Balbastre: Pieces de Clavecin - Premier Livre (Jean-Patrice Brosse)

Claude Balbastre (1724-1799) 是巴洛克末期的法國作曲家。說是末期是再貼切也不過；他不僅跨越巴洛克和古曲時期的音樂，還經歷了法國大革命，安然度過餘生。

Movie: Invictus

Still watch movies from time to time, but too hard to keep up any movie reviews, as I'm already completely given a handful by writing my entries on Baroque music and National Parks.  I think I will try to be as brief as possible in my future movie reviews.

Concert: Concerto Köln (05/01/2010)

5/1/2010
Antoine Dauvergne, Quatrième Concert de Simphonies in A major, Op.4 No.2.

J.S. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major, BWV 1050
Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto for Cello and String and Continuo in D minor, RV 407
J.S. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G major, BWV 1049
Giovanni Sammartini, Symphony in A major, Jenkins-Churgin 62a

Albinoni: 6 sonata da chiesa Op.4 + 12 Trattenimenti armonici per camera Op.6 / The Locatelli Trio

Tomaso Albinoni 阿比諾尼 (1671-1751) 是義大利巴洛克晚期的作曲家，和Vivaldi(韋瓦第)以及Benedetto Marcello三位是當時威尼斯音樂界裡器樂曲作曲家的三巨頭之一。不過Albinoni跟Vivaldi與Marcello不同，並不是來自有音樂背景的家庭。Vivaldi的爸爸也是一位出色的小提琴家，而Vivaldi更是青出於藍。而Marcello是來自貴族世家，家族裡的人雖不把音樂當職業，但都有把音樂當休閒娛樂。

5/30/10 John Muir National Historic Site Part 2

John Muir 的馬車。當時從Martinez到舊金山要一小時多。

Muir's horse carriage.  It took an average of 1 hour to get to San Francisco