Tag Archives: Ed Elder

Lying in the Grass, Looking Up …

Posted on July 5, 2025 by dannyashkenasi
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“LOVED” Performed on Dozens of Xylophones in the Botanic Garden

Posted on April 11, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Video of the complete performance in the Cherry Esplanade section of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden March 22.

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Layover in Detroit, Touchdown in Madison

Posted on July 23, 2024 by dannyashkenasi
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STELENFELD – Berlin Holocaust Memorial

Posted on July 16, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

In Berlin, Germany, just south of the Brandenburg Gate, across the street from the eastern edge of the Tiergarten park, lies the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, A K A the Holocaust Memorial, and also referred to colloquially … Continue reading →

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P&P – DAY 9 – The Day the Hair Went Bye-Bye!

Posted on September 14, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

Alt Title: The Day the Hair Got Snipped, Shorn and Shaved Off! The announcement, take one (with AD Charlotte Purser): Day 9 in the 10 days shooting “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” was fully devoted to the … Continue reading →

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HERCULANEUM

Posted on September 7, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

Part 3 of the Pompeii Series Above is the entrance gate into the Herculaneum museum/park, and below is the first view one gets of the ruins walking down the path to the official museum entrance. Herculaneum, like its more famous … Continue reading →

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The Homes of Pompeii

Posted on September 1, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

Post 2 of the Pompeii Series In the first post we explored the streets of Pompeii, with the temples, the Forum, the amphitheatres, bathhouses and the Coliseum. This time we will look at the homes of the inhabitants of Pompeii. … Continue reading →

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P&P – DAY 8 – Hanging On For Dear Life

Posted on May 26, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

Even if you’ve only so far seen the poster(s) or trailer for “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre“, my musical short film adaptation of the classic Edgar Allan Poe story, you’ve encountered the above image of the protagonist … Continue reading →

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NIAGARA Part 3 – Into the Mist

Posted on February 18, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

Looks like I saved the most dramatic pics & vids for Part 3… (Click here for Part 1 and here for Part 2) We took the elevator from Prospect Point down to the dock where we waited for our tour … Continue reading →

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LIGHTSCAPE at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Posted on December 7, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

A magical trail of fantastic light installations weaves its way through the Brooklyn Botanic Garden at night these days. Ed and I took the tour.

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HEXEN in HOF TONIGHT

Posted on October 21, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

A Bewitching Production Born out of a Pandemic My musical “Hexen” (“Witches”) is back on the boards, or rather the foyer, in Theater Hof in Germany. Originally premiered in the fall of 2020, it is back in repertory this season, … Continue reading →

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The Broken Castle of Heidelberg

Posted on September 2, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

Before I visited I did not know that Heidelberg’s grand castle complex is actually a ruin. In 1689, after decades of warfare, the French army blew up and set fire to much of the castle so that no army may … Continue reading →

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EVOCATION XXVIII – for Ed’s 62nd Birthday

Posted on July 12, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

Today is Ed’s birthday. And like every year since our first together, I will present him with a viola/piano duet I composed. They are all called Evocations. This year it’s Evocation XXVIII. Ed will probably blanche at the double stops, … Continue reading →

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ALASKA – Harvard Glacier

Posted on June 20, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

We visited Harvard Glacier. Which is just left of Yale Glacier. And up from Vassar Glacier, Bryn Mawr Glacier, Smith Glacier… in College Fjord, Alaska. I’m not kidding. There is a College Fjord with about a half dozen glaciers named … Continue reading →

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ALASKA – High Times, Low Tide, and Wild Life in Turnagain Arm

Posted on June 13, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

Mountain Vistas, Sweeping Inlets, and Alaskan Animals Turnagain Arm is a narrow branch of Cook Inlet, in the northwestern part of the Gulf of Alaska. It received its name when Captain Cook went down that way, sure he had found … Continue reading →

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EIFFEL TOWER VIEWS

Posted on April 17, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

Making my way through the Great American Southwest posts took the focus off our 2018 trip to Paris. Much has been shared from that visit already, but there’s still more. And how could I have not yet included our trip … Continue reading →

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