Divamensch

I never heard of these ladies but their shared obit caught my eye on the Times. This was the first time I remember seeing a dual obit, people who died on the same day. Alice and Ellen Kessler were identical twins, German singers and dancers, sometime actresses (can we just say "entertainers?") who were a big deal in the 60s. They died at the age of 89 vis assisted suicide. Ellen had recently suffered a serious stroke and they went public with their intention to end their live

Liz, Dale, Jere, and I heard Jean-Efflam Bavouzet in a concert at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, a one-night performance of the complete published music for solo piano by Maurice Ravel. I've been to or participated in hundreds of chamber music concerts over the years but I'd never heard of a chamber music concert with two intermissions! It was one of the greatest concerts I've ever heard. Jere used to tease me about this - - I used to say this more often and he'd sa