2018/04/10/ed03e7de-3cf9-11e8-a7d1-e4efec6389f0_story.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Boys by
Ron Howard and Clint Howard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*The Lincoln
Highway by Amor Towles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><a href="https://www.amortowles.com/the-lincoln-highway-about-the-book/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.amortowles.com/the-lincoln-highway-about-the-book/</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>FAVORITES:</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisnfFPv41iN7VvDieInbqPuDX3pZjml1ZoK2E-MNa9kXdq6os0y7no0-07M2MCRiCe9PJA1xDFwcmQgeKwT9AEHOWseiTeSoA5F-OoVf9gdj7cAIeV36PO9OL2YnNfQrPgjFvl6gZrXxvgSSWRsnxV6Wlu5VNVJuOk52y2yA6FD2TlRJa-se8=s293" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="196" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisnfFPv41iN7VvDieInbqPuDX3pZjml1ZoK2E-MNa9kXdq6os0y7no0-07M2MCRiCe9PJA1xDFwcmQgeKwT9AEHOWseiTeSoA5F-OoVf9gdj7cAIeV36PO9OL2YnNfQrPgjFvl6gZrXxvgSSWRsnxV6Wlu5VNVJuOk52y2yA6FD2TlRJa-se8" width="196" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3cRc7N86W2OTS8Og3yaM0Bid3e6MCLnNuypMZ1OrU9hiJwXZJ278IgY2vNTLBqFMDVzfY1S0GKbXk2x1NU3SMhUgmJNAZHLS-cNBQmAmD0ENG6Z1KHwXdJCX4To2T-Y10R4C-mz1Qpc4RMHEVePjZODOu2FGOxnJGY4RH7SoRhU9KdRRWnfQ=s293" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="195" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3cRc7N86W2OTS8Og3yaM0Bid3e6MCLnNuypMZ1OrU9hiJwXZJ278IgY2vNTLBqFMDVzfY1S0GKbXk2x1NU3SMhUgmJNAZHLS-cNBQmAmD0ENG6Z1KHwXdJCX4To2T-Y10R4C-mz1Qpc4RMHEVePjZODOu2FGOxnJGY4RH7SoRhU9KdRRWnfQ" width="195" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">**The Power
of the Dog by Thomas Savage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/128073.The_Power_of_the_Dog"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/128073.The_Power_of_the_Dog</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Arctic
Summer by Damon Galgut (E. M. Forster)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Arctic_Summer.html?id=LRVE0nG9oNkC&source=kp_book_description"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://books.google.com/books/about/Arctic_Summer.html?id=LRVE0nG9oNkC&source=kp_book_description</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Going There
by Katie Couric<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Hell of a
Book by Jason Mott<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670375/hell-of-a-book-by-jason-mott/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670375/hell-of-a-book-by-jason-mott/</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Bewilderment
by Richard Powers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/09/21/1039090479/richard-powers-bewilderment-review"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.npr.org/2021/09/21/1039090479/richard-powers-bewilderment-review</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Tess of the
D’Urbervilles by Thomas Handy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Never by Ken
Follett (nuclear war thriller) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57747930-never"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57747930-never</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Small
Things Like These by Claire Keegan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58662236-small-things-like-these"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58662236-small-things-like-these</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Jackie and
Maria by Gill Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/48896281-jackie-and-maria"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/48896281-jackie-and-maria</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Both/And by
Huma Abedin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Harlem Shuffle
by Colson Whitehead<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54626223-harlem-shuffle"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54626223-harlem-shuffle</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Vanderbilt
The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Garbo by
Robert Gottlieb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Final
Case David Guterson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Christopher Purdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422628514762232516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16509282.post-67460210577583474402022-01-04T13:34:00.003-05:002022-01-06T06:20:42.895-05:00CONCERTS AT OHIO STATE 2022<p> <b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">CONCERTS AT OHIO STATE 2022 ON CLASSICAL 101</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The intro to these programs is easy. “Performances by the students and
faculty of the School of Music at The Ohio State University. “</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Like everyone else, our School of Music is emerging from the pandemic
to a new season of concerts performed to live audiences on and off campus, and
live-streamed. In short, “They’re back!”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Very soon WOSU and the School of Music will be neighbors. You may have
noticed the construction going on behind the Wexner Center, facing College
Road. The Timashev Family Music Building will be the school’s new home. WOSU is
across the street in a wonderful new building at 1800 N. Pearl. State of the
art technology and groovy new digs will enable more and better collaboration
between all University departments and WOSU.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sundays at 1 pm in January and February, join classical 101 for the
Ohio State University Symphony Orchestra, Concert Band, Wind Ensembles, Jazz
Ensembles, Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs and University Chorale.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmGKa5QWNCrYAMDTbAlVQTLw5Pac1VHzIMmuH_bfQ2O2aCa2i7DHEKk85Bc8Uxa29swzinIjVX9PwepBXBH5kdSpx61JrVAseRgVuFJD0zD0_i9JRuZuUZVv2Qy1iuqhkXjkMHeOWz-UG_2OwLp5aUHITHOQf1-ACrKfx8j_Ztx4rsN6nDnP4=s350" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmGKa5QWNCrYAMDTbAlVQTLw5Pac1VHzIMmuH_bfQ2O2aCa2i7DHEKk85Bc8Uxa29swzinIjVX9PwepBXBH5kdSpx61JrVAseRgVuFJD0zD0_i9JRuZuUZVv2Qy1iuqhkXjkMHeOWz-UG_2OwLp5aUHITHOQf1-ACrKfx8j_Ztx4rsN6nDnP4=w200-h200" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Timashev Family building<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Highlights:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">The Fire Remains: In Memorial Daniel McDaniel</span></i></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> by Linda Kernohan. Linda is a new member of the Classical 101 family.
You may have already heard her on air. This beautiful new work has poignant
back story.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I’m excited to offer more performances by Miriam Burns and her
students. Miriam is Director of Orchestras at Ohio State, and an alumna.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">We have a world premiere to share! <b><i>Zigzag </i></b>by Julia
Wolfe, with the OSU Wind Symphony conducted by Russel Mikkelson. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx4Bsu2jwRdcjEqBgG64jGbSYRJ4eJpNju4dOzhA2EPjppnQf0GhfwlHMRxBk_V1uwX4_hDDSK2NvLpaHiKcfR5xUY6bibnEEK3RBTBrN3sG6gctM5hCzDKPQE96Sy4Mq8E4pAmLF8z-1hcjW7JMpIbOgCnrzdTQMds7OAMHdnXpmQjDHTlDk=s400" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx4Bsu2jwRdcjEqBgG64jGbSYRJ4eJpNju4dOzhA2EPjppnQf0GhfwlHMRxBk_V1uwX4_hDDSK2NvLpaHiKcfR5xUY6bibnEEK3RBTBrN3sG6gctM5hCzDKPQE96Sy4Mq8E4pAmLF8z-1hcjW7JMpIbOgCnrzdTQMds7OAMHdnXpmQjDHTlDk=w150-h200" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russel Mikkelson<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I’ve fallen in love with a short choral work I hadn’t heard before, <b><i>Hebe
</i></b>by Ernest Chausson, sung by the Women’s Glee Club. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Beloved faculty members Katherine Borst Jones and Russel Mikkelson
lead their student ensembles. Shawn Wallace and the OSU Jazz Lab burn the place
<u>down </u>and then some!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">And there wouldn’t be a series like this without Ohio State Fight
Songs and hits from TBDBITL!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">I’ve asked the wonderful Tamara Morris, Communication and PR guru at
the School of Music to offer some annotation. She and her colleague Jayne
Allison has also provided links to all the performers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">JAN 2<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">: <b><i>Abduction from the Seraglio</i> Overture<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Ohio State Symphony Orchestra / </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/burgess.318"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Samantha
Burgess</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, graduate associate conductor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[9/22]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #c00000; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">C</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Ernesto Lecuona, arr. Sammy Nestico:</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> <b>Malagueña </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Collegiate Winds / </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/hedgecoth.1"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">David Hedgecoth</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, conductor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[9/28 Latin concert]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Giovanni S</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">antos: <b>Lamento</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Collegiate Winds / </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/wardeska.3"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Jay Wardeska</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">, graduate associate conductor </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[9/28]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Tony O</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">sborne: <b>Free
Spirit: Andante con calma, in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/rohrer.66"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Katherine L.
Rohrer</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">, </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">mezzo-soprano; </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/green.2067"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Barry Green</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, double bass; Dianne Frazier, piano<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[9/13 Faculty Collage]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Stephen Sondheim</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, arr. Marisa Youngs:
<b>Send in the Clowns </b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/leasure.13"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Timothy Leasure</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, flugelhorn; </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/tanner.257"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Sterling Tanner</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, trombone; </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/bak.13"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Ed Bak</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, piano<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[9/13] <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Lori Laitman</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">: <b>I Never Saw Another Butterfly, </b><i>V. Man
Proposes, God Disposes; VI. The Old House</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/brooks.1249"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Lara Semetko
Brooks</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, soprano; </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/brooks.1252"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Robert Brooks</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, saxophone <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[9/13]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #c00000; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">f<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">John "Dizzy" Gillespie,
arr. John Wasson: <b>Groovin’ </b></span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">High </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Dizzy Gillespie, arr. Mike Tomaro: <b>Woody'n
You</b> </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Jazz Lab Big Band / </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/smith.8675"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Mike Smith</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[11/16]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Ohio State Fight </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Songs </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Men’s Glee Club / </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/ward.539"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Robert J. Ward</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, conductor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">JANUARY 9</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Florence Price</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">: <b>Night</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/white-smith.1"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Juliet
White-Smith</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, viola; </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/bak.13"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Ed Bak</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, piano<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[9/13]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">C<a name="_Hlk89855057">é</a>sar
Alejandro </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Carillo: <b>Ave Maria </b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Flute Troupe / </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/jones.6"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Katherine Borst Jones</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, director <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[9/28]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Aaron Copland</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">: <b>Appalachian Spring</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Ohio State Symphony Orchestra /
</span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/burns.1165"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Miriam Burns</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Ernest Chausson/arr. Mari Esabel
Valverde: <b>Hébé</b> </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Women’s Glee Club / </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/saul.52"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Jordan Saul</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, conductor; </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/cook.1107"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Casey L. Cook</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, pianist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[9/28]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">John Clayton: </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">Groove Shop</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike
Rutherford, arr. John Clayton: <b>Hold on my Heart</b> </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Jazz Ensemble / </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/wallace.376"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Shawn Wallace</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, director <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[11/12]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">JAN 16</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Glinka: Overture to </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>Ruslan and
Ludmilla </i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ohio State Symphony Orchestra/Miriam Burns</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><a name="_Hlk90199119"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">George Walker</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">: <b>Lyric for Strings</b> </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Ohio State Symphony Orchestra / </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/burns.1165"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Miriam Burns</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[4/21]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Alan Hovhaness</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">: <b>Meditation on
Andalus, Op. 156, for solo flute</b> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/jones.6"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Katherine Borst
Jones</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, flute <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[9/13]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Stephen Sondheim, arr. Marisa Youngs:
<b>Send i</b></span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">n the Clowns </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/leasure.13"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Timothy Leasure</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, flugelhorn;<a name="_Hlk89865116"> </a></span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/tanner.257"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Sterling Tanner</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, trombone; </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/bak.13">Ed Bak</a>, piano<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[9/13] <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Heitor Villa-Lobos: <b>Estrela é lua
nova</b> </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Chorale / </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/bode.58"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Robert Bode</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, conductor; Lee Thompson, pianist; Liz Arteta,
soloist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[9/28/21]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mark Duggan: </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">Three Americas: <i>I.
Choro</i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/powell.312"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Susan Powell</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, vibraphone; Amelia Duplain, marimba<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[9/13]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Dvorak: <b>Piano Trio in E Minor, Op. 90 Dumky: </b></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75"
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">George Walker: <b>Lyric for Strings </b>Ohio State Symphony Orchestra/Miriam
Burns<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">JAN 23<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Edward Kilenyi: </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">El Trobador</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Ariel Alvarado, </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">voice; </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/ferguson.36"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Sean Ferguson</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, guitar <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[9/28]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Robert Kurka: </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>The Good Soldier
Schweik</i> Suite </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Wind Symphony </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">/ </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/mikkelson.1"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Russel C. Mikkelson</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, conductor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[3/29/21]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Handel: </span><b style="font-size: 14pt;">Harmonious Blacksmith</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Debussy: <b>Clair de lune</b></span> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/hong.107"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Caroline Hong</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, piano. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sergei Prokofiev, arr. Ândreas
Zubaran: </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">March from <i>The Love for Three Oranges </i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Traditional, arr. Ândreas Zubaran:
Volga </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Boatmen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Ohio State Buckeye Basses<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/green.2067"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Barry Green</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, professor of double bass; <a name="_Hlk89864956"></a><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/burns.1165">Miriam
Burns</a>, conductor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[9/29]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">John "Dizzy" Gillespie: </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">Salt
Peanuts</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller and Luciano
Puzo Gonzales (Chano Pozo), arr. John Berry: <b>Manteca</b></span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Jazz Lab Big Band / </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/smith.8675"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Mike Smith</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">JAN 30</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Franz Schubert</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">: <b>Impromptus, Op. 90: <i>I in C Minor; II in E flat Major</i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/glaser.20"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Steven Glaser</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, piano<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[4/1/2019]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Antonín Dvořák: <b>Symphony </b></span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">7 in D minor, Op. 70 </span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> <b> </b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Ohio State Symphony Orchestra / </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/burns.1165"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Miriam Burns</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, conductor <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[10/21]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">FEB 6</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Linda Kernohan (DMA
student): </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">The Fire Remains: <i>in Memoriam Daniel McMichael</i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Ohio State Symphony Orchestra / </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/park.2882"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Jae Park</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, graduate associate conductor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[10/21]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">§<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Roland L. Moehlmann: </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">Prelude and
Fugue in B-flat </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">University Band </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">/<span style="color: red;"> </span></span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/ferguson.1109"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Dustin Ferguson</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, graduate associate conductor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[10/12]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Traditional: </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">Taoya shik no la</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/akins.8"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">James Akins</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, Native American flute;
Dianne Frazier, synthesizer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[9/13]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Bradley Ellingboe, arranger: </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">How
Can I Keep from Singing?</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Nancy Hill Cobb: <b>Terminus</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Brant Adams: <b>Música</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Dan Davison: </span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Shout for Joy!</span></b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Men’s Glee Club / </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/ward.539"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Robert J. Ward</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, director; conducted by </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/knoth.18"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Colin Knoth</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, graduate associate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[10/10 Choral Collage]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">FEB 13</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: <b><i>Romeo
and Juliet</i> Overture</b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Proxima Nova Rg"; font-size: 12pt;">−</span></b><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Fantasy</span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Ohio State Symphony Orchestra<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/burns.1165"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Miriam Burns</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, director; conducted by </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/park.2882"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Jae Park</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, graduate associate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[11/21]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Jacob Naverud: </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">Let the Music Fill
Your Soul</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Andrea Ramsey: <b>That Which Remains</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Heitor Villa<b>-</b>Lobos: <b><i>Estrela
é lua nova</i></b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">William Averitt: <b>Fire!</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Ohio State Chorale / </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/bode.58"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Robert Bode</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, conductor; Lee Thompson, piano; </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/su.683"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Xin Su</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, piano<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[10/10]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Jennifer </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Higdon: <b>Mysterium</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Wind Symphony / </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/mikkelson.1"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Russel C.
Mikkelson</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, director; conducted by </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/farr.68"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Daniel Farr</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, graduate associate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[11/17/21]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Julia W</span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">o</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">lfe: </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">Zigzag</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">World premiere performance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Wind Symphony / </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/mikkelson.1"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Russel C.
Mikkelson</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, conductor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[11/17]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> <br /></span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span></b><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">FEB 20</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Leonard Bernstein</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">: <b>Elegy for Mippy</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/tanner.257"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Sterling Tanner</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, trombone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[9/13]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Alyssa Morris: </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">Where do children
come from? <i>I. The Circus</i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/held.119"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Abby Yeakle
Held</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, oboe; </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/cook.1107"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Casey L. Cook</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, piano
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[9/13]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Mika (Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr.):
</span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Grace Kelly</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Traditional: <b>Sesere Eeye <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Women’s Glee Club / </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/saul.52"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Jordan Saul</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, conductor; </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/cook.1107"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Casey L. Cook</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, pianist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">[10/10] <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">W. A. Mozart</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">: <b>Symphony 29 in A, K. 201</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Ohio State Symphony Orchestra / </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/burns.1165"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Miriam Burns</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, director; </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/park.2882"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Jae Park</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, graduate associate, conducts Mvt. II<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">FEB 27</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Sergei Rachmaninoff</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">: <b>Piano Concerto 3 in D Minor, Op. 30</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Sungwhan Kim, piano <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Ohio State Symphony Orchestra / </span><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/burns.1165"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Miriam Burns</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">, conductor. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> </span><b><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Campus Favorites!</span></b></p>
<span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The Ohio State University Marching Band / </span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://music.osu.edu/people/hoch.4"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Christopher Hoch</span></a></span>Christopher Purdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422628514762232516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16509282.post-77475837129376371852021-01-09T10:46:00.004-05:002021-01-09T11:24:34.881-05:00BOOKS READ IN 2020<p>Here are the books I read in 2020. Do I think I'm showing off? Maybe a little. It's my privilege to convene a monthly book-show broadcast on WOSU 89-7 NPR News (third Friday of the month, 11 am) I can use that as an excuse for keeping track. In such a difficult years, books were more company and more of a comfort than ever.</p><p>This was the year of reading fived of the six Palliser novels by Anthony Trollope. You need to have an obsession with Victorian era politics to make your way comfortably through these. I don't have that. Somewhat tedious, but like running a seven minute mile-something I'll never do-reading this demanding series seemed like a challenge. </p><p>I delighted to discover the Chicago based author Brian Doyle, and dismayed to learn of his early passing. His novel' Chicago' was a rip snorting delight, God rest his soul.</p><p>I read Cleanness by Garth Greenwell on the elliptical at the gym, when we could still go to the gym. Parts of it shocked even me.</p><p>Conversations with Beethoven by Sanford Friedman was brilliant. The composer was deaf. What we have here are the written notes given to him by his inimaters, friends and enemies over twenty years until is death in 1827. Replies are implied, often hilarious. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMJw1ZrM970FaSfyOkM2B5voIFZhRCpXuW2N2GytrYpNBZFDwYq0FW5MArOcDKCII3Zm-ODSz61lmGLIPh5uf3Vf8FsnWNU8jVsmyzgxhZSR4mkiyiNuSaNOIVpGl9L85DMX7-Xg/s576/Conversations-with-Beethoven.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="360" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMJw1ZrM970FaSfyOkM2B5voIFZhRCpXuW2N2GytrYpNBZFDwYq0FW5MArOcDKCII3Zm-ODSz61lmGLIPh5uf3Vf8FsnWNU8jVsmyzgxhZSR4mkiyiNuSaNOIVpGl9L85DMX7-Xg/s320/Conversations-with-Beethoven.png" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>In my sixties I finally read Kerouac, and the memoirs of Arthur Rubinstein and Pablo Casals. I'm not related to author James Purdy. His volume of short stories was a delight. One pundit called these, "like a box of poisoned chocolates. Closer to home I discovered Louis Bromfield.</p><p>If 2020 has exhausted and discouraged you, I found this book a wonderful balm:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirh2oJdRNZKn9bHqCXOqPbBwTwWD3kXk-yqYN8x07wxl6-InhjdHIZPzn077Wo4SZHFTeOociTDvO03ROHlP8gLC1VjaK756goxfo7FJ0aPUTyDsomDipTPTPDOJEE0TdSo5Zneg/s293/center+beauty.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="193" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirh2oJdRNZKn9bHqCXOqPbBwTwWD3kXk-yqYN8x07wxl6-InhjdHIZPzn077Wo4SZHFTeOociTDvO03ROHlP8gLC1VjaK756goxfo7FJ0aPUTyDsomDipTPTPDOJEE0TdSo5Zneg/w132-h200/center+beauty.webp" width="132" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few of my favorites read in 2020: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCpN4jFRa0Y8TzPpPpUWOM-au01BpzvTUOYiVu4lVZhx9k8yXHq1JuxC41fxs2TCaGm6mNGtlHNGR55wTiVaNgERGe0GMFtca_n67bj4j_45t4O52qzfCq8Fy7EuBu_nGK-9zGg/s800/6699a-chicago-brian-doyle.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCpN4jFRa0Y8TzPpPpUWOM-au01BpzvTUOYiVu4lVZhx9k8yXHq1JuxC41fxs2TCaGm6mNGtlHNGR55wTiVaNgERGe0GMFtca_n67bj4j_45t4O52qzfCq8Fy7EuBu_nGK-9zGg/s320/6699a-chicago-brian-doyle.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilcHaEj3d-aOW1jJUlbibfaNSqsaEPb4xhuDzUzqm2cly-uiTq241Ple05itG2VNnq-elUqwXzM19bhm4W5f784EVNGvnuk7OTX355V9dDwxNklLLMVlbtgEhzXC897dJgzY541Q/s767/PURDY-articleLarge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilcHaEj3d-aOW1jJUlbibfaNSqsaEPb4xhuDzUzqm2cly-uiTq241Ple05itG2VNnq-elUqwXzM19bhm4W5f784EVNGvnuk7OTX355V9dDwxNklLLMVlbtgEhzXC897dJgzY541Q/s320/PURDY-articleLarge.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James Purdy<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkYYaBc9zijQ0lHwU_y5mBpUY4kZWEoANWBvQQJSDKFHTwNoCnDf0I_tOSjng1lap7dHOf3IH9d2AO5ozVvVpbhW_E_DynIfo1DnrxMEc7VuN9R2UJwowdBpJ0y6ir5nwmlgDOw/s509/ShuggieBainPKmech_COVER-340x509.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="340" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkYYaBc9zijQ0lHwU_y5mBpUY4kZWEoANWBvQQJSDKFHTwNoCnDf0I_tOSjng1lap7dHOf3IH9d2AO5ozVvVpbhW_E_DynIfo1DnrxMEc7VuN9R2UJwowdBpJ0y6ir5nwmlgDOw/s320/ShuggieBainPKmech_COVER-340x509.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPVPxIdGKFuRYdbev08wLJ6Q-fzmglg2d6Y6vt6KBlwpSk_MkcwoqGS02r0D6Exu9t_4qZGD2Nt1U0a1kFjk5H4_wyMVm951hOTph-f8mmLk8NsPjVj7FNpNoJBglfyHXLFO-cA/s450/the%252Bequivalents.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="308" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPVPxIdGKFuRYdbev08wLJ6Q-fzmglg2d6Y6vt6KBlwpSk_MkcwoqGS02r0D6Exu9t_4qZGD2Nt1U0a1kFjk5H4_wyMVm951hOTph-f8mmLk8NsPjVj7FNpNoJBglfyHXLFO-cA/s320/the%252Bequivalents.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">An asterisk * means I really enjoyed the book. **** means hysteria.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You'll note some web addresses to cut and paste. I urge you to do so if you want to know more. I include these because I forget what I've read two days after finishing a book. Does this happen to you?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">BOOKS READ IN 2020:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Nothing to
See Here by Kevin Wilson (fire children)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
Adversary by Edmond Carerre (Jean-Claude Romand)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
Mutations by Jorge Comensal (Ramon, cancer parrot)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Janis Her
Life and Music by Holly George-Warren<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">****Chicago
by Brian Doyle<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25663660-chicago"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25663660-chicago</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">****One Long
River of Song: Notes on Wonder by Brian Doyle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/books/review/one-long-river-of-song-brian-doyle.html"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/books/review/one-long-river-of-song-brian-doyle.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Long Bright
River by Liz Moore </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43834909-long-bright-river"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43834909-long-bright-river</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Cleanness by
Garth Greenwell </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/books/garth-greenwell-cleanness.html"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/books/garth-greenwell-cleanness.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
Sacrament by Olaf Olafsson<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/olaf-olafsson/the-sacrament-olafsson/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*When We
Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46205807-when-we-were-vikings"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46205807-when-we-were-vikings</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">**On the
Road by Jack Kerouac <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Dear Edward
Ann Napolitano<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A Drink
Before War by Dennis Lehane<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Secret
Guests by Benjamin Black </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45186564-the-secret-guests"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45186564-the-secret-guests</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sidney
Lumet: A Life by Maura Spiegel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Given
Day by Denis Lehane<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 107%;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHCzJxAlF70</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Dangerous
Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War through the Cold War by
Jonathan Rosenberg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Sun and
Her Stars: Salka Viertel and Hitler’s Exiles in the Golden Age of Hollywood, by
Donna Rifkind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br />
*’’This is Happiness’’ Niall Williams<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42972008-this-is-happiness"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42972008-this-is-happiness</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Since We
Fell<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dennis Lehane<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">American
Dirt Jeannine Cummins<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Brother and
Sister: A Memoir by Diane Keaton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Conversations
with Beethoven<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sanford Friedman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Speak Peace
in a World of Conflict by Marshall Rosenberg (NVC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
Wanderers Richard Price<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wanderers_(Price_novel)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wanderers_(Price_novel)</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Tightrope
Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">-----C-19
Quarantine March 17 2020---<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Anna of
Kleve: The Princess in the Portrait by Alison Weir<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Collected
Stories by Ernest Hemingway<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">An Infinity
of Little Hours by Nancy Klein MacGregor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In Praise of
the Useless Life by Brother Paul Quenon <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Mirror
and the Light Hilary Mantel <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Broken,
Novellas by Don Winslow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Victoria: A
Life by A.N. Wilson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Can You Forgive
Her? Anthony Trollope (Palliser I)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Queen Mary
James Pope-Hennessey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*The
Complete Stories of James Purdy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-087140-669-9"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-087140-669-9</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Pablo Casals
by H.L. Kirk <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My Young
Years Arthur Rubinstein<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Hidden
Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://hidden-valley-road.com/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">http://hidden-valley-road.com/</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(Back to
work during Covid-19; Mayu 18)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Phineas
Phinn by Anthony Trollope (Palliser 2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Actress by
Anne Enright<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She’s Come
Undone by Wally Lamb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You Never
Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington by Alexis Coe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Dorothy Day:
Dissenting Voice of the American Century by John Loughery and Blythe Randolph<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*I Know This
Much is True by Wally Lamb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">***At the
Center of all Beauty:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Solitude and the
Creative Life by Fenton Johnson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.fentonjohnson.com/books/at-the-center-of-all-beauty/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.fentonjohnson.com/books/at-the-center-of-all-beauty/</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 107%;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otmv2oOX1pg</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*The Glass
Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45754981-the-glass-hotel"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45754981-the-glass-hotel</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Gather
Together in My Name<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by Maya Angelou<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Motion of
the Body Falling Through Space by Lionel Shriver<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/08/the-motion-of-the-body-through-space-by-lionel-shriver-review-the-cult-of-fitness"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/08/the-motion-of-the-body-through-space-by-lionel-shriver-review-the-cult-of-fitness</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I Know Why
the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*The
Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance during the
Blitz by Erik Larson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Night
Watchman by Louise Erdrich<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/03/books/review/night-watchman-louise-erdrich.html"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/03/books/review/night-watchman-louise-erdrich.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Katheryn Howard:
The Scandalous Queen (Six Tudor Queens #5)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">by Alison
Weir<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Miss Austen
by Gil Hornby<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This is Big:
How the Founder of Weight Watchers Changed the World—and Me by Marisa Metzer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Lady in
Waiting: MY Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown by Anne Glenconner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">White
Fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism by Robin
DiAngelo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/a-sociologist-examines-the-white-fragility-that-prevents-white-americans-from-confronting-racism"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/a-sociologist-examines-the-white-fragility-that-prevents-white-americans-from-confronting-racism</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Living with
the Monks, What turning off my Phone Taught me About Happiness, Gratitude and
Focus by Jesse Itzler<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Lives of
Isaac Stern by David Schoenbaum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Algebra
of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love and Meaning by Scott
Galloway<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sing,
Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32920226-sing-unburied-sing"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32920226-sing-unburied-sing</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Too Much and
Never Enough How my Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man by Mary L.
Trump<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Black Boy
by Richard Wright<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228630.Black_Boy"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228630.Black_Boy</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Silver
Swan In Search of Doris Duke by Sallie Bingham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Manson
Women and Me: Monsters, Morality and Me by Nikki Meredith<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: center 3.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Shadowplay by Joseph O’Connor<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: center 3.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41723505-shadowplay"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41723505-shadowplay</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: center 3.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Palliser III)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: center 3.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">***The Planter of Modern Life: Louis Bromfield and the Seeds
of a Food Revolution by Stephen Heyman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: center 3.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: center 3.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: center 3.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11337.The_Bluest_Eye"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11337.The_Bluest_Eye</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: center 3.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: center 3.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In Search of Queen Mary Pope-Hennessy ed. Hugo Vickers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">More Than
Love: An intimate portrait of my mother, Natalie Wood by Natasha Gregson Wagner<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*The
Equivalents: A Story of Female Friendship, and Liberation in the 1960s by
Maggie Doherty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555915/the-equivalents-by-maggie-doherty/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555915/the-equivalents-by-maggie-doherty/</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 107%;"><o:p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzjJimcjAHg</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The House of
Kennedy by James Patterson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*The Patient
by Jasper DeWitt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Early Autumn
by Louis Bromfield<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Execution: A
Giordano<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bruno Mystery by SJ Parris<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Babington Plot)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Serenade by
James M. Cain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Odetta A
Life in Music and Protest by Ian Zack<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Those who
Leave and Those who Stay Elena Ferrante (Neapolitan novel 3)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We Are Water
by Wally Lamb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Raising A Rare
Girl A Memoir by Lanier, Heather Kirn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The author's daughter was born with a very
rare genetic syndrome and faced a daunting prognosis: she would be a fraction
of normal size, have innumerable physical and mental difficulties and likely a shortened
lifespan. Now, at age eight she is attending standard public school classes.
This is the story of her family's journey.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Cross of
Snow: A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Nicholas A. Basbanes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My Brilliant
Friend by Elena Ferrante (Neapolitan novel 1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
Hilarious World of Depression by John Moe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Dean Dixon:
Negro and Conductor by Rufus Jones<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Shuggie
Bain by Douglas Stuart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52741293-shuggie-bain"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52741293-shuggie-bain</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Friend
by Sigrid Nunez<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40164365-the-friend?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Tf1iXCKJxx&rank=1"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40164365-the-friend?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Tf1iXCKJxx&rank=1</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A Star in
Bored by Byron Lane (Carrie Fisher)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Hamnet by
Maggie O’Farrell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43890641-hamnet"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43890641-hamnet</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Squeeze Me
by Carl Hiassen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50644565-squeeze-me?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=2RB1AyuEOf&rank=3"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50644565-squeeze-me?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=2RB1AyuEOf&rank=3</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*The Wild
Laughter by Caoilinn Hughes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://uk.style.yahoo.com/wild-laughter-caoilinn-hughes-review-063006413.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9zZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAC53kO1KmKSFAbuOyjZXRWiYIGyLkw3jozMJNZXFEht804-HN5I8IPimjA-36jJo_tE4b-KACNECr7J-69ne7gNxJ0ZsIIeZ_7Ix5Uv9NZwdlpuVozPOA7sdXzVQsvMFhPwBo6FMOL3fTC48PdxRrWLWJiGq2iJXq5HSoGhKvHcT"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://uk.style.yahoo.com/wild-laughter-caoilinn-hughes-review-063006413.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9zZWFyY2gueWFob28uY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAC53kO1KmKSFAbuOyjZXRWiYIGyLkw3jozMJNZXFEht804-HN5I8IPimjA-36jJo_tE4b-KACNECr7J-69ne7gNxJ0ZsIIeZ_7Ix5Uv9NZwdlpuVozPOA7sdXzVQsvMFhPwBo6FMOL3fTC48PdxRrWLWJiGq2iJXq5HSoGhKvHcT</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Phineas
Redux by Anthony Trollope (Palliser 4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Queen’s
Secret by Karen Harper (Queen Mum WWII) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rage Bob
Woodward<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Evening
and the Morning Ken Follett<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mantel
Pieces Hilary Mantel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Chasing the
Light by Oliver Stone <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mephisto by
Klaus Mann<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*The Other
Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45186556-the-other-bennet-sister"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45186556-the-other-bennet-sister</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Beauty
in Breaking by Michelle Harper<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50043108-the-beauty-in-breaking"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50043108-the-beauty-in-breaking</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Jesus: A
Life by A.N. Wilson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">****The
Volunteer by Salvatore Scibona<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566535/the-volunteer-by-salvatore-scibona/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566535/the-volunteer-by-salvatore-scibona/</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Red
Lotus by Chris Bohjalian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51946068-the-red-lotus"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51946068-the-red-lotus</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*We Germans
by Alexander Starritt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50358112-we-germans"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50358112-we-germans</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A Time for
Mercy by John Grisham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*A Saint
From Texas by Edmund White <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/aug/10/a-saint-from-texas-by-edmund-white-review-a-delicious-salacious-romp"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/aug/10/a-saint-from-texas-by-edmund-white-review-a-delicious-salacious-romp</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Eyes of the
Queen by Oliver Clements<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Messiah: The
Composition and Afterlife of Handel’s Masterpiece by Jonathan Keates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Guest
List by Lucy Foley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51933429-the-guest-list"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51933429-the-guest-list</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Prime
Minister by Anthony Trollope (Palliser 5)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Shelter in
Place by David Leavitt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/shelter-in-place-9781620404874/"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/shelter-in-place-9781620404874/</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This is not
my memoir by Andre Gregory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Missionaries
by Phil Klay<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Five for
Sorrow Ten for Joy by Rumer Godden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Deacon King
Kong by James McBride <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Christopher Purdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422628514762232516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16509282.post-47002031281143509592020-09-03T13:05:00.001-04:002020-09-03T16:55:25.000-04:00Oper auf Deutsch <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uteON4YTWLE" width="480"></iframe><br /><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Many years ago,<br />
the supermarket closest to my childhood home had a huge bin up by the cash<br />
registers. In most stores, these would contain candy, gum, shampoo or whatever<br />
last minute purchases one didn’t need that were too yummy to ignore. Had I been<br />
older back then I would have sought out and befriended the manager. You had to<br />
look elsewhere for Ring-dings and Milky Ways (and I did). This big box<br />
contained “classical music” LPs. That’s short for long-playing records for<br />
those of you born after 1980. Records are…oh, never mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It was in<br />
the Stop and Shop in Lexington Massachusetts that I bought, for forty-nine cents<br />
each, LPS of Beethoven symphonies, Mozart piano sonatas and Puccini operas. All<br />
you needed to do was dive in while your mother bought the coffee, pot roast and<br />
toothpaste. You’d find Madama Butterfly and the Polovtsian Dances. If you were lucky,<br />
there’d be a mass by Schubert.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">One day I came<br />
up with a single LP of scenes from Verdi’s opera Aida. This was something I<br />
knew. We had studied Aida in school. I<br />
paid my forty-nine cents and took the record home.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">What did I hear?<br />
Leontyne Price? Maria Callas and Richard Tucker? No. I heard a recording made<br />
in Vienna, sung in German. At least I thought it eras German. I was sure it was<br />
not Verdi’s Italian. The sound quality of these cheap records (forty-nine cents<br />
wasn’t a lot even in 1969) was pretty good. I had never heard of any of the<br />
singers, but I kept listening.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I went for<br />
more. That supermarket bin, if you really dived, had lots more single LP<br />
highlights, of La boheme, Rigoletto, Barber of Seville, and some pieces I didn’t<br />
know, among them Tiefland and Zar und Zimmerman. I bought them all.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I played<br />
them so often that I forgot that Der Barbier von Sevilla was really Il barbiere<br />
di siviglia-The Barber of Seville. I fell in love with Tchaikovsky’s Eugene<br />
Onegin, ten years before I knew it was written in Russian not German. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I knew the<br />
marquee named singers of the time, Callas, Tebaldi, Corelli, Tucker, Price, Merrill, und so weiter. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I was learning<br />
to love, at forty-nine cents a pop, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Fritz Wunderlich,<br />
Evelyn Lear, Hans Hotter and Irmgard Seefried.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Fast forward<br />
fifty years. I get an email recently advertising a 15 CD set called Opera auf<br />
Deutsch. And there, compete are all of the albums I bought in 1969-1970. The sound<br />
quality better than ever. Fischer-Dieskau, Wunderlich, Lear, Hotter and<br />
Seefried are all in heaven now. So are the beautiful voices I loved then and<br />
knew less: Gloria Davy (WONDERFUL American soprano) Sandor Konya, Ernst<br />
Haelfiger and Rita Streich. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There they<br />
are, all singing in German, as if you were hearing a performance in Mannheim or<br />
Pforzheim (not Hamburg or Vienna). Those smaller German cities had very high<br />
standards judging from these recordings.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I’m not sure<br />
I want to sit through Aida or Rigoletto other than in Italian. But to be taken<br />
back fifty years, for less than forty bucks for a 15 CD set, to hear a<br />
masterful production of Eugene Onegin, an excellent Aida and Rigoletto, and a<br />
lot more, well, I’m delighted that DGG has seen fit to return these Opera in<br />
German performances to the catalog. They are every bit as enjoyable as that box<br />
of Ring Dings at the check-out counter, and the pleasure lasts forever. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br />Christopher Purdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422628514762232516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16509282.post-29914305007722915082019-01-14T10:46:00.000-05:002019-01-14T10:46:48.276-05:00BOOKS READ IN 2018<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hosting <i style="font-weight: bold;">All Sides Weekend: Books </i>on WOSU 89-7 NPR News is always a joy. My thanks to <b>Kassie Rose</b> and <b>Robin Nesbitt</b> who are the 'regular' anchors of this program. Their passion and love for books informs everything great about the show.<br />
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The following list reflects some of their choices, and some of mine, and some of our listeners. The revival of the opera <i style="font-weight: bold;">Adriana Lecouvreur </i>had me reading a book I've owned since 1972 for the first time, Jack Richtman's <i style="font-weight: bold;">Adrienne Lecouvreur. </i>The mildew smell was my fault, not Jack or Adrienne's<br />
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This was the year the Michelle Obama worked hard to bring decency back to the political discourse with <i style="font-weight: bold;">Becoming. </i>Thank you Mrs. Obama.<br />
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Rebecca Makkai's searing <b style="font-style: italic;">The Great Believers </b>brought us back to the early days of the AIDS crisis. Those of us who remember got a shiver, but kept turning the pages. Makkai skillfully keeps us between the 1980s and today.<br />
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Two thousand eighteen was the year of <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Great American Read. </i>PBS provided TV specials and the opportunity to vote for favorite novels. Thousand participated, and the final vote went to <b style="font-style: italic;">To Kill a Mockingbird. </b>I'm grateful that my beloved <b style="font-style: italic;">A Confederacy of Dunces </b>lasted several rounds.<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">TGAR </i>encouraged me to read <i style="font-weight: bold;">Bless Me, Ultima, </i>by Rudolpho Anaya, often called the first Latino novel. First or not, it is a beautiful book.<br />
I was delighted to read for the second time John Irving's <b><i>A Prayer for Owen Meany. </i></b><i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>(At my age, I'm trying not to re-read. Clock's ticking)<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in Silicon Valley </i>by John Carreyou is a real life thriller. A page turner.<br />
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My favorite of all for 2018 was <i><b>The Overstory </b></i> by Richard Powers. A long and dense-in a great way-novel where trees are the protagonist. This will change your worldview for the better.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Balancing
Acts: Inside National Theatre by Nicholas Hytner<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Conducting
Business: Unveiling the Mystery Behind the Maestro Leonard Slatkin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Manhattan
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Instrumental:
A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music James Rhodes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Munich by Robert
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Patrick by Michelle Kuo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Endurance by
Scott Kelly <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Seven
Storey Mountain Thomas Merton<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Martyrs Ken Bruen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In addition, by all means, post your
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I’ve always
loved wonderful singing, especially when combined with superb musicianship.
Think Callas. Think Fischer-Dieskau. Think Anthony Roth Costanzo. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Gold star to
whoever thought of combining Handel and Glass. Costanzo uses his voice to make
beauty and project words, not to show off. Jonathan Cohen conducts Les Violins
du Roy and whoever the king is, I hope he’s good to this band. I especially
love the last two tracks, Handel’s <b><i>Ombra mai fu</i></b> (a.k.a Handel’s Largo) and the<b><i>Hymn to the Sun </i></b>from Glass’s <b><i>Akhnanten</i></b>. Pharaoh, Gods, and Anthony. Winners
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class with David Del Tredici at Boston University over forty years ago. He was
wild and naughty then, and brilliant, and during a recent interview, he was
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by Gil Rose. Courtney Budd is Alice. Who else has the skill to sing these
lines? Superb engineering and packaging. Any release by the Boston Modern </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Orchestra</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Project is worth </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">knowing</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> better. It a fantastic journey. Try it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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was savagely beaten, tied to a fence and left to die. He lingered for a few
days and never regained consciousness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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called <b><i>Considering Matthew Shepard</i></b>. It’s a hymn of grief and reconciliation (I
wouldn’t have minded more rage) The horrible details of the murder are not
shirked. The texts are by Leslea Newman, Michael Dennis Browne, Craig Hella
Johnson, Judy Shepard and Rabinranath Tagore. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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work that invokes the big sky of Wyoming, the crime, the trial and the grief.
It’s not a tragic work. Considering Matthew Shepard is a mediation on what
happened, and what must never happen again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Vienna Philharmonic, with Kirsten Flagstad (Sieglinde and Brunnhilde) Set Svanholm
(Siegmund) Arnold Van Mill (Hunding) Otto Edelman (Wotan) Marianne Schech
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Flagstad back into the recording studios in the mid-1950s. As a result, we
have the sixty-year-old Flagstad in stereo sound singing some of her best
roles. She may be older, but who can surpass the beauty of this voice? To the charge
her Sieglinde is matronly I say, thank God for matrons. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wonderful complete recording of Boito’s opera on the market with the above cast
except with Mario del Monaco as Faust. Apparently, di Stefano was first choice but
for whatever reason didn’t finish the recording. Here he is, still splendid in
1958, with Tebaldi and Siepi in their primes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wouldn’t you like to live in an age where a del Monaco could be brought
in to replace a di Stefano?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><b style="font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic;">Prettye Yende, </b><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; font-style: italic;"><b>soprano</b></span><b style="font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic;">: Dreams </b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">music by Meyerbeer, Bellni, </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Donizetti</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> and Gounod</span></span></div>
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"I think we need to understand, and admit, that these feelings always existed just under the surface, and what they needed was permission to be released," Norman said.</div>
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I recently stumbled upon this extended interview with the American soprano on YouTube:</div>
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was permission to be released," Norman said.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.125em; letter-spacing: 0.08px; word-spacing: 0.4px;">Anyone who listens to Norman sing, or who has read her book, "Stand Up Straight and Sing!", knows she is very aware of the turmoil inherent in any life well lived.</span></div>
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I have never heard her speak so passionately — perhaps controversially — about world affairs. Norman did this interview during the last presidential campaign in the United States. She spoke about American politics, her view of the United States at the time, not performing Wagner in Israel and the worlds' continued bondage to racism.</div>
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Anyone who listens to Norman sing, or who has read her book, "Stand Up Straight and Sing!", knows she is very aware of the turmoil inherent in any life well lived.</div>
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I have never heard her speak so passionately — perhaps controversially — about world affairs. Norman did this interview during the last presidential campaign in the United States. She spoke about American politics, her view of the United States at the time, not performing Wagner in Israel and the worlds' continued bondage to racism.</div>
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Whether you agree with these views, this is an antidote to the stereotypical "And then I sang" interview attributed to classical singers.</div>
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I have never heard her speak so passionately — perhaps controversially — about world affairs. Norman did this interview during the last presidential campaign in the United States. She spoke about American politics, her view of the United States at the time, not performing Wagner in Israel and the worlds' continued bondage to racism.</div>
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Christopher Purdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422628514762232516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16509282.post-74648233439980479192018-06-28T11:28:00.003-04:002018-06-28T11:28:54.863-04:00See this movie! RBG<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy from the Supreme Court is as disconcerting to many of us as is the current Presidency. That the man now in office will have the power to name a Supreme Court justice is alarming.<br />
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That news broke the week after I had seen the new film about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, <b><i>RBG</i></b>.<br />
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"All I ask of our brethren, is that they take their feet off of our necks"<br />
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Filmmaker Betsy West discusses her attraction to Justice Ginsburg's career. "In the 1970s, as a young lawyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg argued cases before the supreme court that changed women's lies for ever."<br />
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The charm and the 'adorable' quotient ' of a tiny elderly lady is a small part of the take away. These alone would be patronizing and miss the point. Justice Ginsburg, it seems to me, is a jurist who cannot abide a lack of fairness. Not favor, <b><i>fairness</i></b>. What is available to men should be available to women. Careers, advancement, position, if you can work for it you should be able to attain success.<br />
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She may be the first woman to articulate this so clearly-and simply-since Joan of Arc.<br />
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I'll say no more. Go see the film.<br />
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Christopher Purdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422628514762232516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16509282.post-73788175715687573792018-06-28T11:09:00.000-04:002018-06-29T11:11:42.316-04:00EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER by Eileen McNamara<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i style="font-weight: bold;">EUNICE: The Kennedy who Changed the World</i> by Eileen McNamara. Simon and Schuster<br />
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"If that girl had been born with balls, she would have been a helluva politician."<br />
So was quoted Joseph P. Kennedy about his fifth child, Eunice, who was born in 1921.<br />
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Eileen McNamara's new biography of Eunice Kennedy Shriver shows that a lack of physical appendices in no way deterred this driven woman from promoting and politicizing not only compassion but tangible, measurable help for those with "special needs."<br />
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'Retarded' or Mentally Retarded' are terms used throughout McNamara's book, citing Eunice Kennedy Shriver as a woman of her time. The "mentally retarded" were ignored or warehoused, even if they came from families of means.<br />
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Eunice would know. Her older sister Rosemary Kennedy was the victim of a botched lobotomy in 1941. She lived sixty- five more years in complete custodial care, not visited by her family until Eunice made the trip in 1961. This was after a stoke incapacitated Joseph Kennedy, upon whose orders the family had not visited Rosemary.<br />
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There are threads throughout this book. Eunice's passion and energy seems to have been a product of rage. Rage that she was born female, thus "less than". The opportunities for a political life, a life of decision making, a life as a power broker. It was not the life Joseph Kennedy dictated for his daughters. They were to marry and their families would live to support the political careers of the Kennedy men. Anything else was nice, okay, but not the point.<br />
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Coupled with this was the Rosemary's exile from the family. Specialists at the time dictated the complete separation of the "special" from their families. Why upset the routine?<br />
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Joseph Kennedy arranged for Rosemary to live and be cared for at St. Coletta 's School in Wisconsin. She had her own house, and two nuns lived with her full time. That's care few could afford. It also precluded a return to any sort of useful and satisfying life.<br />
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Rosemary had more self awareness than was assumed. She new enough to resent this exile. Rosemary's rage became Eunice's.<br />
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver turned that rage into a long life of service. The Special Olympics began, literally in her Maryland back yard. The inspiration for the games came from the Chicago Parks Authority. The games began lakeside, but the public and press swarmed to Maryland. Shriver invented "no child left behind" except she really meant it. Kids and young adults were introduced to competitive sports, each to his/her ability.<br />
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The Shriver family made the Special Olympics possible. When Mrs. Shriver wasn't in the pool or throwing a football, she stalked the halls of congress, demanding-and getting-funding. So forceful was she that the political mantra became "Give Eunice what she wants. It's just easier." She was happy to influence or nag her bother, President John F. Kennedy.<br />
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Generations benefited from Special Olympics. They still do. Generations continue to benefit by not being locked away. Opportunities were created for people who a few years earlier were warehoused and ignored. Mrs. Shriver saw that happen to her sister Rosemary. Damned if it was going to happen again.<br />
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Make no mistake, Mrs. Shriver was no sweet ladylike creature. She was a skinny, intense, hyper bulldozer. Get in her way and get run over. Help her, and she'll have a list for you of projects yet to be funded. She was plagued by health problems, but nothing stopped her.<br />
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At her death in 2009 at the age of 88, Eunice Kennedy Shriver left disgruntled employees, several exhausted staffs, politicians who loved her and feared her, and decision makers who had learned to take her calls, pronto.<br />
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There was a long and happy marriage to R. Sargent Shriver. He was no slouch himself as a businessman, political candidate, and presidential appointee. Sargent Shriver was the first to lead JFK's Peace Corps, and was chief cheerleader to the cyclone that was Mrs. Shriver.<br />
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Her children continue the work of Special Olympics, Best Buddies and advocacy for any of the less fortunate on their radar, and said radar seems to be ever expanding. At the end of Eunice Kennedy Shriver's life, the "special' had lives far removed from institutions. <i style="font-weight: bold;">That </i>is a legacy.<br />
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Christopher Purdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422628514762232516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16509282.post-70408107042405037442017-12-28T14:53:00.000-05:002017-12-29T09:22:41.443-05:00BOOKS READ IN 2017<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">What did you read in 2017?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">What were your favorite reads?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We'll talk about favorite reads on WOSU's <b><i>All Sides Weekend: Books</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;">A few left over from 2016, the rest from 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Born a Crime </i>by Trevor Noah</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A harrowing upbringing as a bi -racial child in South Africa</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Lincoln in the Bardo </i>Dan Saunders</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Completely original, well at least since Edgar Allen Poe died. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><b><i>+No one</i></b></span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"> Cares About Crazy People </i>by Ron Powers</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Non-fiction. Two adult sons with </span><span style="font-size: 24px;">schizophrenia</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">. One </span><span style="font-size: 24px;">survives</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">. The other doesn't. The parents find a way to live on.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">+Stephen Florida </i>by Gabe Habash</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The unconventional life of a college wrestler</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">The Hate U Give </i>by Angie Thomas</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Because as a white guy who was raised in a pricey suburb I had no idea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Defending Jacob </i>by William Landy</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The teen age son of a D.A. is accused of murder. A devastating twist near the end. Just as you were getting comfortable...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">+Toscanini: Musician of Conscience </i>by Harvey Sachs</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mr. Sachs's second, greatly expanded biography of conductor Arturo Toscanini (1865-1957). An artist with a messy private life, a searing musical talent who stood up to Mussolini and Hitler.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">The Return of the Prodigal Son </i>by Henri Nouwen</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Unconditional love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">The Heart's Invisible Furies </i>by John Boyne</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A journey in Ireland with the Irish from 1945 to today. Infuriating and redemptive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">The Things They Carried </i>by Tim O'Brien</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Vietnam, being there and living with the repercussions. Required reading for anyone who lived through the 1960s but was too young-or clueless-to understand at the time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">2016<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Middlemarch</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> George Eliot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Pickwick Papers</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Charles Dickens<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Idiot</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Fyodor Dostoevsky<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I’ll Take
You There Wally lamb<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Moonglow
Michael Chabon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Last Girl on
the Freeway: Joan Rivers Leslie Bennett<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Patient HM
Luke Dittrich<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Heavenly
Table Donald Ray Pollock<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In the
Darkroom Susan Faludi<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Victoria by
Daisy Goodwin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Evicted by
Matthew Desmond<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">His Final
Battle: FDR’s Last Year Joseph Llelveyd<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">How to
Survive a Plague David France<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Eleanor and
Hick by Susan Quinn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Conclave
Robert Harris<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When Paris Sizzled
Mary McAuliffe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Otessa Mostfegh<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Reactive
Masande Ntsghenga<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Valiant
Gentlemen Sabina Murray (Roger Casement)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Do Not Say
We Have Nothing Madeleine Thien<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Absolutely
on Music conversations with Ozawa <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*North Water
Ian McAuliffe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The
Sleepwalker Chris Bohjalian<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Commonwealth
Ann Patchett<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Victoria The
Queen Julia Baird<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Douglas Smith<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Born a
Crime Trevor Noah<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Two by Two
Nicholas Sparks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*Class
Lucina Rosenfeld<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sandcastle
Girls Chris Bohjalian<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sweetbitter Stephanie
Danler<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Private
Lives of the Tudors Tracy Broman<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Paris
Architect Charles Belfoure<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Howard John Mosher Kinneison family
Vermont<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*The Dry
Jane Harper murder mystery Australia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Emma
Alexander McCall Smith<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Revolution
in Color: John Singleton Copley Jane Kamensky<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lowell: Setting the River of Fire Kay Redfield Jamison<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Orchard Paul Doiron<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">*+The World
Will be Saved by Beauty: An intimate portrait of my Grandmother, Dorothy
Day Kate Hennessy <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ruskovich<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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End Sebastian Barry<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Long
Loneliness Dorothy Day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Host Robin
Cook<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Webster Jean Hanff Gorelitz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Coben<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Home Again Tom Wolfe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of Gone Corinne Duyviss<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Inheritance Nikki Kapsembellis Alzheimer’s DeMoe family<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dan Chaon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Bardo Dan Saunders<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bishop Miracle for Breakfast Megan Mullaly<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Judy Garland Sid Luft<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Peter Maurin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A Radical Devotion Robert Coles<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Boys Daniel Margariel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Martyrs Joyce Carol Oates<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Woods: The Story of the Last True Hermit Michael Finkel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Loaves and
Fishes Dorothy Day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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December (stories) George Saunders<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cares about crazy people Ron Powers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Songs Wayne Flynt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Peter Spiegelman<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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John Grisham<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Since We
Fell Dennis Lehane<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Names Colm Toibin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Possible Elizabeth Strout<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Scott Faris<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Fact of
a Body Alexandria Marzano Leznevich<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign Jonathan Allen and Amie Parness <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(stories) Denis Johnson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Johnson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Christopher Purdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422628514762232516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16509282.post-6258009444711941422017-12-27T09:55:00.002-05:002017-12-27T09:55:19.759-05:00Thomas Merton on Gandhi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
"...Gandhi recognized, as no other world leader of our time has done, the necessity to be free from the pressures, the exorbitant and tyrannical demands of a society that is violent because it is essentially greedy, lustful and cruel. Therefore he fasted, observed days of silence, lived frequently in retreat, knew the value of solitude, as well as the totally generous expenditure of his time and energy in listening to others and communicating with them. He recognized the impossibility of being a peaceful and nonviolent man if one submits passively to the insatiable requirements of a society maddened by overstiumulation and obsessed with the demons of noise, voyeurism and speed."<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">A Tribute to Gandhi </i>included in <b>Seeds of Destruction </b>by Thomas Merton, published in 1961.<br />
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Christopher Purdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422628514762232516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16509282.post-36641537075308570462017-12-05T14:20:00.001-05:002017-12-06T12:26:28.432-05:00James Levine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I spent a lot of my time between 1979 and 1991 at the Metropolitan Opera. Usually as a standee, when $2.00 admitted you to the top floor of the opera house. Hard to see, but oh my, you could hear the splendor. And splendor it was: the final performances of Nilsson, Bergonzi, Price and Sutherland, Scotto a lot, Milnes, Pavaortti still in his prime. Domingo singing to break your heart.<br />
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The greatest splendor was the Met orchestra and chorus. They attained world class status on their own, regardless of the soloists on a given night. The reason for all of this magnificence was James Levine.<br />
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To my dying day I will never forget James Levine's conducting in the last five minutes of <b><i>Pelleas et Melisande</i></b>, as the orchestra expired shortly after the heroine. Levine made <b><i>Parsifal</i></b> so beautiful you would stand through five hours more. His opening of <b><i>Die Walkure</i></b> left the audience terrified as Siegmund literally ran for his life.<br />
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The Met during my years WAS James Levine James Levine James Levine. Good.<br />
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I heard the rumors. You couldn't be within a mile of Lincoln Center or anywhere he conducted (Vienna, Munich, Bayreuth, Chicago, Ravinia, Boston, Tanglewood) and not hear the rumors. They long predated my time in New York. James Levine liked to have sex with teen age boys. The Met engaged an African American tenor-who was at least an adult and presumably willing-to keep the conductor away from kids. Better not stand with your back to him if you are a young man. People made jokes. Adults, well placed professionals made jokes, not just idiotic kids like me.<br />
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Nobody <i>knew</i> anything.<br />
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It was all rumor. You can't prosecute a rumor. You can't take a rumor to court. There was never any proof offered and there were no specific accusations. You know why not? Because, the rumor mill insisted, there were huge amounts of payola, from the Met, and from Levine's management, (run by a now deceased titan long thought to have controlled all aspects of the classical music business). There were stories of divas and or their husbands coming up with alibis or bail.<br />
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Now men are coming forward claiming James Levine abused them sexually when they were young music students. I believe the men. How does coming forward benefit them? What their bravery has done is finally put a stop to the abuse. Levine is a 75 year old man in a wheel chair who I suspect has conducted his last performance. (The Verdi <i>Requiem</i> last Saturday. I sat listening in my car in a parking lot not caring if I was late for a commitment, the performance was so thrilling) I'm not sure what the system can do to Levine other than destroy his reputation and career. I loved his work, but after what I've read, he's getting off easy.<br />
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What troubles me-not quite as much as the abuse suffered by his victims*-are the gossip and the jokes I heard and indulged in those many years ago. I'm ashamed. I share the fury being directed toward the highest levels of Met management who are smugly "taking these accusations very seriously." Denials of any cover ups are flying out of Lincoln Center but I don't believe them.<br />
<b>Rumors</b> of child abuse should have been enough to remove Levine and those protecting him. Take all of your august financial resources and try to prove the rumors. If you really can't then they remain rumors. But was any powerful effort made to find the truth thirty years ago? Or were people too afraid of Mr. Wilford and busy CYA. A lot of the abuse currently reported took place in the late 1960s, before Levine was ever at the Met. How was this not known? How far back does the company's complicity go? To Rudolf Bing? Certainly in later years its ridiculous to suggest that no one in authority, the people who raised the money and signed the checks knew nothing about this-that they lacked <i>facts</i>.<br />
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That Levine's criminal activities and the cover ups at the highest levels of music management combined will destroy the Metropolitan Opera is a possibility. Who will give them money now? Who will join a board that may be corporately responsible for covering up criminal behavior?<br />
It's grossly unfair to the hundreds of people who work for the Metropolitan Opera. People who go to work every day in whatever capacity, who depend upon the Met for a paycheck, who did nothing wrong and should not have to forfeit their livelihoods. Decision makers, if complicit, should pay. They were the people who had the authority to make the abuse stop. They chose to pay, deny and look the other way. For of the rest of us, in the audience, on the bus, walking past Lincoln Center, who traded gossip and made jokes, we'll have to try to forgive ourselves and hope all of these men get the best justice possible.<br />
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I'm relieved not to be in a position of deciding whether of not Levine's recordings should be played on the air. Since last week I've been listening to a Levine conducted 1987 performance of <i style="font-weight: bold;">Nozze di Figaro </i>with Van Dam, Battle,von Stade and the wonderful Elisabeth Soderstrom. I've put it away. It's not less wonderful since the news broke. But I am. The Met was a home to a lot of us, even those of us from humble circumstances. Now that home is no longer a safe place.<br />
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Christopher Purdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422628514762232516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16509282.post-5084687899747346922017-11-17T10:43:00.000-05:002017-11-17T10:44:23.737-05:00BUCKET LIST<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Approaching another birthday, and with the years advancing and the returns diminishing, it's time to look at a Bucket List. I do so publicly to give myself a bit more impetus to make things happen.<br />
Have a swimmer's body? Eat whatever I want with no concern? Never need to excersise? Those boats sailed long ago. I look my age. I've earned it.<br />
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<b>STAGE TWO OPERAS:</b><br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Four Saints in Three Acts </i>by Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein<b> </b><br />
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I've always loved the elegance and craziness of Stein's text and her love for "Saints and Avila" combined with Virgil Thomson's Southern Baptist hymnal influenced music.<br />
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Stein and Thompson stressed clarity (!) You might not understand the text, but the worlds are clearly set. This is a witty and strangely moving opera. I would love to immerse myself in Thomson and Stein's worlds.<b> </b><br />
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<i><b>Four Saints in Three Acts </b></i>is worth knowing better. I don't understand why this isn't done more often, certainly its perfect for colleges.<br />
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All I need is a venue, a cast, an orchestra and money. Who's talking to me?<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Transformations </i>by Anne Sexton and Conrad Susa<br />
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Anne Sexton's take on Grimm's fairy tales became an opera in the 1970s. Renee Fleming, in her excellent book, <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Inner Voice, the Making of a Singer </i>(should be required reading for any young musician) describes of production of this work in which she sang very early on.. She maintains this was one of he great events of her career.<br />
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There's a wonderful production of <i style="font-weight: bold;">Transformations, </i>set in a mental hospital. I've seen the video and I can't imagine a better staging. What a wonderful challenge this would be!<br />
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Both works have large casts and make no horrendous demand on young-or not young-voices. These could be two "community" projects.<br />
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<b>I'D LIKE TO GO TO ITALY</b><br />
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Never been. I'd like to sit in San Marco in Venice where Monteverdi was <i>maestro di capella. </i>I'd like to go to Milan and say a prayer at Verdi's grave in the Casa di riposo. I'd like to take a day off form sobriety and have a grappa. I'll settle for a gelato. I'd like to wander through the Sistine Chapel. Can you wander there?<br />
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I'd like to see the faded image of Leonardo's Last Supper at the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie. Just to stand in front of it for a minute:<br />
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<b>I'D LIKE TO START A CHOIR </b>made up of autistic children who don't have language. Music is a path to language. I'm inspired by the story of a fine singer who had a devastating stroke that robbed her of spoken language. Her voice was unimpaired. Not only could she sing beautifully, but she could sing the words she had always sung. Having a day to day conversation became challenging, but she could sing Mahler or Strauss to knock you on your ass.<br />
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Christopher Purdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422628514762232516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16509282.post-45271481997012873352017-11-09T09:57:00.001-05:002017-11-09T09:57:58.398-05:00Finally, I listened to a few recordings: DiDonato, Spyres, Yoncheva and Florez<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The stack of new CD releases has been eyeing me with something like contempt for moths. I have scanned the walls of my office and am beginning to despair. What will I do with these shelves of recordings, many of which I've loved and cherished for years, when I'm no longer here? The days don't get longer when you reach 60, boys and girls.<br />
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For today, I want to talk a bit about a few recent releases.<br />
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Lately I've been listening to Scriabin. The two poems, both divine and ecstatic. I'm enjoying the Boston Symphony's newly published complete Brahms symphonies with Andris Nelsons. I'm trying and not always succeeding in listening to artists who are still alive!<br />
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<b><i>JOYCE DiDONATO: IN WAR AND PEACE</i></b><br />
Arias by Handel, Purcell, Leo, Jomelli and Monteverdi<br />
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What a beautiful artist! Joyce DiDonato, like the late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson leaves her own ego outside the stage door or the recording studio and subsumes herself into text and music. I couldn't keep my eyes off DiDonato during the recent Metropolitan Opera live-in HD <i style="font-weight: bold;">Norma. </i>Her Adalgisa listened and reacted in character to everything going on around her. Especially moving was her onstage support to Norma herself in the first act, long before Adalgisa has anything so sing.<br />
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This recording gives us warriors and peace makers. There's Dido's lament and Handel's exquisite <i style="font-weight: bold;">Lascia ch'io pianga. </i>The warrior Sesto sings himself into avenging his father's murder. Monteverdi's Penelope cherishes the long awaited return of her husband Ulisse in <i style="font-weight: bold;">Illustratevi o cieli. </i>DiDonato uses a touch of chest voice which never interferes with the ability to float a gorgeous phrase. Listen to Purcell's <i style="font-weight: bold;">They tell us that you mighty powers above </i>for its shapely sweetness. For me the high point of the album is the aria from Jomelli's <i style="font-weight: bold;">Attilio Regolo. </i>DiDonato's brio and fearless coloratura remind me, of all people, of Beverly Sills.<br />
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Michael Spyres is a young American tenor enjoying quite a busy career, primarily in Europe. He already has an impressive discography complete with the robust tenor roles of Rossini that require a great deal of flexibility. I've enjoyed his work in Rossini's <i style="font-weight: bold;">Otello, Guillaume Tell, </i>and <i style="font-weight: bold;">Le siege de Corinthe. </i>In the latter he sings a role done in Italian versions (<i><b>L'assedio di corinto) </b>en travesti</i> by Shirley Verrett and astoundingly, Marilyn Horne.<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Espoir </i>is Spyres's tribute to Gilbert Duprez (1806-1896) supposedly the tenor who developed the High C delivered from the chest. The manly, <i style="font-weight: bold;">squillante </i>sound (ring) is greatly prized, and rare, today.<br />
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Spyres sings arias by Rossini, Donizetti, Auber and Berlioz. Of special interest are two selections by Halevy, known today only for <b><i>La juive, </i></b>and that just barely. To all these he brings not only the aforementioned squillante, but a warm and attractive voice that combines sweetness with power. It's a wining combination and this disc is a winner.<br />
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If you'll be attending this season's live in HD presentations by the Metropolitan Opera, you'll be seeing and hearing Sonya Yoncheva in <i style="font-weight: bold;">Tosca, La boheme </i>and <i style="font-weight: bold;">Luisa Miller. </i>So here's hoping that we'll all fall in love with Sonya, as the Met it seems expects us to do.<br />
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<b><i>Paris mon amour</i></b> pays tribute to the city of light, with selections from operas set in the French capital, many written during the <i style="font-weight: bold;">belle epoque </i>of the late 19th century. She sings arias by Massenet, Offenbach, Puccini, Verdi, Gounod, Messager and Lecocq<br />
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I appreciate the programming. Messager's <i style="font-weight: bold;">Madame Chrysantheme </i>lost its audience once Puccini wrote <i style="font-weight: bold;">Madama Butterfly. </i>Charles Lecocq found himself competing with Offenbach in the light opera sweepstakes. The gentle waltz from <i style="font-weight: bold;">Les cent vierges </i>is captivating. yo gotta love a guy who writes an opera called The One Hundred Virgins.<br />
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Yoncheva's lovely voice suffers in comparison only to people like Scotto in an earlier time, whose recorded arias form <i style="font-weight: bold;">La boheme, Le villi </i>and <b><i>La traviata </i></b>broke your heart. Yoncheva does everything right. She's a light soprano, not a "juicy lyric" and she brings grace and style to a lot of this repertoire. What's missing is the dramatic tension and sense of the words that can elevate Massenet and Gounod. The arias from <i style="font-weight: bold;">Sapho </i>and <i style="font-weight: bold;">Le cid </i>require more voice than Yoncheva can summon. This falcon repertoire is not the Yoncheva voice. Listen to Marilyn Horne or Grace Bumbry in the arias from Sapho and Le cid and you'll hear what I mean.<br />
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<b><i>JUAN DIEGO FLOREZ </i></b><br />
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Where's he been? Juan Diego Florez, our finest <i>tenore di grazia </i>was a fixture in New York. In recent years he's preferred to sing in Europe (where he continues to be very busy). He's expanding his repertoire away from the young man Rossini to Verdi's Duke of Mantua and Massenet's Werther. I hope he sings them in the States.<br />
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I was surprised to read that Mozart has never figured large in Florez's career. For a while he sang Donizetti and Rossini operas few others could or would. Mozart was well traveled. This new album of Mozart arias is a delight. Florez's voice lacks the last bit of snap of Alfredo Kraus, but he has all the flexibility and lovely tone necessary for this music.<br />
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Idomeno's <i style="font-weight: bold;">Fuor del mar </i>opens this disc. Power? Check. Coloratura? Yes. It's fearless. I especially loved the selections from <b style="font-style: italic;">Cosi fan tutte </b>and <i style="font-weight: bold;">Abduction From the Seraglio. </i>The great concert aria, <i style="font-weight: bold;">Misero! O sogno </i>K. 431 shows us that Florez is not leaving of a young man's charm in his singing, but adding the pathos and life experience of a mature artist. </div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://iesandstuff.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Hate U Give I was up all last night reading "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas, recommended to me by my father. All I can say is, I am impressed by her writing. This book is told through the eyes of a young black girl who witnesses the fatal shooting of her best friend, a young black man, by a cop on their way home from a party. This leads to outrage from her poor black "ghetto" community and demands for justice. The neighborhood quickly turns into a war zone and riots break out and the militarized police are sent in. Excuses are made for the officer who pulled the trigger, who insisted that the boy was a drug dealer and a gangbanger, and that he was only attempting to protect himself. Chaos ensues when the officer is dropped of all charges, repeating that he was simply fearing for his own safety. I don't want to give too much away, all I want to say is that this book is highly recommended. And it's sad, but true, and shows how much farther we still have to go. Had it been a white kid that the officer had shot, he most certainly would have done time. I can hardly understand the feeling. I am a young woman with pale white skin of Celtic and Nordic descent. No, I don't know what it's like to fear for my life every time I walk out of my house. I can walk, run, or drive down the street without fear of getting shot by a cop. However, I most certainly have heard black men as being quoted as saying that "they fear for their lives every time they walk outside." Literally. And it wasn't that long ago that black men were actually hung simply for sport. There is a sickening picture in my Homeland Security textbook taken not too long before my parents were born...of a crowd laughing and cheering at the hanging of two black men. Like at a basketball game today. There are couples on dates in that picture. Our professor-who is white as well as military, law enforcement, and government, mind you-said that it made him sick and we still have such a long way to go. I also wanted to point out that, as a Criminal Justice major, I still of course believe that "Blue Lives Matter." It's corrupted officers like this who give all police a bad name. I believe that at police academies, more in-depth training should be done to weed out the ones who are more likely to "shoot first, ask questions later." It may take some thinking to figure out how to do it, but something should be done. </a>http://www.advocacystoriesnstuff.blogspot.com</span></div>
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Christopher Purdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422628514762232516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16509282.post-79263310632543612282017-08-18T15:25:00.003-04:002017-08-18T15:25:53.893-04:00Children's Books, What's Your Favorite?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>RECENTLY</b> I put a call out on Facebook, asking my 'friends" to name their favorite children's books. This was in preparation for an ALL SIDES WEEKEND/BOOKS broadcast.<br />
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My guests were WOSU's wonderful book critic <b>Kassie Rose, Ryan Buley, </b>Youth Services Manager at the New Albany branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, and <b>Melia Wolf, </b>owner of the Cover to Cover bookstore.<br />
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Author <b>Ben Hatke </b>joined us on the phone. his latest graphic novel is a re-telling of Jack and the Bean Stalk: <b>Might Jack</b><br />
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<b>WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE CHILDREN'S BOOKS? LEAVE A NOTE HERE ON THIS POST!</b><br />
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I had over two hundred replies!<br />
Here's the list of people's favorite children's books.<br />
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* = multiple votes<br />
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I'm delighted that so many titles I loved 50+ years ago are still loved and read today.<br />
I also found several titles I forgot I had loved.<br />
It was like being re introduced to beloved old friends after a long time.<br />
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Such are the gifts and emotional ties of books!<br />
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Six meetings were held at St. James Episcopal Church in Columbus, from late February until last night, called <b>Interfaith Meeting with Muslim Neighbors and St. James.</b><br />
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The goal was to build bridges, to get beyond the nosiy political rhetoric, to meet and know PEOPLE.<br />
Speaking for myself, I learned a lot and indeed, met some wonderful people.<br />
Contact info is included here. Go build a bridge.<br />
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<b>ZERQA ABID</b>- <a href="http://zerqaabid.blogspot.com/">http://zerqaabid.blogspot.com/</a>
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MYProject USA runs a food pantry and thrift shop on
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Her immediate need is for $5,000.00 to expand a door way in
her shelter building facilitating easier-and more-food delivery. Does anyone
know a company that would do this work gratis or at a reduced rate?
$5,000.00 could feed and clothe a lot of people. I’ll be looking around. Maybe
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Zerqa and her programs need our help.<o:p></o:p></div>
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FEB 16 OSU MUSLIM STUDENT’S ASSOCIATION <a href="http://www.msaohiostate.com/">http://www.msaohiostate.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></div>
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NABEEL ALAUDDIN <a href="mailto:Alauddin.1@osu.edu">Alauddin.1@osu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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JERI MILBURN, CAIR Ohio <a href="mailto:jmilburn@cair.com">jmilburn@cair.com</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Nabeel Alauddin was my first meeting when I began setting up
these talks. He came to our first session and recited to us from the Qur’an. He
also gave a wonderful presentation on the Qur’an , particularly enlightening
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bag lunches for the homeless being served In the Garden at Trinity Church in
downtown Columbus. Zerqa last night also spoke to us of the MSA’s help on
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MARCH 2 WOMEN AND ISLAM NAHLA
AL-HURAIBI <a href="mailto:nahla_Huraibi@outlook.com">nahla_Huraibi@outlook.com</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Nahla is a college professor and sociologist. Her research
covers the role of Muslim women now living in this country. She spoke to us of
the cultural challenges these women encounter. The point was made that Islam
insists on the dignity of women. The Qur’an does not prohibit women working
outside the home and does not mandate the veil. The latter remains a personal
choice. The point was made that Muslim men, now living in this country can
admit to needing help supporting the family. Thus, women leave the home and go
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MARCH 16 SHAR’IA LAW Prof. ALIM PAYIND
<a href="mailto:payind.1@osu.edu">payind.1@osu.edu</a> <a href="https://mesc.osu.edu/people/payind.1">https://mesc.osu.edu/people/payind.1</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Professor Payind is Director of the Middle Eastern Studies
Center at OSU. For many of us, Shar’ia law mans the horrors we see on CNN.
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MARCH 30 HORSED NOAH <o:p></o:p></div>
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Horsed Noah brought some young people with him. He
shared with us his own journey in coming to this country with his family.
He directs an Islamic Center on the West Side and my impression is that
he is a very gifted mentor/father figure. His perspective for us was one of
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AAIC is a multi-ethnic, multi-racial, multi-lingual,
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FAROUKI MAJEED <a href="mailto:fkimajeed@yahoo.com">fkimajeed@yahoo.com</a>
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Noorgul recited from the Qur’an. More than one person told
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Mary (Arabic: مريم, translit. Maryam), the mother of Jesus
(Isa), holds a singularly exalted place in Islam as the only woman named in the
Qur’an, which refers to her seventy times and explicitly identifies her as the
greatest of all women,[2][3][4] stating, with reference to the angelic
saluation during the annunciation, "O Mary, God has chosen you, and
purified you; He has chosen you above all the women of creation."[5] In
the Quran, her story is related in three Meccan chapters (19, 21, 23) and four
Medinan chapters (3, 4, 5, 66), and the nineteenth chapter of the scripture,
the Chapter of Mary (Surat Maryam), is named after her. The Quran refers to
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According to the Qur’an, divine grace surrounded Mary from
birth,[7] and, as a young woman, she received a message from God through the
archangel Gabriel that God had chosen her, purified her, and had preferred her
above all "the women of the worlds."[7] This event, according to the
same narrative, was followed by the annunciation of a child who was to be
miraculously conceived by her through the intervention of the divine spirit
while she was still virgin, whose name would be Jesus and who would be the "anointed
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traditional Islam that Mary remained virgin through the entirety of her life,
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The Quran refers to Mary more than the entire New Testament.
According to the Qur'an, divine grace surrounded Mary from birth, and, as a
young woman, she received a message from God through the archangel Gabriel that
God had chosen her, purified her, and had preferred her above all "the
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Thanks to NICOL HAZI Outreach director at Noor Islamic Ctr.,
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As I continue my rush into decrepitude, I enjoy looking back and using opera recordings to cite benchmarks in my life.<br />
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I can find no such benchmark for the RCA Red Seal production of Massenet's <i style="font-weight: bold;">Thais, </i>recorded in London in 1973 and published as a three LP set a year later.<br />
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What I do remember is the exhaustive PR campaign surrounding this release and the incredulity once the recording was released.<br />
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<b><i>Thais</i></b> has a luscious high calorie score by French composer, bon vivant and <i>amour des femmes</i> <b>Jules Massenet</b> (1842-1912). It's based on a novel by the same title Anatole<br />
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<b><i>Thais</i></b> is lovely Catholic porn, yummy to the abbes and their friends running around between holy orders in the Parisian Cafes. Even Notre Dame closed at night. Le coupole never did.<br />
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A <i>grande horizontale</i>, a courtesan in first century C.E. Alexandria is rescued from her life of debauchery and spirited away to a convent in the desert by a crazed holy man called Athanael. There she dies peacefully, with vision of the deity and his/her angels while Athanael orgiastic ally confesses his own lust for her. Curtain.<br />
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What's not to love? We have Massenet with his velvet jackets, sophisticated tunes and atelier complete with sopranos <b>Sybil Sanderson</b> (from Sacramento, California) and <b>Mary Garden</b> (Aberdeen out of Chicopee, Massachusetts). Sybil became a celebrated Manon and created Massenet's <b><i>Esclarmonde</i></b>.<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Thais</i> was also a vehicle for La Sanderson, known for her dazzling upper range. F above high C was her party note. She was a beauty, and <b><i>Thais</i></b> fit with her reputation for gambling, booze and morphine. Sybil succumbed to all of these at the age of 38. Mary Garden, who thought Massenet made love like a slob, lived into her 90s.<br />
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Today, <b><i>Thais</i></b> is best known for its lovely <i>Meditation</i> for violin and orchestra, played to the curtain between scenes 1 and 2 of the second act. The rest of the opera is every bit as beautiful. This ain't exactly <b><i>Cosi fan Tutte</i></b> or <b><i>Carmen</i></b>, but <b><i>Thais</i></b> has a rich orchestration, some colorful choral orgies (literally) and a superb final duet for soprano and baritone. In every way, <b><i>Thais</i></b> is stage worthy.<br />
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In my youth this was an onstage vehicle for Beverly Sills in late career. It was a mistake. The lady retained her stunning coloratura but by the late 1970s the long, elegant lines Massenet required were a memory.<br />
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Beverly got there second. <b><i>Thais</i></b> had lived on the edge of the repertoire and no closer for a generation leading up to the 1970s. It was then that RCA decided Anatole France's whore-nun was the perfect vehicle for American soprano Anna Moffo.<br />
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To be fair, <b>Anna Moffo</b> (1932-2006) had been a star for RCA Red Seal since the late 1950s. Check out her recordings of <b><i>Rigoletto</i></b>, <i style="font-weight: bold;">La traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor, Luisa Miller and La rondine </i>and you'll hear lots to enjoy. She was a gorgeous woman. That's not much help on records, but Moffo <i>recorded </i>sexy. Her physical charms and dramatic gifts made her an audience favorite. Anna Moffo was the real deal.<br />
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In the late 1960s there was a high profile divorce and a very high profile courtship and marriage to Robert Sarnoff of the RCA family. Wags suggested that this marriage was responsible for the spate of Moffo recordings dating from this period, as her voice rapidly eroded.<br />
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RCAs production of <i style="font-weight: bold;">Thais </i>meant to be a spectacular come back for a much loved diva in distress. How could this lose? If the lady needed careful editing, she'd get it. The rest of the cast was magnificent. The French baritone <b>Gabriel Bacquier</b> lent authenticity and a fine voice. <b>Jose Carreras</b> had a supporting role in this, this first major recording. The golden honey of that voice was a joy. <b>Justino Diaz</b>, still quite young but no slouch himself was cast along with an authoritative conductor, <b>Julius Rudel</b>. The maestro's production of Massenet's <b><i>Manon </i></b>with Beverly Sills remained a top tourist attraction in New York into the 1970s.<br />
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What happened? Magazines, newspapers and billboards everywhere carried a full length portrait of Anna Moffo in harem pants and Cleopatra wig hailing <i>l'essence de Thais!</i> RCA had her on the Merv Griffin-Mike Douglas talk show circuit. She flashed her engagement ring with its Volkswagen sized diamond. She was still lovely and everyone still loved her. There was little talk about <b><i>Thais</i></b>, or Massenet, or music, or opera (that's a shame, Anna Moffo was a Curtis trained musician) There <i style="font-weight: bold;">were </i>plenty of cheesecake photos, with a somewhat jowl-y lady. It wasn't even camp. It was tragic. And it was everywhere.<br />
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After the exhaustive and ridiculous PR campaign, RCA's recording of <i style="font-weight: bold;">Thais, </i>starring Anna Moffo, Gabriel Bacquier, Jose Carreras and Justino Diaz, conducted by Julius Rudel, was published with lurid cover art intact (To be fair the back of the LP box had Miss Moffo costumed as a nun).<br />
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Eventually you had to listen to the records. The press was unmerciful. The PR assaults couldn't save a recording with a heroine whose performance was pieced together in bits of tape and over dubs. She crooned, she sighed and she shrieked. She rarely sang. The men were wonderful. But <i style="font-weight: bold;">Thais</i> with no soprano was like kissing your sister.<i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>This recording was not going to get you laid. Callas could get you laid. Tebaldi and Corelli could get you laid. <i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>RCA's tug rag art stimulated no one.<i style="font-weight: bold;">.</i><i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i><br />
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Now in 2017, eleven years after her death, Anna Moffo's recording of <i style="font-weight: bold;">Thais </i>has been digitized for the first time and is back in circulation. The RCA catalog has reverted to SONY. I suspect no one at SONY has any idea of the history, controversy and sorrow of this recording. I'm sure its been digitally remastered and sounds better than ever. We can only hope the labored, desperate singing does not <b>sound </b>better than ever. Amazon calls this Moffo's "controversial" recording and adds, "Perhaps its time for a reassessment?"<br />
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I'm going to buy this. Even after all "that". I began to understand show business and fun house mirrors when this LP was new. The men sound great. Rudel was a wonderful conductor.<i> </i>I like <b><i>Thais.</i></b><br />
I've always loved Anna Moffo, a crush of my callow young manhood. Mowing lawn money bought me her recording of <i style="font-weight: bold;">Madama Butterfly.</i> She's in heaven now, hopefully forgiving us all for listening to <i style="font-weight: bold;">Thais, </i>and for even enjoying it.</div>
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">The Columbus Symphony presents A Klezmer Showcase, with David Krakauer, clarinet and conductor Rossen Milanov, Friday and Saturday, January 13 and 14 at 8 PM in the Southern Theater. </i><br />
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<b>Klezmer music, </b>as understood by this elderly Irish boy from Boston, is the music if dance and the music of joy. It is the music of the Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern Europe. There's an influence form the Romany people of Romania. It's music for weddings, for celebration and bolts of light in what ca be a nomadic existence in a loveless world.<br />
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I was thinking of this music when recently watching Sidney Lumet's 1960 TV production of <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Dybbuk. </i>I don't think there's much in the way of klezmer music to be heard, but the village celebrations, even as done in a cramped NYC TV studio over fifty years ago, shouted for joy. I wonder if there are parallels with the African-American spiritual. Joy coming out of sorrow. There's happiness and laughter in the klezmer music I've heard, but tears are never far away.<br />
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"Joy" seems to be the operative word. The term <b>klezmer</b> means 'instruments of music' ;<b>kli </b>means tool or utensil and <b>zemer, </b>making music, or the tools for making music.<br />
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Klezmer music came to this country via the great wave of immigration from Eastern Europe . Its improvisation style made a connection American jazz inevitable. I often wonder just how much jazz, or klezmer music is truly improvised, of if part of the special talent to make this music involves making it sound completely spontaneous.<br />
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I'm saying "I wonder" a lot, because I don't know. I'm not doing a lot of reading up before these concerts. Instead, I'm listening to a lot of music I have not encountered before now.<br />
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<b>David Krakauer</b> will be joining the Columbus symphony this weekend. He's a clarinetist of such phenomenal technique that he can play anything. He's also a composer, and his on <b><i>Synagogue Wail</i></b> for Clarinet Solo is on the program<br />
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The clarinet was not an feature of the earliest klezmer music. Jews at the time were forbidden to play loud instruments. The violin was the dominant instrument, with added strings, a cymbalom, maybe a xylophone. By the 1850s the prohibition against loud instruments had been lifted-or people stopped caring-and the clarinet took its place as the voice of klezmer music. An instrument fully capable of tears and laughter.<br />
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We'll be meeting to composers at these concerts. <b>Saad Haddad </b>was born in Georgia in 1992 and raised in California. <i style="font-weight: bold;">Manarah </i>had its first performance on April 1, 2016, with the American Composer's Orchestra at Carnegie Hall conducted by George Manahan. The work is scored for two digitally processed antiphonal trumpets and orchestra. I've heard it elsewhere. <i style="font-weight: bold;">Manarah, </i>indeed, makes a joyful noise.<br />
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We'll also hear a <i style="font-weight: bold;">Klezmer Concerto </i>by <b>Wlad Marhulets. </b><br />
<b>"</b>Klezmer music came into my life when, as a sixteen year old living in Gdansk, Poland, my brother Damian brought home a CD by a band called Klezmer Madness, featuring the clarinetist David Krakauer. This was music that was so boldly Jewish,. so full of wild energy that a kind of madness enveloped my senses as I listened to it. And even though at the time I had high hopes of becoming a successful visual artist, I decided to become a musician on the spot."<br />
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Marhulets wrote his <i style="font-weight: bold;">Klezmer Concerto </i>for David Krakauer, who gave the premiere with the Detroit Symphony conducted by Andrew Litton on December 1, 2009.<br />
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The composer writes, "Numerous musicians combined klezmer with free jazz, hip-hop, drum and bass, concert and folk music. Hence, klezmer is not a distinct musical style but rather a mixture of multiple influences, It constantly evolves and reinvents itself."<br />
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<b><i>The Columbus Symphony performs a suite from Prokofiev's Romero and Juliet, the 1947 edition of Stravinsky's Petrushka, and Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D on Friday and Saturday January 6 and 7 in the Ohio Theater at 8 Pm.</i></b><br />
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Most people enjoy their honeymoon. Tchaikovsky fled his. The composer married Antonia Miliukova on July 18, 1877. He described her as "a woman with whom I am not the least in love." Clearly, Tchaikovsky's was succumbing pressure to marry, and considered Miliukova little better than a stalker. Reminds me of my cousin Kathleen, who married her boyfriend of 20 years just to get rid of him. But that's another story.<br />
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Tchaikovsky fled Russia within weeks of this marriage. He never lived with his wife and seldom saw Kotek. The two enjoyed making music, and the latest hit from Paris, Lalo's <i><b>Symphonie </b>espagnole </i>for violin and orchestra as a great favorite as the two passed the time playing music with Tchaikovsky working to recover his spirits.<br />
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her again. He went to Switzerland, where he was soon joined by his pupil, the young violinist Josef Kotek.<br />
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Dabbling with the Lalo work made Tchaikovsky admire his French colleague all the more, and led to a revealing comment: "It has a lot of freshness, lightness of piquant rhythms, of beautifully harmonized melodies. He, in the same way as as Leo Delibes and Bizet, does not strive after profundity, but he carefully avoids routine, seeks out many new forms, and <b>thinks more about musical beauty than about observing established tradition as do the Germans.</b><br />
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This may be another way of saying that Schumann, Brahms and certainly Wagner were always in their music striving for more. Listeners were meant to be moved, charged and overwhelmed, to take the listening experience with them. There were expectations of the audience. Tchaikovsky, like Verdi and Bizet was writing to music to uplift, yes, but also to entertain. They wanted to tell stories.<br />
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Sight reading Lalo;'s music with Kotek led to some discussion and finally a planned concerto for violin and orchestra, Tchaikovsky's first (and last). There was a first draft that became his popular <i style="font-weight: bold;">Souvenir d'un lieu cher </i>the title perhaps a reference to the comfort having young Kotek nearby.<br />
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The Violin Concerto in D was completed in 1880 and dedicated not to Kotek but to Leopold Auer. It was not a successful dedication. "I don't know whether Auer was flattered by my dedication, or that despite his sincere friendship for me, he never wanted to master the difficulties of this concerto, deemed it too difficult to play..."<br />
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(A dedication to the young Kotek, gifted he may have been , would not have guaranteed performances)<br />
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Auer thought the piece was poorly written. He disliked what he considered the slashing and banging required of the solo instrument against a rumbling and fiery orchestra. The premiere went to Adolf Brodsky, in 1881 in Vienna. The audience cheered and the critics raged. Eduard Hanslick, then the most influential music journalist since Berlioz, nailed the coffin shut: " The violin was not played but beaten black and blue."<br />
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This concerto to me is a celebration, a joyous one, between the violin and orchestra. I hear little of matching tones, of playing musical catch. I do hear drama, and virtuosity and pure entertainment. This concerto dazzles and rages along, with a second movement that sings, leading straight into the finale.<br />
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The two ballet scores on this program, Prokofiev's <i style="font-weight: bold;">Romeo and Juliet </i>and Stravinsky's <i style="font-weight: bold;">Petrushka</i> give us music not to be heard but to be <b><i>watched.</i></b><br />
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Romeo got Prokofiev into hot water with the soviet authorities and the literary world in general. He insisted the story should have a happy ending. Juliet would revive before Romeo takes poison, and rather than die graciously in each other's arms, they would dance off into the night. The composer was convinced that a tragic ending "could not be danced." " Live people can dance, but the dying can hardly be expected to dance in bed. " (Somewhere there is an opera where that happens, trust me)<br />
The composer lost, at least with the ending. The young couple dies, graciously, but there;'s plenty of dancing throughout the two act spectacle.<br />
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As with Tchaikovsky's violin concerto being deem unplayable, so Prokofiev's music was decreed bloody well undanceable. The ballet's premiere was not in the Soviet Union, but in Czechoslovakia. Prokofiev had already fashioned three orchestral suites from the complete, two hour score. Still, it didn't do much for the Sophie author ties to have such a high profile premiere given outside of the Soviet Union. <i style="font-weight: bold;">Romeo and Juliet </i> was introduced to Prokofiev's homeland at the Kirov Theater on January 10, 1940. The leads were f danced by Konstantin Sergeyev and Galina Ulanova<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Petrushka </i>brings us into Diaghilev territory. Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929) was the consummate showman, impresario, spendthrift, charlatan and genius. He knew what the public wanted and he gave it to them. Sometimes he gave the public performances and music they didn't know they wanted, but by and large the public was convinced. His choreographers were Nijinsky, Fokine, and Massine. His designers were Picasso, Benois and Bakst. His composers were Satie, Myaskovksy, Prokofiev, Ravel and Stravinsky. He was either rich or flat broke and never let a creditor get in his way. Diaghilev's Ballet Russes owned the world until his death, just after the market crash in 1929 (just in time?)<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Petrushka </i>is a Punch and Judy show complete with puppets, put on at a Shrovetide Fair. The puppets are the ballerina, the Moor and Petrushka himself. Petrushka loves the ballerina who loves the Moor, who opens a coconut and, convinced this is a God begins to worship...the coconut.<br />
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This doesn't keep the Moor from flirting with the ballerina.<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Petrushka </i>was first danced in the Theatre Chatelet in Paris on June 13, 1911. Diaghilev produced the premiere with the Ballet Russes, Nijinsky danced Petrushka, Michel Fokine was the choreographer and Alexandre Benois did the designs. Nijinsky was the star. Stravinsky, with his humorous blend of rhythm and color-he gives the ballerina a cornet!-made the first real sensation of what became a long career, and an influence in music and art equal to Mozart and Wagner.<br />
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By the way, the film <i><b>Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky </b></i>is on youtube, and is well worth a look, especially as it recreates the scandalous opening of <b><i>The Rite of Spring</i></b><br />
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Christopher Purdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422628514762232516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16509282.post-87155311469767076442016-12-28T11:25:00.002-05:002016-12-28T13:03:59.858-05:00MUSIC HAS LOST IN 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Yes I know, Prince and George Michael but they are globally appreciated and their passings are widely mourned. </b><br />
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<b>Here are outstanding figures in classical music, artists who gave, and gave, and gave to the benefit of us all, who may have had less reach but touched so many:</b><br />
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<b>For Columbus and the World</b><br />
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<b>Anne Melvin, philanthropist</b><br />
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<b>Donald Harris, teacher, composer, 'Uncle figure' former Dean of the OSU College of The Arts</b><br />
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<b>Bill Conner, Impresario, CEO of CAPA, mensch</b><br />
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<b>Donald McGinnis, clarinetist, teacher, artist, OSU music administrator</b><br />
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<b>...and for the rest of the world:</b><br />
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Pierre Boulez, composer and conductor<br />
Phyllis Curtin, soprano<br />
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Gilbert Kaplan, financier and conductor<br />
Denise Duval, Poulenc's muse<br />
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Aurele, Nicolet, Swiss flautist<br />
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Saulius Sondeckis, Lithuanian violinist and conductor<br />
Ulf Spoderblom, Finnish conductor<br />
Louis Lane, American conductor<br />
Steven Stucky, American composer<br />
Robert Baustian, American opera conductor and teacher<br />
Otto-Werner Mueller, German born American conductor and teacher<br />
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian conductor<br />
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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer<br />
Gegham Grigorian, Armenian opera singer<br />
Royston Nash, British conductor<br />
Elsie Morison, Australian soprano<br />
Brian Asawa, American counter tenor<br />
Gustav Meier, Swiss-born American conductor<br />
J. Reilly Lewis, American conductor<br />
Alberto Remedios, British tenor<br />
Edoardo Muller, Italian conductor<br />
Maralin Niska, American soprano<br />
Gregg Smith,m American choral conductor and composer<br />
Einojuhanni Rautavaara, Finnish composer<br />
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Patrice Munsel, American soprano<br />
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Johan Botha, South African tenor<br />
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Sir Neville Marriner, British conductor<br />
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Peter Allen, Canadian born American radio announcer and past host of the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts<br />
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John Del Carlo, American bass baritone<br />
Pauline Oliveros, American composer<br />
Russell Oberlin, American counter tenor<br />
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Gigliola Frazzoni, Italian soprano<br />
Karel Husa, Czech-American composer<br />
Heinrich Schiff, Austrian cellist<br />
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60 members of the Russian Red Army Chorus, killed in a plane crash<br />
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Thanks to the peerless critic, writer and friend of music Tim Page, for this list.<br />
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Christopher Purdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422628514762232516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16509282.post-87269532195027854652016-12-27T13:45:00.000-05:002016-12-27T13:45:17.364-05:00Books Read in 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Every year as a tip of the hat to my OCD nature I keep a list of all the books I've read.<br />
This does come in handy hosting the occasional book show on WOSU. <br />
Even better, I'm just nosy and I really want to know what everybody else has been reading. It becomes I'll show you mine if you'll show me yours.<br />
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So where's my list this year?<br />
I've lost it (!)<br />
New computers, new configurations, forgot to save some files, whatever.<br />
OCD and senility.<br />
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But I do remember several of the titles that I Most enjoyed in 2016.<br />
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<b>I still want to know what YOU have been reading.</b><br />
<b>Can you share on this blog?</b><br />
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My favorite reads of 2016:<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">All the Light we Cannot See </i>by Anthony Doerr<br />
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Nearly a fairy tale in the beauty of the writing, but the depiction of war and he aftermath of war makes it vivid and troubling.<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Moonglow </i>Michael Chabon<br />
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A man sits with his dying grandfather and wonders ensue!<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Eileen </i>Otessa Moshfegh<br />
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She has no redeemable qualities but Moshfegh is a writer who makes you care about and root for Eileen<i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i><br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">The Heavenly Table </i>Donald Ray Pollock<br />
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Great characters, completely authentic diction and locales. Another winner from Donald Ray Pollock. So much fun to cheer on the bad guys!<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Patient HM </i> Luke Dittrich<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">The Underground Railroad </i> Colson Whitehead<br />
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You ARE there !<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Hillbilly Elegy </i>J.D. Vance<br />
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What it is to be poor fifty miles from where I am typing these lines, where drugs are a way out and a death sentence<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Evicted: Politics and Profit in the American City </i>Matthew Desmond<br />
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On my ten page per day journeys in 2016 I read<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">The Pickwick Papers </i>Charles Dickens<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">The Idiot </i>Fyodor Dostoevsky<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Middlemarch </i>George Eliot<br />
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and am hoping to begin Tom Wolfe's <b><i>You Can't Go Home Again</i></b><br />
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<b><i>C'mon what did YOU read and love this year:</i></b><br />
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Christopher Purdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16422628514762232516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16509282.post-54607005858333962302016-12-19T13:59:00.000-05:002016-12-19T14:01:08.569-05:00Classical 101's 2016 Holiday Programming! Merry Christmas***Happy Chanukah***Happy New Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Late addition!</b> <b>The 2016 Lessons and Carols from St. Joseph Cathedral, Columbus airs at 8 PM Christmas Night on Classical 101.</b>. <br />
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<b>Classical 101</b> presents the world's finest music "all day, every day"and all night too, and all through the holidays. Make Classical 101 a part of your family this Christmas, in the days leading up to December 25 and "all day every day". We're proud to present local favorites: Columbus Symphony Holiday Pops, Carols for Christmas from First Community Church plus holiday favorites from around the world.<br />
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Here are some of our 2016 holiday specials:<br />
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<b>Monday, December 19</b><br />
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8 PM <b><i>Advent Voices:</i></b> Advent is a time of quiet contemplation and waiting. It's waiting for darkness to become light and for hopes to be realized. Throughout the centuries Advent has been observed musically in sacred and secular ways. Join Lynne Warfel for an hour of the most beautiful vocal music inspired by and written for Advent.<br />
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<b>Tuesday, December 20</b><br />
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8 PM <b><i>Welcome Christmas!</i></b> The perennial Christmas favorite from VocalEssence, one of the world's premiere choral groups. An hour of traditional carols and new discoveries.<br />
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<b>Wednesday, December 21</b><br />
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8 PM <b><i>A Chanticleer Christmas</i></b> A one hour program of holiday favorites, new and old, presented live in concert by the superb 12-man ensemble known as "an orchestra of voices".<br />
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<b>Thursday, December 22</b><br />
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8 PM <b><i>The Rose Ensemble</i></b> live in concert; Christmas in Malta The Rose Ensemble's celestial voices team up with a Baroque band to present this unique seasonal program of glorious 17th century music from Italy, preserved in the Cathedral archives on the Island of Malta, and now being heard for the first time in hundreds of years. Imagine the splendor of the great Baroque churches of Venice and Rome, resounding with choral music as opulent and ornate as the buildings themselves. Now imagine that same music lost forever in Italy but miraculously preserved for centuries on the Island of Malta. The Rose Ensemble takes us on a fascinating journey to celebrate these musical treasures in a seasonal program featuring lush harmonies, prophetic poetry, a tender lullaby, and shepherds' songs bursting with exaltation. Joined by a band of period instruments the voices of The Rose Ensemble invite us to spend Christmas in Malta, and welcome the season with Baroque majesty and joy!<br />
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<b>Friday, December 23</b><br />
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8 PM <b><i>A Handel and Haydn Society Christmas: </i></b> Celebrate the season with this hour-long special featuring Christmas choral music from America's oldest continuously performing ensemble, Boston's Handel and Haydn Society. Founded in 1815, the Society is celebrating their bicentennial season, including their 400th performance of Handel's Messiah. Join host Cale Wiggins for this program featuring music from the late 15th century to the late 20th; a Christmas for all times.<br />
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10 AM <b><i>A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols:</i></b> A great favorite, and a long standing tradition for our listeners, live from King's College, Cambridge<br />
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7 PM <b><i>Columbus Symphony Holiday Pops:</i></b> A Columbus area favorite, recorded in the Ohio Theater a few weeks ago. The Columbus Symphony Orchestra and Columbus Symphony Chorus conducted by Ronald Jenkins, with the Columbus Children's Choir, dancers from Ballet Met Academy and a special appearance by Santa! Your favorite carols, and music by Biebl, Respighi, Britten and our own Craig Courtney.<br />
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9 PM <b><i>Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir</i></b><br />
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<b>CHRISTMAS DAY</b><br />
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12 NOON <b><i>A Chanticleer Christmas</i></b><br />
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1 PM <b><i>Welcome Christmas!</i></b><br />
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2 PM St. Olaf Christmas Festival<br />
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4 PM <i style="font-weight: bold;">Carols for Christmas from First Community Church: </i>Boyce Lancaster hosts this annual presentation from Columbus's s First Community Church, conducted by Ronald Jenkins<br />
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8 PM <i style="font-weight: bold;">Lessons and Carols from St. Joseph Cathedral, Columbus </i>with the Cathedral Schola conducted by Richard K. Fitzgerald (recorded December 10 2016)<br />
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<b>Monday, December 26</b><br />
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8 PM <b><i>Candles Burning Brightly</i></b> A one-hour celebration of Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, with an exploration of Chanukah foods and traditional activities, and plenty of music<br />
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11 AM <b><i>New Year's Live from Vienna:</i></b> Gustavo Dudamel will lead the Vienna Philharmonic from the Golden Hall of the Musikverein for this traditional kick-off of the new year.<br />
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<b>The New Albany Symphony offers a sensory friendly holiday program this Saturday December 17 at 11:30 a.m. at the McCoy Performing Arts Center in New Albany.</b><br />
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<b><i>SANTA AND THE SYMPHONY</i></b><br />
<b><i>A 45 minute concert of short holiday tunes with lots of clapping and audience interaction. Perfect for young children, those of the autism spectrum, and our friends with dementia or Alzheimer's. Includes cookies and Santa! Tickets $12, $15.</i></b><br />
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There are people who find too much sound, too many lights, a lotta of movement and stimulus hard to take. No such caveat for pizza or chocolate in my view, but for many sensory over load is a problem. More and more we are hearing of 'sensory friendly offerings'.<br />
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Locally, movie theaters at Polaris, Crosswords and Lennox Town Center offer films with the volume turned down, the lights dimmed not darkened and walking around and welcomed for those who find longer than a few minutes to be a long sit.<br />
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The Columbus Children's Theater has long offered sensory friendly performances.<br />
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Opera Columbus, Ballet Met and the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra have all offered sensory-friendly performances, as has the Columbus symphony. Attach <b><i>sensory friendly</i></b> to any web search and you'll find untold riches! Perfect opportunities for kids and their friends who benefit from a little more show and a little less 'surroundings'.<br />
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"Too much of a good thing is wonderful" said the late Mae West.<br />
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Mae would have loved Columbus, Ohio especially during the holidays.<br />
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I'm delighted to offer information on holiday offerings in our area. This list is by no means all inclusive. I have attended and enjoyed a number of these presentations in the past but am not <br />
intending endorsements here (well.....) Please be sure to regularly check listings in the Columbus Dispatch or Experience Columbus dot com.<br />
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For tickets and further information simply google the events of your choice.<br />
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<b>New Albany Symphony SENSORY FRIENDLY PERFORMANCE of Holiday Music Saturday Dec 17 11.30 a.m.</b><br />
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<b>New Albany Symphony Holiday Spectacular Sunday December 18 3 PM</b><br />
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<b>Chanukah Across Columbus </b>find Facebook page of same name<br />
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<b>Columbus Symphony Holiday Pops: </b>Columbus Symphony and Columbus Symphony Chorus all conducted by Ronald J. Jenkins. Traditional holiday favorites. Audience carol singing. Dancers from Ballet Met, and a guest appearances by Santa and Mrs. Claus<b>. </b> You'll hear everything from <i style="font-weight: bold;">Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Deo Gracias </i>from Britten's <i style="font-weight: bold;">A Ceremony of Carols</i>, to Biebl's exquisite <i style="font-weight: bold;">Ave Maria. </i>This is rte proverbial "something for everyone" program. Quality is very, very high every year. <b>Ohio Theater Friday, December 2 at 8 PM; Saturday December 3 at 3 and 8 PM; Sunday December 4, 3:00 PM</b><br />
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<b>Ballet Met: </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">The Nutcracker </i>What's not to love? Sugar plums, Chinese princesses, Christmas Trees, a magical Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky's music, the Columbus symphony and the <b>glorious Ballet Met choreographed by Artistic Director Edwaard Liang. </b><b>December 9-24 Ohio Theater.</b><br />
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<b>ProMusica Chamber Orchestra and Lancaster Chorale </b>Saint-Saens <i><b>Christmas Oratorio </b></i>Handel <i style="font-weight: bold;">Messiah (excerpts) </i>Vaughan Williams <i style="font-weight: bold;">Variants on Dives and Lazarus</i> with Peggy Kriha Dye, soprano; Katharin Danzmayr, soprano; Laurel Semerdjian, mezzo-soprano; Benjamin Bunsold, tenor; Aaron Waddell, baritone. David Danzmayr conducts<br />
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<b>Saturday December 10 5.30 PM Worthington United Methodist Church; Sunday December 11, 7 PM, Southern Theater</b><br />
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<b>The Ohio State University: </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">24th Annual Music Celebration Concert. </i>This is a terrific annual event showcasing all ensembles, large and small from the OSU School of Music. The OSU Symphony, Choruses, Men's Glee Club, Jazz Ensembles, flute troupe and chamber ensembles. This concert is NOT a holiday themed program, but is always a fun evening of great music making. <b>Friday December 2 8 PM Mershon Auditorium</b><br />
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<b>Capital University </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Christmas Festival 2016 . </i>This unabashedly IS a Christmas concert. Choral and instrumental ensembles from the Conservatory at Capital university. Always fantastic. <b>December 1-4 Mees Hall Capital University.</b><br />
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<b>Magpie Consort </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Christmas Echoes </i>music by William Billings, Craig Hella Johnson, Hugo Ditler plus plainchant and carols form around the world. <i style="font-weight: bold;">Magpie Consort </i>is a mixed choir perfromnig mostly a capella. Artsitic Director is <b>Christopher Dent. </b><br />
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Wednesday <b>December 7</b> 7, 7:30 at Indianola Presbyterian Church, 1970 Waldeck Avenue; <b>December 9</b>, 8 PM Trinity Lutheran Church, 404 S. 3rd St., Saturday <b>December 10</b> 8 PM, St. John's Church, 700 High St., Worthington; Friday <b>December 16</b>, 7 PM Franklin Park conservatory<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">A Christmas Carol at the Columbus Civic Theater. </i>Richard Albert and his colleagues do great work bringing theater to Clintonville from their intimate space on Indianola Avenue. Civic Theater's annual production of Dickens's <b><i>A Christmas Carol . </i> December 1-18 </b>at 3837 Indianola Avenue<br />
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<b>CATCO IS KIDS </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">A Seussified Christmas Carol </i>, get the kids out of the house during school break. <b>CATCO is KIDS </b>at the Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Avenue, <b>December 2-11.</b><br />
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<b>Clintonville Community Band and Choir </b>Sunday <b>December 4 </b> 3 pm. Whetstone High School, 4405 Scenic Drive. Free. Canned goods requested for Clintonville-Beechwold Community Resources Center.<br />
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<i><b>St. John's Church </b></i>59 E. Mound St., Columbus Sunday <b>December 4 </b>10:15 .a.m Offering taken. St. John's Festival Choir , Chamber Orchestra and soloists conducted by May Schwarz.<br />
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<b><i>ProMusica Chamber Orchestra YOU ARE THE CHORUS "</i></b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Side by Side Messiah Sing a long."</i>David Danzmayr conducts <b>Friday December 9 7.30 PM Southern Theater</b><br />
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