Daniel Lelchuk

cellist •occasional writer •cyclist •people lover 🌎

[Daniel Lelchuk @DanLelchuk]

Antonín Dvořák is one of the great composers, and the Finale of his F major Quartet “American” illustrates why: colors, character, and melody abounds.
I am joined here by distinguished colleagues Eric Silberger, Siwoo Kim, and Matthew Lipman.

Please enjoy🎻🥳🎹

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Sharing my thoughts on a powerful conversation with the late @David_Gergen

[Quillette @Quillette]

His ability to provide valued counsel to Presidents of both major parties originated from a deep love for his country tempered by decades of accumulated political wisdom. By @DanLelchuk.

https://t.co/6QvrDYxi2r

[Iona Italia, PhD 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @IonaItalia]

"David Gergen’s message was that you don’t need to be a great musician, soldier, judge, or politician to act on this message: All of us, as engaged citizens, can help carry the torch for a better society." @DanLelchuk for @Quillette

https://t.co/dEG7ewchSv

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A few years ago I sat down with @David_Gergen for a conversation about leadership and American ideals. The conversation remains are relevant today as it was then. RIP and condolences to his family. https://t.co/Mvrwni53xZ

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Remembering a great friend and citizen.

[Quillette @Quillette]

By helping neighbours find their way back to restaurants after Hurricane Katrina—and encouraging tourists to find their way back to the Big Easy—Tom Fitzmorris fed the soul of this most soulful city, writes Daniel Lelchuk.

https://t.co/jQa04UtO6f

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@BillKristol will recognize it

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A great arrangement of a serene part of the repertoire.
Do you know the composer?
Heavenly music!

[Steven Isserlis @StevenIsserlis]

Wisdom from Abraham Lincoln b otd 1809:
“If there is anything which it is the duty of the whole people to never entrust to any hands but their own, that thing is the preservation and perpetuity of their own liberties and institutions.”
“Bad promises are better broken than kept.”

[Daniel Lelchuk @DanLelchuk]

@BillKristol Mozart would win every time, as genius as Papa Haydn is!🤯🎻🎹🙃

[Steven Isserlis @StevenIsserlis]

Jacqueline du Pré would have been 80 today! How we'd have celebrated her - so tragic that it's over 50 years since she played, 40 since she died. I'm sure she'd still have been playing with that same warmth, passion, instinctive understanding, joy, and genius for communication...

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

Come for Daniel Lelchuk’s Puccini tribute and recommendations, stay for the link to the short excerpt from Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp. https://t.co/Yy6FcKv2Cp

[Cathy Young 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 @CathyYoung63]

At @BulwarkOnline, great @DanLelchuk piece on #Puccini100 and why you need more Puccini in your life

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[Cathy Young 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 @CathyYoung63]

Excellent @DanLelchuk post on #PucciniCentenary at @BulwarkOnline

https://t.co/Z27QjhUTJ0

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

"I have witnessed it with others, and have seen tough anti-Romantic skeptics emotionally destroyed by one phrase of Puccini’s music. And you know what? We should lean into that."

Daniel Lelchuk on Puccini 100 years later, and just as important: https://t.co/XoKJpT3gI4
https://t.co/XoKJpT3gI4

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@BluePrinceton As @bungarsargon said “the smoke filled back rooms are BACK.”

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What happened to no coronations? How democratic is that?

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A clip of one of the most classic of all American songs — “I dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair” from 1854 by Stephen Foster.

A truly beautiful delicate piece !

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

On this day, 237 years ago, the Constitutional Convention comes to order in Philadelphia.

Gladstone, in 1878: "The most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the hand and purpose of man."

[Daniel Lelchuk @DanLelchuk]

@StevenIsserlis I often take a small plane from rural New Hampshire to Boston, which is about a 30 minute flight. It’s a nine seat propeller plane. I always have my cello with me but recently went without it. The pilot, who knows me and the cello, was stunned! Didn’t recognize me!

[Love your Inner Classical Music Geek @LoveInner]

Legendary cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich was born on 27 March 1927. Many personal associations with big-name musicians of his time yielded several extraordinary commissions and collaborative performances. What are your favourite Rostropovich recordings?