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Tag Archives: Spreewald
MANHATTAN BRIDGE and Associates
A Grab Bag of Bridge Photos, Bridge Songs and Bridge Memories. Art Garfunkel lays himself down like a bridge: Bridge Memory #1 (Spies and Walls) Adele’s love ain’t water under the bridge:
Posted in Beginnings, Chamber Works, Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Adele, Blondie, Bridge, Bridge of Spies, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Fellowship of the Ring, Glee, Kate Bush, Manhattan, Manhattan Bridge, Pantanal, photos, Simon and Garfunkel, Spreewald, Stevie Wonder
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Take a Cool Musical Journey through the Spree Forest Canals during these Dog Days of Summer
Last July I posted a four part series on the Spreewald, or Spree Forest (one, two, three, four), the fabulous “rural Venice” an hour south of Berlin, Germany. The series included an elaborate photo tour of the region, and music … Continue reading
Posted in Chamber Works, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged chamber music, chamber piece, flute, gurken, harp, pickles, schmalzbrot, Spree Forest Suite, Spreewald, Spreewaldlieder
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STAHNSDORF – An American Red Oak for my Father
My plane was delayed by two and a half hours. Needing only hand luggage for a five day stay I breezed past the baggage carousel at Berlin-Tegel, but the taxi ride added to the delay due to traffic jams on … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Ashkenasi, American Red Oak, Baumbestattung, Berlin, Berlin Wall, cemetery, climate change, flute, Hebrew, memorial, Murnau, Norwegian Church, oak, Spree Forest, Spree Forest Suite, Spreewald, Stahnsdorf, Tagesspiegel, Tegel, Tree Internment, Wall, World War 2, Zille
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A SPREE FOREST MUSICAL EXCURSION Part 4 (It’s been epic, wouldn’t you say…?)
And we are back for the final installment of our musical and photographic excursion into the Spreewald(lieder) – Spree Forest (Suite). (Head here and here and here for the first three parts.) The Duo Elysée performed Spreewaldlieder in concert on … Continue reading
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Tagged bisbigliando, classical music, concert music, duet, Duo Elysee, flute, Germany, glissando, harp, song cycle, Spreewald, sunset, tourism, train, wild flowers
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A SPREE FOREST MUSICAL EXCURSION Part 3
And we’re back for Part 3 of the Spree Forest day trip and the Spreewaldlieder song cycle for flute and harp. (Head back here for Part 1 and Part 2) My favorite compliment I have received for the Spreewaldlieder song … Continue reading
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Tagged bier, bier garden, boatride, canals, chamber music, classical music, concert, duet, farm country, flute, Germany, harp, hiking, pedals, schnapps, Spreewald, tourism, waterways
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A SPREE FOREST MUSICAL EXCURSION Part 2
Welcome back to the Spree Forest and the Spreewaldlieder song cycle for flute and harp. (Head here for Part 1 if you missed it.) When I got the commission from the Duo Elysée I was excited to compose for flute … Continue reading
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Tagged canals, canoe, chamber music, classical music, duet, farmland, flute, Germany, harp, nature, pickles, reflections, song cycle, Spreewald, tourism, water
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A SPREE FOREST MUSICAL EXCURSION Part 1
Let’s take a musical trip to the one-of-a-kind Spreewald. The Spreewald (AKA the Spree Forest) is a gorgeous region, a kind of rural Venice located an hour southeast of Berlin, Germany in the source of the Spree River (which flows … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, canals, chamber music, classical music, concert, duet, farmland, flute, Germany, gondolier, harp, nature, rural, song cycle, Spreewald, tourism, Venice
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