Jill plays oboe. Jill knits. This person plays oboe. She also knits. Another knitter who plays oboe, or oboe player who knits. Whatever. And yet another. Pam Hakl, my oboe colleague in Symphony Silicon Valley and Opera San José plays oboe. And she knits. Am I missing something? I don’t knit. Hmmm. —–
Archive of entries posted on 21st January 2007
Yes
Yes, I’m home from the concert. Yes, I got the notes again. Yes, I had a coughing attack. (More than one.) Yes, I’m ready to crawl under blankets once more. (But yes, I have to do laundry first.) And yes, my dear husband is making dinner! —–
MQOD
I plan my life in a systematic way, and I waited until the age of 50 to start playing the 32 Beethoven sonatas. … Beethoven is not for children. Maybe the notes are not a problem, but the content is, so I wanted to wait for that. I now understand a lot of things I [...]
Music For My Heart
… and gut, and soul, and … This Mahler work is one of my favorites. As is this singer (Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau). What a nice way to wake up, really. And yes, it begins with English horn and of course I love that too. We played the Rückert Lieder years ago—with a mezzo that I now [...]