Over to Zurich for this 1967 performance of Othmar Schoeck’s Sommernacht, Pastorales for Orchestra with Edmond De Stoutz leading the Zurich Chamber Orchestra in this performance, recorded in concert on March 8, 1967. Othmar Schoeck’s music was performed during his lifetime by leading conductors, from Wilhelm Furtwängler to Fritz Busch
On top of everything else keeping America up at night, the fixation over Flying Saucers, beings from another planet, Little Green Men, Unexplained phenomena, mysterious sightings were enough to make sure America didn’t get enough sleep. First you had the birth of the all-night call-in show, where anyone with an
Diving back to 1954 this weekend for a set by The Chet Baker Quartet, recorded at Storyville on March 16, 1954. Digging through photos for this post the thing that struck me was how much of a pop icon he became with the hip-cool aura he projected. How that landed
