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Garbed for another grueling day in the urban jungle, I loped into the dining room. Our children were already at the table, finishing their homework over breakfast. Krishna, the elder, was engrossed in the Bhagavad-Gita; Kikimora, his younger sister, was muttering an incantation in Old Slavonic. (They both attended the International School. Such a melting pot!) "What's today's morning repast?" I asked cheerfully, reaching for the sports pages of the New York Times. "Ambrosia," they answered in unison. How suitably mythological, I thought -- the food of Greece's ancient deities. In Manhattan one can buy damn near...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Gods Are Crazy | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

...Carnavel," OvertureDvorak "Ballet of the Sylphs" from "The Damnation of Faust" Berlioz Overture to "Rienzi" Wagner Selections by the Boston College Octetle Arthur J. Hagan, Baritone Soloist Irish Rhapsody Herbert "The Moldau," Symphonic Poem Smetana "Kikimora," A Fairy Legend Liadov "Marche Slave" Tchaikovsky Hungarian Dance No. 17 in F-sharp minor Brahms Intermezzo from "Amico Fritz" Mascagni Stars and Stripes Forever Sousa

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: At the Pops Tonight | 6/10/1927 | See Source »

...Pops tonight. The program follows: Overture to "Russlan and Ludmilla" Glinka "Khovantchina," Prelude Moussorgsky Prelude in C-sharp minor Rachmaninoff Polovtsian Dances from "Prince Igor" Borodin Symphony No. 6 in B minor, "Pathetic," Tchaikovsky Op. 74 Adagio; Allegro non troppo Allegro con grazia Allegro molto vivace Finale; Adagio Iamentoso Kikimora, A Fairy Legend Liadov Berceuse from "The Fire-Bird" Stravinsky Caprice on Spanish Themes Rimsky-Korsakov...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: At the Pops Tonight | 5/27/1927 | See Source »

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