I love his version of Gershwin! I have to say that I sometimes find your essays uncanny and distance myself from them because I don't know how or why they came to be that way. But this I know is good and right. Thank you for mentioning the film, which I had not discovered.
That you often address something specific just as I am thinking about it. Other people have done that tactically after invading my privacy in order to know what I have been thinking about, but of course you have not. It's just a fact that I am a bit wary any time I observe a certain degree of overlap and cannot explain it. It's nothing to do with you personally, I just realize that it predisposes me to be unusually contrarian.
Luckily, someone had the sheer brilliance to show the Mount Scopus concert on a pretty recent Independence Day. Not that I don't enjoy the Bible quiz, but wow. I loved seeing his excitement, his thrill to throw in a few Hebrew words, maybe even a bissel Yiddish. But also, how quaint the optimism now sounds to my jaded ears.
Just forwarded this piece on to my father-in-law, who used to attend his Young People's Concerts.
How fortunate he was!
I’d love to hear any anecdotes if you have
I love his version of Gershwin! I have to say that I sometimes find your essays uncanny and distance myself from them because I don't know how or why they came to be that way. But this I know is good and right. Thank you for mentioning the film, which I had not discovered.
What an interesting thing to say. What do you mean by that exactly ?
That you often address something specific just as I am thinking about it. Other people have done that tactically after invading my privacy in order to know what I have been thinking about, but of course you have not. It's just a fact that I am a bit wary any time I observe a certain degree of overlap and cannot explain it. It's nothing to do with you personally, I just realize that it predisposes me to be unusually contrarian.
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How curious
Do consider yourself lucky if you don't understand what it is like to be chronically stalked and harassed.
Is it?
Beautiful! And I learned a lot - thank you!!
Luckily, someone had the sheer brilliance to show the Mount Scopus concert on a pretty recent Independence Day. Not that I don't enjoy the Bible quiz, but wow. I loved seeing his excitement, his thrill to throw in a few Hebrew words, maybe even a bissel Yiddish. But also, how quaint the optimism now sounds to my jaded ears.
May he rest in peace
https://youtu.be/sA7BPdZgxGk?is=nXxCtxx2ze1M8KbP