by Barry Lenson | Dec 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Most people today seem to care less and less about whether other people are straight, gay, transgender, or transsexual. Perhaps the growing acceptance of same-sex marriage is one factor behind the trend. Another could be the growing public affection for certain gay...
by Barry Lenson | Dec 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
In a future post, I’ll write about some of the free open-enrollment courses that you’ll find on Coursera.com and other online learning platforms. I’m writing about something different today –lectures about classical music that you can watch online any time you...
by Barry Lenson | Dec 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
If you love classical music, you have already been feasting repeatedly on recordings of the often-performed violin concertos by Brahms, the Bruch no. 1, the Mendelssohn e minor, and the Tchaikovsky. In other words, the “biggies.”If you love the genre, you will find...
by Barry Lenson | Dec 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
My father was born in Russia in 1903. He actually saw Tsar Nicolas II and his family once or twice. They would take the Trans-Siberian Railway to vacation in Kostroma province and step out onto the train platform in Galich, my dad’s home town, to greet the people. My...
by Barry Lenson | Dec 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
All evenings of classical music end eventually – even most performances of Meistersinger. But after the final notes have died away, why not ask this question before you grab your coat and head for the exit? How did that piece of music end?Unless you were...
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