Good morning, all! I am packed and rarin' to go. In about 2 hours, I'll call my car service and head out to LaGuardia. Keep them vibes coming!
The PETER PAN publicity really irks me for several reasons, some personal and some scholastic, but when I was working on 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE for the Bernstein estate in the late 1980s, I wanted to edit a new edition of the PETER PAN music but I was told no one would ever be interested in it. Given what Alexander Frey recorded, I think I would have done a better editorial and scholastic job. Much as I like a lot of his recording (not, however, the Captain Hook!), I find its notes vague and an insult to musicology. As to the wonderful "Dream With Me," he records an inflated version of the song created for the Chelsea review BY BERNSTEIN from the 1970s, later scored for full orchestra by Sid Ramin, and passes it off as the song from the original production. The version BK recorded is exactly what exists on the original manuscript, not an expanded concert piece, which is all wrong for the songs written for PETER PAN.
Now I've vented, once again, on my wrongs by the Bernstein office. Come back, Charlie Harmon! They need you.
DR DearReaderLaura, welcome back! I've missed you and your photos. I'm glad your sister is doing better.