Milada's quip that "Rome never fell" originated with this review of Fitzgerald's translation of The Aeneid (which I wrote several years ago and recently posted).

2008-2009 will be Keith Lockhart's final season with the Utah Symphony. He was appointed its music director in 1998. He will continue conducting the Boston Pops, which he has led since 1995.

Nobu Matsuhisa is co-owner (along with Robert De Niro) and executive chef of Nobu New York in TriBeCa, New York City.

Labels: angel falling softly, angel notes