Thursday, January 11, 2018

The Wreck of the Inarticulate

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I wrote this after reading Longfellow's "Wreck of  the Hesperus." It helps to have a dictionary handy. The Wreck of the ...
Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Homage to John Ashbery

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Several years ago, after reading John Ashbery's "Some Trees," I wrote the following poem, which is a direct imitation. The sub...

John Ashbery (1925-2017)

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A compact, purposeful signature. John Ashbery signed this copy of Girls on the Run for me in Philadelphia in April 1999.   John Ashbery...
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Wednesday, May 10, 2017

My own Sunday rituals

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Before another week goes by, I want to mention two concerts I attended on back-to-back Sundays. On April 30, in a program at St. Asaph’s Ch...
Tuesday, April 11, 2017

London's dystopia

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My librarian tells me there has been a run on dystopian novels of late. The most popular is, of course,  1984, with Margaret Attwood's H...
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Brahms and friends

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The crew of the fine Art Music Company  performs  Brahms'  Piano Quartet  No. 1  in G Minor  Op. 25 Sunday  at the Ethical Soci...
Monday, March 6, 2017

Bach in Norristown

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Steve Kramer performs J.S Bach's Suite No.1 for Unaccompanied Cello Sunday in Norristown. Yes, it was everything I thought it would...
Friday, March 3, 2017

Steve Kramer to play Bach

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The cellist Steve Kramer will perform three of Bach's cello suites Sunday in Norristown. Here's a link to my article previewing the ...
Monday, February 20, 2017

Ives Uncaged

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The microtonalist composer and theorist Johnny Reinhard invited me to his New York apartment Sunday to hear a new recording, which he is pr...
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Monday, February 13, 2017

A Thought for the Day

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The most redundant phrase I know Would have to be "the winds that blow." For if the wind's just standing there, Then what y...