[Publius]

The heavy rain has stopped, but now the temps will dip down to the freezing point. It's going to be very interesting outside, which is why I'm staying inside.

Smoked salmon, crusty French bread and brut champagne in an hour 45 minutes.

Happy New Year to you, too.

[Publius]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

FUN WITH CHAMBER MUSIC

BRAHMS: TRIO FOR PIANO, VIOLIN & CELLO IN C, OP. 87

”Jo!” Clara Schumann exploded. “Jo, you’re serious? Putting a waltz in the middle of a scherzo? A popular music form? Are you out of your mind?”

”Ah, liebchen,” Brahms sighed, puffing his ever present Cuban stogie. “Johann Strauss would kill to write a waltz like this. You won’t want it to end.”

And he was right.

Brahms: Trio for Piano, Violin & Cello in C, Op. 87, scherzo