by Kurt Knecht | Jan 23, 2012 | gigging stories, kurt knecht, Uncategorized
My wife has often said that I have a “European” sense of personal hygiene. My socks seldom match. I don’t iron my shirts. I stopped combing my hair around the time I successfully emerged from my 80s New Wave look. I don’t shave regularly. It’s not that these are...
by Kurt Knecht | Jan 18, 2012 | Jonah Sirota, kurt knecht, SPACE, Uncategorized
I made a little garden tonight using pencils, organ pipes, bells, and the harmonic series. The incomparable Jonah Sirota came strolling through with his viola mixing his rosin with the incense and the candles.
by Kurt Knecht | Jan 16, 2012 | bob marley, kurt knecht, organ, Uncategorized
There is a wonderful loneliness that can settle into a church when you have spent several hours in solitude practicing some thorny section of a Bach Fugue. The tinted light from the stained glass dances around the high ceilings with the F sharps and the B flats. One...
by Kurt Knecht | Jan 11, 2012 | Carter Albrecht, kurt knecht, Uncategorized
(N.B. This is not so much of a story about an actual gig as it is an example of the colorful characters you get to meet when you live the life of a wandering musician. In this case, the specific character is Carter Albrecht who was tragically killed in Dallas. You can...
by Kurt Knecht | Jan 7, 2012 | Ficino, kurt knecht, Uncategorized
I have been re-reading some of Marsilio Ficino’s commentary on Plato’s Symposium. Ficino was writing in 1475 at the beginning of the Italian Renaissance. He is basically continuing the Platonic thought in the tradition of Plotinus. Beauty and Love are very...
by Kurt Knecht | Jan 5, 2012 | kurt knecht, Manly Men's Chorus, Mannenkoorts, Uncategorized
This performance was sent to me by Mannenkoorts, a gay men’s chorus in Holland, a few years ago. It is still one of my favorite performances. I love hearing it sung with the Dutch consonants.
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