Even in his only surviving work for solo organ , a quiet introspective, almost meditative mood stands in stark contrast to the persona he seemed to project that persists in the memories of those who knew him best. “Prelude in C Minor – Evocation” by Garnell Stuart Copeland Diana only learned, quite by accident, of […]
Adelaide Hooker-Marquand (1903 – 1963) was the second wife and widow of John P. Marquand — author of the Mr. Moto spy stories and Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Late George Apley in 1938. Diana and Tom were engaged in late 1960. Not yet graduated from Harvard, Tom rented a room in Cambridge at the […]
(1950 – 2016) This prompted the obligatory (Diana-esque), “Why don’t you quit that sh*t?” Without missing a beat he retorted (in his most theatrical Cliffo-ese), “Dharlllling, don’t-chew-now … we smokers are a self-extinguishing species?” 4 minute video of Calvin Rensberg and his role in “Sweeney Todd” Calvin Remsberg in Sweeney Todd. Somehow that could not […]
and the artifacts that cause them? Over half a century has elapsed since attending this concert at UCLA. Despite the passage of time, what remains as vivid today was of a memory lapse Miss Dilling experienced a little over halfway into the first movement of the Händel. This was the second time i had heard […]
From earliest youth, both Diana and OV grew up hearing much classical music in the home as well as at the concerts of the Detroit Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, occasional recitals and other public venues. Many family friends (the Staglianos, Barringtons, Paxhias, Passanates to name but a few) reinforced this background so much that, by the […]
