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looking briefly over my playlist hobbled together over the past academic year, 2006-2007, i have noticed the abundance of pieces we have done in a minor, in uso. sibelius 4 (in a minor), mahler 6 (in a minor), and shostakovich violin concerto (in a minor). if different keys mean something in the language of western music (e flat being the key of ( Read more... )

on the road today, driving back and forth from petaluma to oakland, i had the strangest recollection of my past. for some reason, driving south on the 101 made me think of traveling with mahka42 in pennsylvania, near eight (?) years ago. the hazy sky, more white smoke than air, the sun washing everything into a milky whiteness; the exaggerated aerial ( Read more... )

this led me to this. in 1995, an up and coming young violinist was exiting a chicago train and her $500,000 amati violin was caught in the door. a 'second-check' of any lingering passengers was not completed by the train conductors. rachel tried to hold on to her violin, hoping that the doors would open so that she could retrieve her instrument ( Read more... )