Among the missing

I've been among the missing recently due to factors, pretty much beyond my control. Things are happening and fast in my life and it leaves little time for just about anything else. I won't bore you with the details (and some are not yet ripe for public consumption), but I'll be dropping hints here in case you're interested.

I wish I had more time at the computer, because in my 7 hours of driving on Saturday, I thought up a detailed and personal blog post on music and the place that it has in my life and memory. Unfortunately it is impossible to type and drive, so someday, maybe I'll have time to commit it here.

Nonetheless, time hasn't been entirely wasted. I did hear and see Deborah Voigt looking and sounding wonderful at the NY Philharmonic last Thursday. She sang the Berg Frühe Lieder, which I can admit to taking to immediately, I thought she did brilliantly with wonderful tone and spectacular diction. I can quibble only in that it didn't exploit her radiant top, the best part of her voice, but that's Berg's fault not hers. I have to admit to finding Maazel's podium manner somewhat offputting in the Berg (I felt like he was rushing us through it), but did think he was fully engaged in the Bruckner 3rd, which was new to me and which I fully enjoyed.

In any case, I'm off on business travels for a few days, but hopefully not gone for too long. Until then, if you have nothing to do, spend a day in a beautiful part of Brooklyn, celebrating its great poet and his Leaves of Grass.