May 2010
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Six Suites for Cello
For the first time in my life I have listened to all six suites of Bach’s Six Suites for Cello back to back. Actually, I’ve been at it for hours. Three different sets of recordings, Shiff, Ma, and Gendron, each of the full set of suites. As cliché as it may be, I prefer Yo-Yo Ma’s renditions. While in college I attended a recital which had one of my professor’s cello...
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Peacocks
“The peacock theme also appeared in depictions of the Buraq, the winged creature that Muhammad rode through outer space. The Buraq was portrayed as a pegasus steed but possibly transgendered, with a woman’s head and a male peacock’s tail. In Pakistan you’d see the Buraq on the backs of big trucks and little rickshaws and in framed paintings, sleepy eyes with long lashes,...
