This week, a poet and musician draws inspiration from a distant family connection to the Grand Ole Opry’s Little Jimmy Dickens. Also, for 15 years, a Virginia library has been hosting a weekly Dungeons & Dragons game for teens.
And, a taxidermist in Yadkin County, North Carolina found her calling before she could drive a car.
Salieri: I was staring through the cage of those meticulous ink strokes – at an absolute beauty.
I can’t say I’ve been on a Mozart kick, but some coincidences make me wonder.
The fabulous film, Amadeus, has been in my DVD player for a while. I marvel at the sheer virtuosity of its costumes, the sets, the magnificent acting of F. Murray Abraham who plays the burdened Salieri and of course, the storyline.
This film transformed my life in a single evening. Afterwards, one of my Peabody colleagues sneered, “It didn’t work,” but I was left bewildered. The point of the film wasn’t to be biographically or musically accurate (I.e. Mozart did not dictate his Requiem from his deathbed.), but it shows how envy can consume a person’s life and destroy their soul.
All that aside, today on Classical Music, we heard Mozart’s “Dissonant” string quartet. As some of you already know, classical nicknames are a pet peeve of mine, but at least the term “dissonant” has some relevance.
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Hmmm… these opening bars go way out there.
I found this really interesting lecture on this piece that I thought I’d share.
This week, vaccine requirements in the state of West Virginia change again, a look ahead at PEIA, and we talk with photographer Roger May about communities in southern West Virginia rebuilding after the February floods.
Appalachian Power customers may be seeing another price hike, caregivers are under stress, particularly during the holidays, and a new mountain roller coaster is a destination for fun seekers in Mercer County.
On this West Virginia Week, the body of a missing miner was recovered, guaranteed median income comes to Mercer County, and with Halloween over and Thanksgiving a few weeks away, what can you do with those leftover pumpkins?