Sunday, December 24, 2017

Christmas Pies

My apple and cherry pies. I definitely had no idea what I am doing. They look like they exploded. Let's hope they taste better than they look!


For the apple pie, I didn't have enough apple pie filling, so I just cut up another fresh apple and added it. The cherry pie also seemed to be short on filling but another whole can would have overflowed.


Wednesday, July 12, 2017

My Favorite Piano Music

YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoqipQPAfFOp_E0sVVOKIN8dNlovvD54f
Total time about 43 minutes

1. At An Old Trysting Place
Edward MacDowell: Woodland Sketches, Op. 51, No. 3
Played by James Barbagallo
2. Couplet Sans Paroles
Emil Sauer
Played by Oleg Marshev
3. The Harmonious Blacksmith
George Frideric Handel: Keyboard Suite No. 5 in E major, HWV 430
Played by Balazs Szokolay
4. Once Upon a Time
Edward Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Book 10, Op. 71, No. 1
Played by Balazs Szokolay
5. Polka Italienne
Sergei Rachmaninov
Played by Balazs Szokolay
6. That Certain Feeling
George Gershwin
Played by George Gershwin on piano roll
7. The Ragtime Nightingale
Joseph Lamb
Played by Joshua Rifkin
8. Kickin' The Clouds Away
George Gershwin
Played by George Gershwin on piano roll
9. Tea For Two
Youmans and Caesar
Arranged and played by Claude Bolling
10. Norwegian Dance Op. 35, No. 2
Edward Grieg
Played by Cyprien Katsaris
11. Death Ray Boogie
Claude Bolling
Played by Claude Bolling
12. At the Cradle
Edward Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 68, No. 5
Played by Balazs Szokolay
13. In Autumn
Edward MacDowell: Woodland Sketches, Op. 51, No. 4
Played by James Barbagallo


Thursday, July 6, 2017

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Summer of Love

At the Montreal Museum of Fine Art. 50-year retrospective of the 1960's and the Summer of Love.