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The latest Musica della sera show is now up on the Internet to listen to on demand; see below for locating the link. This program will be available on demand until Thursday, February 26, 2009 Devoted to the music of George Frideric Händel (1685-1759), it includes violin sonatas, a harpsichord suite, concerti grossi, an organ concerto, and the Dixit Dominus (1707), a youthful choral work that shows off Handel's dazzling genius and mastery of musical forms. You can see exactly what was played and who performed it by referring to the playlist (originally broadcast 2/19/2009). George Frideric Handel, by Mercier, ca. 1720 My wife, Meera Collier-Mitchell , and I take turns hosting the classical radio program Musica della sera on Thursday evenings, 7-9:30 (PT). This week Nicholas hosted. KUSP Radio is now offering On Demand downloads of its music programs. Peruse the calendar listing, with audio links, of The Shows Available . Click the one for Musica della sera Thursday night ...

President Barack Obama delivered this speech in Springfield, Illinois, February 12, 2009. If you missed it, I recommend you check it out. Skillful, eloquent, moving, unifying. Obama at his best. Here is the video link courtesy MSNBC and Keith Olbermann. Here is an excerpt: I cannot know if I am right. But I suspect that his devotion to union came not from a belief that government always had the answer. It came not from a failure to understand our individual rights and responsibilities. This rugged rail-splitter, born in a log cabin of pioneer stock; who cleared a path through the woods as a boy; who lost a mother and a sister to the rigors of frontier life; who taught himself all he knew – this man, our first Republican President, knew, better than anyone, what it meant to pull yourself up by your bootstraps. He understood that strain of personal liberty and self-reliance at the heart of the American experience. But he also understood something else. He recognized that while each o...

Hosting Musical Migration, 2-7-2009 (radio show) My friend and colleague Gypsy Flores asked me to fill in for her on Saturday to do her world music radio show Musical Migrations . The show is now up on the Internet to listen to on demand; see below for locating the link. It will only be available till next Saturday. I found myself playing music from countries where there's a lot of political unrest and violence, e.g. Madagascar, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, India. The wonderful music from those areas is a poignant contrast. I had a little trouble finding CDs I wanted to play, because that section of the station library has moved around quite a bit since I last did a world music show. Some curious segues resulted. You can see exactly what was played by referring to the playlist (originally broadcast 2/7/2009). Player of Valiha, Malagasy Art Gypsy Flores is the regular host of Musical Migrations on Saturday afternoons, 3-5 (PT). KUSP Radio is now offering On Demand downlo...

The latest Musica della sera show is now up on the Internet to listen to on demand; see below for locating the link. This show was dedicated to the solo piano works of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff. Artwork by Paul Brent And what is piano music without pianists? You'll hear Glenn Gould, John O'Conor, Alfred Brendel, Albert Ferber, Andras Schiff, Evgeny Kissin, and even scratchy recordings of Sergei Rachmaninoff himself, and his famous HOUS! (Hands of Unusual Size). You can see exactly what was played and who performed it by referring to the playlist (originally broadcast 2/5/2009). Hands of Russian Piano Virtuoso Sergei Rachmaninoff, with Wedding Ring on Right Hand My wife, Meera Collier-Mitchell , and I take turns hosting the classical radio program Musica della sera on Thursday evenings, 7-9:30 (PT). This week I hosted. KUSP Radio is now offering On Demand downloads of its music programs. Peruse the calendar listing, with audio link...

unawares selfie , originally uploaded by I, Puzzled . The guy who rarely writes substantive things in his own blog. Register this: he's a hell of a lot less full of dread since Obama took office.