Saturday, December 19, 2015
Kurt Masur, for music
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My everyday memory of Kurt Masur, who died in Greenwich the other day, is based on luminous analog recordings of Beethoven, meticul- ou...
Friday, December 18, 2015
"How do you shave in there?"
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Audrey Hepburn cornered Cary Grant in a Paris hotel lift and finally got to the bottom of one of the great impon- derables of Am...
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Ombra mai fu
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Georg Friderich Händel Serse Ombra mai fu 1738 Sir Roger Norrington Orc...
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Saturday commute cxviii: Of our time
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Allons-nous au cinéma? We have been reminded of the release 10 years ago of a film of benign influ- ence. An...
Friday, December 11, 2015
Peggy, still writing for Reagan
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Over at the Journal, Reagan's writer Peg- gy Noonan finds Don- ald Trump, innocent, by reason of incom- petence. Stil...
Monday, December 7, 2015
Susan and David exit the club
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His hat was squashed, his tails were ripped, he'd ground a perfectly good olive into the floor of the bar, and for good m...
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Simple Sunday
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See you at the Sherry-Nether- land. Gra...
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Saturday commute cxvii: Au revoir, désespoir
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The overstayful too unplayful alley cat though a trayful grew betrayful only sat. ...
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