Friday, September 26, 2014

Stradivarius "Rode" 1722--in concert--

Erzhan Kalibeav playing Tchaikovsky Op. 35 on Stradivarius "Rode" 1722 (a famous violin almost 300 years old) in Poland.
I have a famous recording of Jascha Heifetz playing this, but Heifetz was somewhat like the Nabokov of violins, unmatchable technical virtuosity and brilliance, but not much heart.
This is a much softer and even more tender rendering--enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0swFoImW0g

kmkaung
9-26-2014

Reforestatation--need for seedlings--

https://www.hcn.org/articles/how-new-mexico-is-building-a-forest-by-solving-a-seedling-shortage/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us