Monday, December 13, 2010

Largely forgotten

A jewel of a sentence from Wikipedia:

Jean Daetwyler (January 24, 1907, Basel—June 4, 1994, Sierre) was a Swiss composer and musician. He is remembered mostly for his largely forgotten works for alpenhorn.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Some photos


Arkady Shilkloper and the rest of Pago Libre at a house concert


Vineyards in Lavaux, east of Lausanne


Kurt Ott showing me how to breathe.
The pretty horn I'm playing was delivered to his house the morning I got there.


Cathedral of trees at the university.
The altar is Lake Léman


Lake Lucerne


And some unfortunately-named businesses:

Some kind of printing company in Lausanne.
Their website doesn't explain the acronym, but innocently claims:
Thinking of FAG, draws one’s mind instinctively to proof presses.
FAG is in fact almost synonym with proof.


A jeweler's in Zürich. Definitely unintentional.