A Reflection, on Wagner's Birthday.
by Paul J. Pelkonen
It all started with what I wanted for Christmas in 1993.
"Mom, I want the Richard Wagner Edition of Parsifal with James Levine conducting."
"OK." Mom was happy that my classes at Fordham (including The Age of Beethoven and Wagner and Wagnerism the year before had led to such a fruitful musical interest in her only son."
by Paul J. Pelkonen
 |
| The Parsifal that started it all. Inset photograph © 1985 Bayreuth Festspiele. |
"Mom, I want the Richard Wagner Edition of Parsifal with James Levine conducting."
"OK." Mom was happy that my classes at Fordham (including The Age of Beethoven and Wagner and Wagnerism the year before had led to such a fruitful musical interest in her only son."
