Brazil Archives : Professor Carol

Friday Performance Pick – 207

January 18, 2019 by Hank Reynolds

Villa-Lobos, Choros No. 1 Choro in Portuguese translates as “cry,” or more appropriately, “lament.” The popular musical genre under that name first appeared in Brazil in the late 19th century. Despite the name, Choros tend to be upbeat. They drew on African rhythms and a … Read more

Friday Performance Pick – 186

January 10, 2019August 24, 2018 by Hank Reynolds

Milhaud, Le Boeuf sur le Toit The bull on the roof? Now there’s one problem we never had to deal with back on the ranch. Our bulls stayed peacefully (mostly) in the pasture, and none of our neighbors (who loved to tell stories) ever mentioned … Read more

And Then There's This . . .

Jonathan Turley, The Fight Over Parental Rights Just Got Primal. “Few would believe that sending our children to a public school means we have transferred the most fundamental parental rights to ‘experts’ on rearing our children.”

Roger Kimball, What the Right Gets Wrong About Art. “Why do so many people feel that if something is regarded as art, they ‘have to go along with it,’ no matter how offensive, foolish, or corrosive it might be?“

Peter Wood, After College: The Coming Cultural Collapse of Higher Education. “Students graduate with a veneer of knowledge rather than a core. An increasingly obsolescent institution has wedded itself to an increasingly noisome cultural stance.”

Anthony Esolen, Heap Songs Upon Their Heads. “We are the most beauty-starved people, I am persuaded, who have ever trod the earth.”