Debussy – The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
An evening pause: Mary Elizabeth Bowden on trumpet and Naomi Woo on piano.
Hat tip Danae for suggesting the music.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
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I played trumpet for years, and 1) she has amazing tone, 2) her embouchure is textbook, 3) I’ve never seen a trumpet like that. Research shows she plays piccolo trumpet, but the standard version is very different from her obviously custom instrument. Very nicely done. Thanks for giving her some exposure.