Free early music concert(s) in Philadelphia this weekend

http://www.tempestadimare.org/Series.html#RRA

Rescued by the Red Army
rediscovering Johann Gottlieb Janitsch


Shimmering surfaces, beautiful counterpoint and heart-melting melodies won Janitsch’s chamber music the ranking of “the best” in his day. His modern revival just got an exciting boost with newfound manuscripts—carried off by the Red Army during World War II, stashed in Ukraine, and now repatriated to Berlin—which we'll perform in their modern world premieres.

Tempesta di Mare | Chamber Players
Gwyn Roberts, flute & recorder • Geoffrey Burgess, oboe • Marilyn Boenau, bassoon
Emlyn Ngai, violin • Karina Schmitz, violin & viola • Rebecca Humphrey, cello
Adam Pearl, harpsichord

Friday, January 25 at 8 pm
Trinity Episcopal Church
Rte. 320 and College Ave
Swarthmore
tickets / season pass
Open Doors — free-admission


Saturday, January 26 at 8 pm
Old St Joseph's Church
321 Willings Alley
Philadelphia
tickets / season pass
Open Doors — free-admission

I've been consistently delighted by their music, and I strongly recommend showing up if you have even the slightest interest in early music. I'll be at the Philadelphia show--let me know if you'd like to get together before and/or after.

Free early music concert(s) in Philadelphia this weekend

http://www.tempestadimare.org/Series.html#RRA

Rescued by the Red Army
rediscovering Johann Gottlieb Janitsch


Shimmering surfaces, beautiful counterpoint and heart-melting melodies won Janitsch’s chamber music the ranking of “the best” in his day. His modern revival just got an exciting boost with newfound manuscripts—carried off by the Red Army during World War II, stashed in Ukraine, and now repatriated to Berlin—which we'll perform in their modern world premieres.

Tempesta di Mare | Chamber Players
Gwyn Roberts, flute & recorder • Geoffrey Burgess, oboe • Marilyn Boenau, bassoon
Emlyn Ngai, violin • Karina Schmitz, violin & viola • Rebecca Humphrey, cello
Adam Pearl, harpsichord

Friday, January 25 at 8 pm
Trinity Episcopal Church
Rte. 320 and College Ave
Swarthmore
tickets / season pass
Open Doors — free-admission


Saturday, January 26 at 8 pm
Old St Joseph's Church
321 Willings Alley
Philadelphia
tickets / season pass
Open Doors — free-admission

I've been consistently delighted by their music, and I strongly recommend showing up if you have even the slightest interest in early music. I'll be at the Philadelphia show--let me know if you'd like to get together before and/or after.

Ambitious fiction

I'm currently reading Kim Stanley Robinson's climate disaster trilogy, and while I'm underwhelmed by the economics (a subject for another post) and think he woefully underestimates the impact of his bad weather (D.C. isn't remotely well enough insulated for -50F weather, and the death toll would be huge), I still admire his attempt at covering an epic subject.

So, what's the most ambitious fiction of various sorts you can think of? Egan's _Diaspora_ is probably the most ambitious science fiction. Anything other than _Lord of the Rings_ for fantasy? Maybe _Moonwise_ for most ambitious prose in fantasy.

Ambitious fiction

I'm currently reading Kim Stanley Robinson's climate disaster trilogy, and while I'm underwhelmed by the economics (a subject for another post) and think he woefully underestimates the impact of his bad weather (D.C. isn't remotely well enough insulated for -50F weather, and the death toll would be huge), I still admire his attempt at covering an epic subject.

So, what's the most ambitious fiction of various sorts you can think of? Egan's _Diaspora_ is probably the most ambitious science fiction. Anything other than _Lord of the Rings_ for fantasy? Maybe _Moonwise_ for most ambitious prose in fantasy.