... Can I get two margaritas and a fucking AMEN! I am so glad this week is over save for one more truck night. I am looking forward to the weekend, it should actually be sunny and nice for the first time in a month, so maybe I will get out and wash the car and do something outdoorsy. Who knows, I may just hide at the house and ignore the world, lol. I will have to come up with a couple of fabulous live performances for your Saturday Evening Concerts, but that is always a pleasant task much akin to 'forcing myself' to examine hundreds of photos of sexy men in order select just a few for display. Such is the life of the blogger, research is what distinguishes a great post from the mundane. Sometimes I achieve the ideal, and sometimes I don't. But I always try. So lets show off a little research, shall we?
Czech Composer Antonin Dvorak spent 3 years in America from 1892 to 1895 as the director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York City. He began at a then-staggering $15,000 annual salary, almost unheard of for a Musician or Composer of his times. The conservatory was unique in that it was open to female students as well as male and also black students as well as white. Definitely unusual for the times. While in America, Dvorak composed some of his most recognizable and popular works. He was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic in 1893 to compose his 9th Symphony "From the New World" which debuted to tumultuous applause and remains popular today. You will find a wonderful performance of "From the New World" by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Sergiu Celibidache recorded live at the Munich Phiharmonie in 1991 posted down below.
Dvorak wrote several other works of note while in America including String Quartet in F (the "American"), and the String Quintet in E-flat, as well as a Sonatina for violin and piano. Of particular note in the winter of 1894-1895, Dvořák wrote his Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191, which he completed in February 1895. His Cello Concerto is a star among the standards of the Cello repertoire, with performances around the world to this day. You will find Jacqueline Du Pre's performance of Dvorak' masterpiece with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of her then husband Daniel Barenboim, recorded in 1971 over on my tumblr.
Finally for Friday is a little visual inspiration for us all. This week's edition of Fantasy Fuel is chock full of sublime sexiness which should feed any erotic fantasy in which you might care to indulge. Cruise down the page and lose yourself in your reverie. When you surface for air, head over to my tumblr for one more little indulgence in Fantasy Fuel with your Hottie of the Day! who is "Ripped and Stripped!'. Thanks for the visit, be sure to tune in for tomorrow's concerts. Until next time as always, Enjoy!
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