Monthly Archives: January 2013

La Lugubre Gondola

It is the Vaporetto Line 1 or Line 2 which you take, along the Grand Canal. Get off at the San Marcuolo stop, and wend your way through the narrow streets till you find the Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi; then imagine Liszt … Continue reading

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Death in Venice – and Alkan

Byron stood there. Liszt stood there. You’ve probably stood there, and now I have, too. I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs,  A palace and a prison at each hand… And as I was standing there last November, … Continue reading

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