Happy New Year! Godt Nytår! С Новым Годом вас, дорогие товарищи!

Howdy! We have finally reached the January 2007. It was hard to get through the Christmas eating orgy. New Year 2007 party was easier for the stomach but not for the wallet. Anyway the dinner was worth it:

- The Russian-Soviet entry: egg filled with avocado-Kamchatcka crab mousse and covered with "Osetr" Caviar. Louis Laurent Brut Reserve champaigne.
- The French classics: Terrine de fois gras du canard (courtesy Simon Longhurst). Alsace Pinot Gris Grand Cru.
- Oysters from Bretagne a lá naturelle. Grüner Weltiner Classic (my favorite white wine classic from Austria)
- Fillet minion with organic danish potatoes, cépe sauce with truffle. Amarone della Valpolichella. - Blueberry pie with Valhorna chocolate. Carlsberg's Semper Ardens Abby Ale.

For the night food I've served my home brewed koscher dill cucumbers and tomatoes, "rimmad" fillet minion (salt-sugar marinated for several days) and Yury Dolgoruky vodka.

Miriam took part in the Danish Radio (DR) Christmas Show with Sigurd Barrett and Radio Symphony Orchestra. We have enjoyed it live in the Radiohuset (the old one at Frederiksberg, here it's nice Wikipedia story). This picture is taken on the staircase of this beautiful house (courtesy Jakob Boserup; if you like to receive a full 300 dpi image suitable for printing let me know)

Thanks to the new DR media initiative they broadcast this show and many others on the Internet. Unfortunately there is no chance to get back to the entry point for a show once it has scrolled back on the current show list. Click this link or cut and paste the whole link into your browser:

http://www.dr.dk/Forms/Published/PlaylistGen.aspx?qid=330985&odp=true&bitrate=high

or use this link to view the show in wmplayer:

mms://wms.dr.dk/nas01/auto/cms/Resources/dr.dk/NETTV/DR1/2006/12/7c433a2a-dc9a-4542-ae6d-c799eed838ef/DR%20Jul%20med%20Gigurd%20200620061225.wmv

It will launch the Windows Media Player and connect it to the show. If you prefer a capture of the streaming video to a disk take a look at this page.
Aunt Bodil normally plays at the second violins place, but this time she was unlucky to broke her finger while skiing in Switzerland.
Miriam appears at the 6:18, 6:56, 7:21, 8:05, 43:15, 57:57
Tchaikovsky's 1. forte piano concert is exceptionally good and leaves no chance to Van Cliburn :-)