tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post7904392362173788299..comments2024-03-28T12:59:05.739-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: SightingsLisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-75241065440790547702011-05-08T09:49:22.808-07:002011-05-08T09:49:22.808-07:00Also, Judge Vaughn Walker of Prop. 8 fame. I wante...Also, Judge Vaughn Walker of Prop. 8 fame. I wanted to shake his hand and congratulate him but it didn't seem appropriate in the circumstances.Joshua Kosmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15075632616533206889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-90269382614835816752011-05-08T08:50:57.462-07:002011-05-08T08:50:57.462-07:00Hahahah, yeah.
There are two pianists playing som...Hahahah, yeah.<br /><br />There are two pianists playing something plus the Diabelli Vars. in the 2011-12 season around here. I feel I must get tickets to both. (Neither is the great Stephen Kovacevich, alas.)Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-29362143841173251772011-05-08T08:46:43.636-07:002011-05-08T08:46:43.636-07:00I'm going to be seeing Jeffrey Kahane this aft...I'm going to be seeing Jeffrey Kahane this afternoon. He's playing Mozart and Schumann piano quartets at Menlo.<br /><br />I saw recently a reference to a stage play about a musicologist who's obsessed with the question of why Beethoven would devote such effort to writing variations on Diabelli's dim little tune. I would think one listen to the work itself would answer that question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com