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Faraway Places

I’ve been thinking about faraway places –  and trying to experience them via hot drinks.  At the grocery store the other day I saw a package of yerba mate, a deliciously earthy beverage from South America I used to drink … Continue reading

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Marlboro On My Mind

I felt a twinge of nostalgia the other day as I opened my email and saw an update from the Marlboro Music Festival announcing the day of everyone’s arrival. Summer, for musicians, usually means music festivals of one kind or … Continue reading

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Passing the Elbow to Get to the Thumb

One of my favorite writers is the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke.  I’ve alluded to his Letters to a Young Poet here in my blog before.  There is so much richness in those pages, especially to someone living a life … Continue reading

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Jeremy Denk’s “Every Good Boy Does Fine”

Ever since I started this blog, I’ve come to appreciate even more how difficult it is to write about music and to articulate what it is that moves us musicians and inspires us.  So I was incredibly grateful and, to … Continue reading

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Obsession

Ruminations on the obsessions of Andreas and the role obsessions play in our lives. Continue reading

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Wolfgang Sawallisch

This past week Wolfgang Sawallisch, former music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, passed away.  This is not my story to tell.  I never met him or had the privilege of playing under his baton.  That being said, I have felt … Continue reading

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Valentine’s Day

Today we celebrate love.  Most often, we celebrate romantic love.  I am a girl who loves chocolate and flowers and sweet cards just as much as the next girl, but I also like to think of Valentine’s Day as a … Continue reading

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Shostakovich

It goes without saying that great music has the potential to transport us to a different world – a world with its own sense of style, preferred colors, and points of view.  A painting by Monet blurs our vision and … Continue reading

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Happy Downton Abbey Day! Oh, wait…

Today, besides being the day that the third season of Downton Abbey airs here in the U.S., is also the Feast of the Epiphany, a.k.a. Three Kings Day, or (most memorable to me) my due date last year.  It has … Continue reading

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A Wondrous Birth

I hear that many residents in Newtown, Connecticut are taking their Christmas decorations down, and I have to admit that I haven’t been feeling much like celebrating either the last few days.  In the rest of the country, though we … Continue reading

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