The Menu
Sauvignon Blanc
Naan
Raita
Zinfandel
While the meal was good, it was the costuming that was tip top! I can't imagine what the people across the street must think!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Another dinner with the neighbors
Because our neighbors are just the sweetest couple, and it isn't as much fun to cook for only oneself, we had another festive dinner last night. The theme this time was Indian food. Now, I don't know what region I was cooking from, or if I was serving up a gallimaufry of dishes from unspecified areas, but I think I had the spices and the music right. And to this all-American crowd it wouldn't make a difference.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Thank You Card for Megan
Well! Six and a half years ago I sent a thank-you card to my friend Megan, and I just found out that she never got it! Because sending her one now would be lame, and because I can't just let this go, I have prepared a more public and more poetic thank-you than the original one was.
It goes like this......
Do you like your new s'mores maker?
"Yes, I do!" said Aubrey Faith-Slaker
We use it when we're mountain biking
We use it when we're going hiking!
We use it with the coolest fellows
We can't get enough of those marshmallows!
We use it with our dinner guests
Especially when we're dining out west!
We take it with us on road trips
The chocolate and crackers go straight to our hips!
We used it with our new friend Joel
It's great because we don't need coal!
We use it first thing in the morning
We even follow the safety warning!
We use it when we're out of doors
We use it whenever we really want s'mores!
Though we didn't thank you, please don't be miffed
We really love our wedding gift!
Thanks!
Love, Aubrey and Monte
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
OPB & J, a quick review of a new restaurant
Nah nah nah nah nah! My lunch was better than your lunch!
I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
What? And I have the audacity to claim that my lunch was better?
Yes, I do.
This afternoon I tried out a new restaurant in town (Colorado Springs). It is called OPB&J for Organic Peanut Butter and Jelly. And all they make are sandwiches. It is an exercise in quick decision making when you're standing there at the counter - I imagine your sandwich could turn out really awful if you tried hard enough!
First you choose your bread. They had herbed, whole wheat, white, rye, sourdough and four different gluten-free options. Then you choose your peanut butter. Dark chocolate, molasses, Thai ginger, Chunky, and more that I couldn't even rest my eyes on because the next thing to choose is your jelly! Strawberry rhubarb, raspberry, ginger pear, and here is where my mind goes blank. Apparently, there are hundreds of combos to be made from the fresh, homemade (the peanut butter is in house and the bread is from a local bakery) ingredients. Available to add to each sandwich are fresh produce options - watercress, strawberries, chopped peppers, nuts.
Anyway, I got herbed gluten-free bread topped with Thai ginger peanut butter, ginger pear jelly, and watercress.
My husband got dark chocolate peanut butter with strawberry rhubarb jelly.
Each sandwich was accompanied by a carrot and a celery stick and wrapped in brown paper.
Cute. Smart. Delicious.
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I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
What? And I have the audacity to claim that my lunch was better?
Yes, I do.
This afternoon I tried out a new restaurant in town (Colorado Springs). It is called OPB&J for Organic Peanut Butter and Jelly. And all they make are sandwiches. It is an exercise in quick decision making when you're standing there at the counter - I imagine your sandwich could turn out really awful if you tried hard enough!
First you choose your bread. They had herbed, whole wheat, white, rye, sourdough and four different gluten-free options. Then you choose your peanut butter. Dark chocolate, molasses, Thai ginger, Chunky, and more that I couldn't even rest my eyes on because the next thing to choose is your jelly! Strawberry rhubarb, raspberry, ginger pear, and here is where my mind goes blank. Apparently, there are hundreds of combos to be made from the fresh, homemade (the peanut butter is in house and the bread is from a local bakery) ingredients. Available to add to each sandwich are fresh produce options - watercress, strawberries, chopped peppers, nuts.
Anyway, I got herbed gluten-free bread topped with Thai ginger peanut butter, ginger pear jelly, and watercress.
My husband got dark chocolate peanut butter with strawberry rhubarb jelly.
Each sandwich was accompanied by a carrot and a celery stick and wrapped in brown paper.
Cute. Smart. Delicious.
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Diner avec les voisins
I'm only moments in Colorado and am already looking for extravagent ways of entertaining myself and the people around me. Tonight, to the crooning of Edith Piaf, Leo Ferre and Maurice Chevalier I shared a delicious dinner with my husband and neighbors (who are cool enough to have come in costume).
The Menu
Kir
Strawberries soaked in Cointreau
Cointreau
Lavender Gin and Tonic
We listened to classic French music, ate with gusto, and had great conversation, occasionally marked by shouts of "Vive la France!" and "I surrender!" from my husband's end of the table.
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P.S. If you make this meal, save some of the mushrooms and with leftover mushrooms, arugula, and goat cheese you can make a great egg white omelet, since you'll have six egg whites leftover from the creme brulee! Delicious.
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P.S. If you make this meal, save some of the mushrooms and with leftover mushrooms, arugula, and goat cheese you can make a great egg white omelet, since you'll have six egg whites leftover from the creme brulee! Delicious.
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Unfortunately, the title of my blog isn't something creative that I came up with on my own. It is the name of a book. Luckily though, it is an excellent book! I couldn't put this book down and I already want to read it again.
In a typical upscale apartment building on a prosaic fashionable street in Paris amongst the vapid elite live two notably interesting people. At first glance, one wouldn't notice anything exceptional about either of these
characters - and one probably wouldn't notice anything exceptional with a second glance. However, under further scrutiny, it might be noticed that these two characters are much more interesting and much less conventional than their stereotype suggests.
A concierge who understands philosophy and loves art masquerades as merely a concierge - and a little girl who is surprisingly insightful about both the importance and the triviality of much of what the adults around her are consumed with hides her concern and derision behind the fact that she is just a little girl.
However, these highly regarded characteristics are not hard to hide at all when nobody ever looks for them.
Read this book.
In other news: Bill O'Reilly doesn't like the fact that Jennifer Aniston thinks it is okay for single women to have children; Montessori School of Dentistry let's students discover their own root canal procedures (that's a lie - an Onion headline that I couldn't resist); Facebook is being urged to add "panic" buttons to all its pages by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center (CEOP for short); and President Obama says the biggest threat to U.S. security is the possibility of terrorists obtaining a nuclear weapon. Go figure.
In a typical upscale apartment building on a prosaic fashionable street in Paris amongst the vapid elite live two notably interesting people. At first glance, one wouldn't notice anything exceptional about either of these
characters - and one probably wouldn't notice anything exceptional with a second glance. However, under further scrutiny, it might be noticed that these two characters are much more interesting and much less conventional than their stereotype suggests.A concierge who understands philosophy and loves art masquerades as merely a concierge - and a little girl who is surprisingly insightful about both the importance and the triviality of much of what the adults around her are consumed with hides her concern and derision behind the fact that she is just a little girl.
However, these highly regarded characteristics are not hard to hide at all when nobody ever looks for them.
Read this book.
In other news: Bill O'Reilly doesn't like the fact that Jennifer Aniston thinks it is okay for single women to have children; Montessori School of Dentistry let's students discover their own root canal procedures (that's a lie - an Onion headline that I couldn't resist); Facebook is being urged to add "panic" buttons to all its pages by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center (CEOP for short); and President Obama says the biggest threat to U.S. security is the possibility of terrorists obtaining a nuclear weapon. Go figure.
Sunday, August 01, 2010
I gave her lots of love.... and was usually pretty good about lockin' her up
Did I tell you that I got a new bike?! No?? I can't believe I forgot!
It took me a while to get around to the idea of a new bike after my last one had been stolen, and while there is great pride to be felt in walking everywhere if you can, there is a little bit of something (I'd say ease?) about getting there quicker on two wheels.
My new vintage (can those words really go next to eachother?) 3 speed cruiser came to me via Craigslist and grew up in the north suburbs with a good family.
Adele, as she is called, has opened up new worlds to me. So far I have learned:
It took me a while to get around to the idea of a new bike after my last one had been stolen, and while there is great pride to be felt in walking everywhere if you can, there is a little bit of something (I'd say ease?) about getting there quicker on two wheels.
My new vintage (can those words really go next to eachother?) 3 speed cruiser came to me via Craigslist and grew up in the north suburbs with a good family.
Adele, as she is called, has opened up new worlds to me. So far I have learned:
- that cruisers are for cruising - not for velocity (though two wheels are faster than two feet)
- that Green street exists, and it gets you from the North 500s to the South 300s in no time!
- that Karyn's on Green is open and I must go there
- that dashing out to meet friends at a pub is easy when you don't have to deal with parking, sobriety or public transportation
- that buses can't catch me
- that everyone forgives you for what your hair looks like when you're carrying a helmet
- that there is something called retro urban chic and I may have stumbled upon it
- that on a bike, you have neither the safety of a walker nor of an automobile driver, but you have the freedom of both (as long as a cop isn't watching you)
- playing the piano for 28 years doesn't make you coordinated enough to eat an ice cream cone and ride a bike OR text and ride a bike BUT you can go ahead and imagine that five-part fugue in your head as long as you pedal to the beat
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Suzerain (play a guessing game with me!)
Okay guys - word of the week: suzerain!
It is either:
suzerain (n) - an object that contains indentations, notches, or battlements
suzerain (n) - a style of buffet plates that can currently be found at Crate and Barrel
suzerain (n) - a nation that controls another nations international affairs allowing it domestic independence
suzerain (n) - none of the above, in which case, you must supply your own answer.
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It is either:
suzerain (n) - an object that contains indentations, notches, or battlements
suzerain (n) - a style of buffet plates that can currently be found at Crate and Barrel
suzerain (n) - a nation that controls another nations international affairs allowing it domestic independence
suzerain (n) - none of the above, in which case, you must supply your own answer.
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Friday, June 04, 2010
The Poisonwood Bible
I just finished reading The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, which takes place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the time leading up to and following the political crisis - with Belgium, Congo Independence, and its 
desperate history under the name of Zaire. I really enjoy stories told from multiple perspectives and this one is told from the perspectives of Kingsolver's five main characters - the wife and four daughters of a misguided and staunchly dogmatic (is that redundant?) missionary.
I find Kinsolver's writing to be so thoughtful and poignant. I also find her characters to be believable even in such a foreign setting, as they grapple with their own weaknesses and day-to-day worries. I thought this was a fabulous book - a well-told story that created a picture of a world so remote and so different, yet filled with people we tend to encounter every day in any setting. I think the most dominant impression I'm left with is her message that you can learn something from everyone you meet.
I particularly
enjoyed learning so much about the Congo, though after finishing this book, seeing that it was published in 1998 and knowing that war broke out in that same year in the Congo I feel, Herman Wouk-style, that Kingsolver needs to give us the second installment.
Just for fun, pictured on the left is an okapi. These animals came up in the novel and I have encountered many people who don't know what they are. They are closest in relation to the giraffe and are natives of Africa.
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desperate history under the name of Zaire. I really enjoy stories told from multiple perspectives and this one is told from the perspectives of Kingsolver's five main characters - the wife and four daughters of a misguided and staunchly dogmatic (is that redundant?) missionary.I find Kinsolver's writing to be so thoughtful and poignant. I also find her characters to be believable even in such a foreign setting, as they grapple with their own weaknesses and day-to-day worries. I thought this was a fabulous book - a well-told story that created a picture of a world so remote and so different, yet filled with people we tend to encounter every day in any setting. I think the most dominant impression I'm left with is her message that you can learn something from everyone you meet.
I particularly
enjoyed learning so much about the Congo, though after finishing this book, seeing that it was published in 1998 and knowing that war broke out in that same year in the Congo I feel, Herman Wouk-style, that Kingsolver needs to give us the second installment.Just for fun, pictured on the left is an okapi. These animals came up in the novel and I have encountered many people who don't know what they are. They are closest in relation to the giraffe and are natives of Africa.
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Monday, May 17, 2010
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Matisse Exhibit
If you're looking for something cultural to do in Chicago this spring (as if finding something were difficult!), go to the Art Institute and see the Matisse exhibit! The exhibit is free, very well done, and displays Matisse's works between the years of 1913 and 1917.
This particular period was a time of upheaval in France, and Matisse's works show a lot of change as he developed his own modern technique. Matisse was very concerned with the process of construction in his artwork, reworking and layering his canvases, producing extensive series on the same subject. One of the ways of being able to completely focus on the construction, was to use a monochromatic palette - many of his pieces from this time period are dominated by blues and greys.
A large part of the exhibit displayed his printmaking - etchings and monotypes. These were of friends and relatives - all full of expression; each with that recognizable Matisse-style eye.
During the most difficult part of the war, in 1916, Matisse returned to earlier themes that he was able to rework and return to during the tumultuous time that took his concerns elsewhere.
His reworking of his pieces might seem at first to be a little obsessive but Matisse insisted that “One should be able to rework a masterpiece at least once, to be very sure that one has not fallen victim—to one’s nerves or to fate.”
The exhibit contained many examples of his sculpture as well, including his famous "Back" series. The second in the series is pictured here.
If just the exhibit isn't enough to entice you, on Thursday, April 15th at 6pm, there is a concert at the Institute of French music in synch with the spirit of Matisse's works featuring pieces by Poulenc, Ibert and Defaye. If music isn't your thing, on April 18th at 3pm at the Art Institute, there is a Matisse-inspired cooking class, which teaches recipes from the significant areas where he worked! How fabulous!
My favorite painting from the exhibit was the "Branch of Lilacs" pictured here.
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This particular period was a time of upheaval in France, and Matisse's works show a lot of change as he developed his own modern technique. Matisse was very concerned with the process of construction in his artwork, reworking and layering his canvases, producing extensive series on the same subject. One of the ways of being able to completely focus on the construction, was to use a monochromatic palette - many of his pieces from this time period are dominated by blues and greys.
A large part of the exhibit displayed his printmaking - etchings and monotypes. These were of friends and relatives - all full of expression; each with that recognizable Matisse-style eye.During the most difficult part of the war, in 1916, Matisse returned to earlier themes that he was able to rework and return to during the tumultuous time that took his concerns elsewhere.
His reworking of his pieces might seem at first to be a little obsessive but Matisse insisted that “One should be able to rework a masterpiece at least once, to be very sure that one has not fallen victim—to one’s nerves or to fate.”The exhibit contained many examples of his sculpture as well, including his famous "Back" series. The second in the series is pictured here.
If just the exhibit isn't enough to entice you, on Thursday, April 15th at 6pm, there is a concert at the Institute of French music in synch with the spirit of Matisse's works featuring pieces by Poulenc, Ibert and Defaye. If music isn't your thing, on April 18th at 3pm at the Art Institute, there is a Matisse-inspired cooking class, which teaches recipes from the significant areas where he worked! How fabulous!
My favorite painting from the exhibit was the "Branch of Lilacs" pictured here.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
Deep Dish Pizza at High Altitude!
It is possible. It works. It is not a myth! Deep dish pizza DOES exist for those outside of Chicago! You just have to have a mixer with a dough hook, four hours with nothing else going on, and endless patience. Here is the proof:
In other news: Thousands of Chicagoans ran the Shamrock Shuffle this morning in crappy weather (icy rain and snow, which the race officials only deemed "less than ideal"); the health-care-bill vote is today, which will probably end up just being one vote in a series of votes making this whole attempt a joke; and Kansas lost against West Virginia yesterday!
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In other news: Thousands of Chicagoans ran the Shamrock Shuffle this morning in crappy weather (icy rain and snow, which the race officials only deemed "less than ideal"); the health-care-bill vote is today, which will probably end up just being one vote in a series of votes making this whole attempt a joke; and Kansas lost against West Virginia yesterday!
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Go See Avenue Q
I saw the musical Avenue Q this evening and was diverted by the wit, engaged in the music and thoroughly impressed by the talent of the singers/puppeteers. Avenue Q is described (in a number very much like Skid Row) as being the cheap neighborhood where you live while you're figuring it all out and waiting for your dreams to come true. Before I continue, let me just disclose that the show is a bit raunchy (think puppet sex). (Okay. Now stop thinking puppet sex.)
As far as I could tell, the wholesome evangelical people of Colorado Springs were tolerant of the quip about Republicans, supported the born-again-Christian puppet, and were not offended by Ernie outing Bert as gay. Wait. Not Bert and Ernie. Anyway, what I learned: Everybody is a little bit unsatisfied, It sucks to be me/you, You save money in the long run by buying beer in bulk, and everything in life is only for NOW. So, hang in there?
A cast of characters (mostly puppets) going through what might be called a Quarter-Life-Crisis host comedy in a Sesame Street-like world, where counting lessons (five night stands vs. one-night-stands) and vocabulary lessons (schadenfreunde) are the interludes between story and singing/dancing numbers. My favorite numbers were "Everyone Is A Little Bit Racist," "Internet is for Porn," and "The More you Love Someone, The More you Want to Kill Them."
Focusing on a recent college graduate with a B.A. in english who is facing the reality of finding his place in a world that doesn't have a meal plan or a faculty advisor, the show traces hardships, friendships, relationships (I feel like there should be another ship here) as they grow or are accepted (all with uncouthe jokes and fabulous puppeteering).
As far as I could tell, the wholesome evangelical people of Colorado Springs were tolerant of the quip about Republicans, supported the born-again-Christian puppet, and were not offended by Ernie outing Bert as gay. Wait. Not Bert and Ernie. Anyway, what I learned: Everybody is a little bit unsatisfied, It sucks to be me/you, You save money in the long run by buying beer in bulk, and everything in life is only for NOW. So, hang in there?
Monday, February 22, 2010
A Dance to the Music of Time: First Movement
Through much of the beginning of this book, I kept thinking of Proust and his introverted, neurotic narrator. I think that is because it is hard to get a good handle on Powell's narrator, Jenkins - and his naivete in viewing the rest of the characters and musings on the ways of the world are so much like Proust's narrator, whose name escapes me at the moment. This book 
though, had a lot more action to it (not hard), and the narrator was MUCH less depressing.
The story begins in a boys preparatory school in England, where four teenage boys are in a loosely-formed friendship based on circumstance. Upon graduating and entering the literary world (as novelists, critics, politicians, etc) the four let go of their friendship only encountering eachother in the small world that is London's literary sphere.
Taking place between the two World Wars, much of the focus of this book is on relationships (not just romantic) and their tenuousness as well as their significance in how we mark the passing of time.
It took me a long time to read this book, but I finished the last quarter of it in two days. It gave me a great picture of England in the 1920s.
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though, had a lot more action to it (not hard), and the narrator was MUCH less depressing.The story begins in a boys preparatory school in England, where four teenage boys are in a loosely-formed friendship based on circumstance. Upon graduating and entering the literary world (as novelists, critics, politicians, etc) the four let go of their friendship only encountering eachother in the small world that is London's literary sphere.
Taking place between the two World Wars, much of the focus of this book is on relationships (not just romantic) and their tenuousness as well as their significance in how we mark the passing of time.
It took me a long time to read this book, but I finished the last quarter of it in two days. It gave me a great picture of England in the 1920s.
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
My kitchen table is where you want to be!
I just got back from a shopping adventure at The Spice House and I can't wait to start cooking!
I picked up some mustard (it is going to be great for making dressing for a tuna nicoise salad), some white truffle salt (to fancy-up a baked potato), three different types of dried mushrooms, dried sage (I'm making mushroom sage ravioli), dried bell pepper (for the Cuban red beans and rice), chilis (for the alu roti, once I learn how to make my own ghee), himalayan pink salt, basil, and dried lemongrass (for the noodle soup).
Tonight though, it is sweet potato latkes (with some new maple sugar) and squash ravioli. Dinner is at seven.
In other news: Ice skating is at 9:15pm at McFetridge - the amateur kind, not the Olympic kind - I can now skate backwards, foolishly; Volkswagon has a new car that is supposed to get a whopping 170 miles to the gallon; Elephants might be able to count; And King Tut was killed by Malaria.
(I'm also REALLY excited about making some goat cheese.)
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I picked up some mustard (it is going to be great for making dressing for a tuna nicoise salad), some white truffle salt (to fancy-up a baked potato), three different types of dried mushrooms, dried sage (I'm making mushroom sage ravioli), dried bell pepper (for the Cuban red beans and rice), chilis (for the alu roti, once I learn how to make my own ghee), himalayan pink salt, basil, and dried lemongrass (for the noodle soup).
Tonight though, it is sweet potato latkes (with some new maple sugar) and squash ravioli. Dinner is at seven.
In other news: Ice skating is at 9:15pm at McFetridge - the amateur kind, not the Olympic kind - I can now skate backwards, foolishly; Volkswagon has a new car that is supposed to get a whopping 170 miles to the gallon; Elephants might be able to count; And King Tut was killed by Malaria.
(I'm also REALLY excited about making some goat cheese.)
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Saturday, January 09, 2010
Kreisleriana, Op. 16, Movement 2
Okay, so in the spirit of sharing and listening (my New Year's resolutions - sort of), here is a small clip of a recent performance of mine, along with what I wrote about it in the program notes.
Romantic music (music written between 1820 and 1900, generally) tends to emphasize melody with warmth and expressiveness and with something of a searching, restless quality. The music of Schumann is an excellent example of these qualities as his compositions are known for having a moody nature - varying suddenly and wildly between exuberance and deep depression.
Until 1840, Schumann wrote almost exclusively piano music. Written in the 30s, Kreisleriana was based on a character by E.T.A. Hoffmann. A literary experiment, Hofmann tried to depict a novel written by both a philosopher of sorts and his housecat! Schumann, being the son of a book dealer and publisher and grew up with a thorough knowledge of literature, which he maintained an interest in throughout his life. Though titles for his pieces usually didn’t come to him until after he had finished composing them, Schumann purposefully determined to translate Hoffmann’s character into music with this experiment in eight movements.
The first three of these eight I played on a recent concert. In this one, the second movement, listen for the dramatic changes in character, evidence of the extreme uses of the piano in the romantic period, and those portions of the pieces that might represent the philosopher, and those that might represent his cat.
Schumann has been dead for over a century, Monte approved my use of his photo, the performance is ME, and the original performance was free and open to the public. Considering all of that, please enjoy the performance of a piece I intend to always keep in my repertoire.
- Aubrey
Kreisleriana, Op. 16, Movement 2, performed by me, November, 2009
Romantic music (music written between 1820 and 1900, generally) tends to emphasize melody with warmth and expressiveness and with something of a searching, restless quality. The music of Schumann is an excellent example of these qualities as his compositions are known for having a moody nature - varying suddenly and wildly between exuberance and deep depression.
Until 1840, Schumann wrote almost exclusively piano music. Written in the 30s, Kreisleriana was based on a character by E.T.A. Hoffmann. A literary experiment, Hofmann tried to depict a novel written by both a philosopher of sorts and his housecat! Schumann, being the son of a book dealer and publisher and grew up with a thorough knowledge of literature, which he maintained an interest in throughout his life. Though titles for his pieces usually didn’t come to him until after he had finished composing them, Schumann purposefully determined to translate Hoffmann’s character into music with this experiment in eight movements.
The first three of these eight I played on a recent concert. In this one, the second movement, listen for the dramatic changes in character, evidence of the extreme uses of the piano in the romantic period, and those portions of the pieces that might represent the philosopher, and those that might represent his cat.
Schumann has been dead for over a century, Monte approved my use of his photo, the performance is ME, and the original performance was free and open to the public. Considering all of that, please enjoy the performance of a piece I intend to always keep in my repertoire.
- Aubrey
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Merry Christmas!
As 2009 comes to a close, I'd like to offer this image to delight you:
Pictured above is family that traveled all the way out to Colorado for Christmas this year. By snowmobile! I hope it was worth their while - we went on brewery tours, did some hiking and ate and celebrated all week.
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Pictured above is family that traveled all the way out to Colorado for Christmas this year. By snowmobile! I hope it was worth their while - we went on brewery tours, did some hiking and ate and celebrated all week.
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Sunday, November 22, 2009
Sundays at Sherwood
Click to listen to:
Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 4, Aubrey and Chris
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Picture taken by April Faith-Slaker
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For those who may think this post is copyright infringement:
Brahms has been dead for over a century, April approved my use of her photo, the performance is ME and a friend, who also approves this post, and the original performance was free and open to the public. Considering all of that, please enjoy one of my favorite performances.
- Aubrey
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For those who may think this post is copyright infringement:
Brahms has been dead for over a century, April approved my use of her photo, the performance is ME and a friend, who also approves this post, and the original performance was free and open to the public. Considering all of that, please enjoy one of my favorite performances.
- Aubrey
Monday, November 02, 2009
Diamond Fever
I could go for a diamond or two today..... maybe a yellow diamond. Square or princess cut, surrounded by smaller, white diamonds, in a palladium setting. You know. If you're in the area/the market/or just want to make me smile. Hahahaha. ?
Recently I went to a very educational and extravagant exhibit at the Field Museum on diamonds. It was fascinating and beautiful and we ended up spending hours in the exhibit.
Did you know........
My personal favorites were:
The Incomparable Diamond: 407 carat golden-colored kite-shaped diamond, found in the 1980's by a young girl in the Congo who was playing in a pile of rubble.
The Milky Way 2000 Collar: designed by Dieter Huebner, it contains 2,000 diamonds totallying 67.96 carats.
A pink diamond ring designed by Christian Tse. This isn't the same one, but it is almost as fabulous!
Other wonderful parts of the exhibit were Catherine the Great's necklace, sold by the Russian Government in 1926; a huge diamond given by a czar to some child upon growing her first baby tooth; the Mirage World Peace Egg; and this gecko brooch made of 1, 524 green diamonds (62.16 carats) designed by Stefan Hemmerle in 2001.
Recently I went to a very educational and extravagant exhibit at the Field Museum on diamonds. It was fascinating and beautiful and we ended up spending hours in the exhibit.
Did you know........
- Diamonds repel water?
- Diamonds are better heat conductors than copper?
- Diamonds are carried to Earth's surface by magma?
My personal favorites were:
The Incomparable Diamond: 407 carat golden-colored kite-shaped diamond, found in the 1980's by a young girl in the Congo who was playing in a pile of rubble.
The Milky Way 2000 Collar: designed by Dieter Huebner, it contains 2,000 diamonds totallying 67.96 carats.
A pink diamond ring designed by Christian Tse. This isn't the same one, but it is almost as fabulous!Other wonderful parts of the exhibit were Catherine the Great's necklace, sold by the Russian Government in 1926; a huge diamond given by a czar to some child upon growing her first baby tooth; the Mirage World Peace Egg; and this gecko brooch made of 1, 524 green diamonds (62.16 carats) designed by Stefan Hemmerle in 2001.
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