Richard and Eric take a brief look back at their year and find its a little harder to do than it would seem. What can be learned from the many surprises and disappointments the season or school year annually present? The guys also answer a listener email and reference the inimitable Gordan MacRae.
'musica obscura' looks at Communist composer Hanns Eisler's (1898-1962) “Woodbury Songbook” (1941).
'Readings and Writings' is a short acrostic obituary poem published at the death of composer George Friederic Handel (1685-1759).