Right now on SiriusXM, Symphony Hall, Channel 54, Ray and I are listening to Mahler’s First Symphony, the third movement—the Funeral March, to be specific. This movement was based on a satirical woodcut Mahler had seen, in which a group of forest animals conduct a funeral for a hunter. Mahler uses the familiar French melody…
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A Recent Trip to Disney Hall to Experience the Power of Mahler’s 6th Symphony
Recently, Ray and I heard the LA Phil perform Mahler’s 6th Symphony. This is the one with the two hammer blows, the one that some refer to as the “tragic.” We went to the talk before the performance and the speaker was California composer, Paul Gibson. He played different snippets from the symphony and challenged…
Flash Fiction: ‘Tis the Gift to be Simple
Janet wasn’t sure why life seemed so complicated these days. Maybe it had to do with the way the wind was always blowing, tossing her short gray hair this way and that, and reminding her of happier times before Chet died. Chet, her husband of 35 years, who woke up one day and said he…
20 Minutes a Day 