“This lonely scene, the galaxies like dust, is what most of space looks like. This emptiness is normal. The richness of our own neighborhood is the exception.”
“"It was not a show, it was a dialogue. I presided over a salon.” — Nimet Habachy of WQXR’s New York at Night
“Improvisation and Romance” by Mieczyslaw Weinberg. Written in 1950 and premiered by Quator Danel in 2018.
Slow down, you crazy child
And take the phone off the hook
And disappear for a while
It’s all right, you can afford
To lose a day or two, ooh
When will you realize
Vienna waits for you?
Sometimes, the algorithm behaves like a good tool and helps you out. Through it, I discovered the Baroque Down Palace radio show, though which I REdiscovered this long-forgotten fave of mine.
I think this was on heavy rotation during my late college/early working years. The me of 10-ish years ago is coming through again in a fascinating way.