Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) was one of the few composers who have encapsulated the dilemma of being a 20th-century creative artist quite as poignantly as Prokofiev.
Category: Music
Do You Like Our Arrowheads?
When I was in my 20’s, in what seems to be a different lifetime ago, I worked in the oil industry. I was what was
Remarkable Disinclinations
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to
Saturday Afternoon Vibes
There’s already a traffic issue heading up to Wyoming to get in line with the other 600 thousand or so for the eclipse, so we
Musical Interlude – Gabriel Fauré – A Happy Deliverance
“Everything I managed to entertain in the way of religious illusion I put into my Requiem, which moreover is dominated from beginning to end by
Thieving Magpies
La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) is a two act opera by Italian composer Gioachino Rossini. The libretto by Giovanni Gherardini was based on the
Dispatches from the Asylum 