Today's Musical Postcard

comes from London.


Featuring a performance of Renée Fleming, singing Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Ich ging zu ihm from the opera Die Wunder das Heliane. And another Marillion parody, which has nothing to do with Korngold.

Parody of Marillion's Somewhere Else. Yes that's a Starbuck's.
Which is not where I am right now.

Today's Musical Postcard From Nowhere

Featuring Renée Fleming.

Parody of the cover of marbles by British prog group Marillion. I didn't have any marbles.
Those are Carnegie Hall Ricola cough drops. 

Yes I'm still on a (much needed) vacation in parts unknown. After the jump, some nice footage of Renée Fleming singing the Countess in the final scene of Richard Strauss' Capriccio. Ulf Schirmer conducts.

Heading for the Great Escape

I'm taking my annual holiday at The Great Escape Amusement Park, located in the spa town of North Bath, NY. And if you don't know where that is, you need to read more Richard Russo novels. Back next week. In the meantime, here's some music: