“Danny Boy” — one of the greatest tunes ever, and certainly well-suited to the cello!🤩🍀🎻

Deeply moving….

The Baltimore bridge collapse will have ripple effects for months; likely years. The entryway to a major American port will be frozen for quite some time. And the video of the collapse will be seared into everyone's brains. Infrastructure will be top of mind again.

Well-put! My old teacher from the Boston Symphony toured with her in the 70s before joining the Orchestra. He always said it was one of the great musical experiences.

If you are at all interested in music (no need to be a musician!), I highly recommend you watch this short lesson by the brilliant, I mean brilliant, Fred Sherry. youtube.com/watch?v=sCQxFt…

Legendary cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich was born on 27 March 1927. Many personal associations with big-name musicians of his time yielded several extraordinary commissions and collaborative performances. What are your favourite Rostropovich recordings?

On this day, 237 years ago, the Constitutional Convention comes to order in Philadelphia. Gladstone, in 1878: "The most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the hand and purpose of man."

A clip of one of the most classic of all American songs — “I dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair” from 1854 by Stephen Foster. A truly beautiful delicate piece !

What happened to no coronations? How democratic is that?

Come for Daniel Lelchuk’s Puccini tribute and recommendations, stay for the link to the short excerpt from Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp. thebulwark.com/p/you-need-mor…

"I have witnessed it with others, and have seen tough anti-Romantic skeptics emotionally destroyed by one phrase of Puccini’s music. And you know what? We should lean into that." Daniel Lelchuk on Puccini 100 years later, and just as important: thebulwark.com/p/you-need-mor…

At The Bulwark, great Daniel Lelchuk piece on #Puccini100 and why you need more Puccini in your life (link in next post)

Excellent Daniel Lelchuk post on #PucciniCentenary at The Bulwark thebulwark.com/p/you-need-mor…

Jacqueline du Pré would have been 80 today! How we'd have celebrated her - so tragic that it's over 50 years since she played, 40 since she died. I'm sure she'd still have been playing with that same warmth, passion, instinctive understanding, joy, and genius for communication...

Wisdom from Abraham Lincoln b otd 1809: “If there is anything which it is the duty of the whole people to never entrust to any hands but their own, that thing is the preservation and perpetuity of their own liberties and institutions.” “Bad promises are better broken than kept.”

Remembering a great friend and citizen.

A few years ago I sat down with David Gergen for a conversation about leadership and American ideals. The conversation remains are relevant today as it was then. RIP and condolences to his family. open.spotify.com/episode/38gIj7…