Monthly Archives: July 2017
Bailey on Bassoon at the Cultural Center
Vivaldi wrote 39 concertos for bassoon, a veritable treasure trove for aficionados of the instrument, according to Sandra Bailey, accomplished soloist. One of them, the Concerto in A Minor for Bassoon, was the second of three selections Bailey played yesterday in one of Chicago’s most magnificent venues – the Cultural Center’s Preston Bradley hall. […]
Christmas in July
While making great progress on my Suzuki lessons and my current Book Four Vivaldi Concerto movement, I do practice other things most days. For a while now, my primary side-pursuit has been Ashokan Farewell, the Jay Ungar composed tune that found ubiquity with its inclusion in the Ken Burns documentary The Civil War. I continue […]
New String and Muscling Through
I opened my violin case to practice yesterday and encountered a broken A string. The good news is I’ve long known to keep extras on hand, so I replaced it in short order. The bad news is new strings always take a while to break in – they slip slowly flat as they stretch out. […]
Ryan Libel 