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What does suprise me is the number of Republicans on this panel. Does the US have a system to examine these measures that doesn't involve politicians? If not, can you trust the end results? The House is controlled by GOP , thus the number.The GOP panel head: “Retirement from public service does not...

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A wonderfully fresh, enthusiastic, virtuosic live reading of Prokofieff's mighty 5th Symphony by Britain's National Youth Orchestra April 14, 2024 in London. Good to see CM in such good young hands: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001y97c A day earlier on BBCR3 is a live March 2,2024 performance ...

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Seems we may have learned little from the COVID pandemic , and no doubt the anti-vaxers,anti-mandaters,conspiricists will come out from under their rocks again.From WAPO today: " ...New this a.m.: Federal agencies with competing interests are slowing the country’s ability to track and control an out...

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Rach3 wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:33 pm

The full NPR interview with Berman:

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1246297603

As I suggested earlier,Barney.

The interview is actually a bit terrifying if Berman is accurate, which seems he is.

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I will want to obtain a new book coming out this week, “ Minority Rule” by one Ari Berman.Heard him interviewed on NPR about the book. Factoids he mentioned: By 2040, 70% of the US population will live in just 15 of the States,which States will have 30 of the 100 US Senators. Presently, California ...

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I will want to obtain a new book coming out this week, “ Minority Rule” by one Ari Berman.Heard him interviewed on NPR about the book. Factoids he mentioned: By 2040, 70% of the US population will live in just 15 of the States,which States will have 30 of the 100 US Senators. Presently, California h...

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Sheku Kanneh - Mason playing Weinberg's great Cello Concerto with Andrew Manze and the Royal Liverpool in Liverpool April 4 :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001y9vc

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The impact of technology, let alone the coming AI, on the culture: From AxiosMacro April 22: “Flashback: Acemoglu pointed to the late 1970s, when automation hit America's factories in a way that reshaped the industrial landscape. "People from Silicon Valley, journalists and some economists might be ...

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Live from Wigmore Hall, London, April 22,2024. The selection of Couperin here was not, for me, very attractive music .The Satie “Avant” and “Je” were first hearings for me,"Je" very enjoyable.. His arrangement of “ La Valse” for me suffered from being tarted-up by excessive added virtuoso displays a...

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Lebrecht's ode: SIR ANDREW DAVIS AND THE SNOBS Norman Lebrecht April 22, 2024 The composer Michael Tippett referred to him as ‘the other Davis’ – that is, not Sir Colin. Covent Garden never considered him a candidate to succeed his namesake. He was not appointed Generalmusikdirektor of any holy Germ...

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UKRAINE (The Borowitz ReportApril22)—After six months of what seemed at times an unwinnable battle, on Saturday the Ukrainian army scored a stunning victory over Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Jubilant Ukrainian soldiers cheered as news spread that their despised foe from Georgia’s 14th congressional ...

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I heard only the 3rd, my fav Brahms symphony. A rather relaxed reading here (? ) I think , compared to my recording by William Steinberg conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony, but I'll defer to the symphonists here: Enregistré le 1/10/1952 au Royal Festival Hall, Londres Johannes Brahms - Symphonie n°3...

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Kondrashin’s 1961 recording with Moscow Phil. fine,too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FYItK8JS4Q

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Carolus Antonius Fodor (1768-1846) - Simphonie à grand orchestre (c.1805) NetherIands Radio Chamber Orchestra; Anthony Hаlsstеаd (conductor) Interesting throughout, pleasant, if a one-hear.Reminiscent of late Mozart with a touch of early Beethoven. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSGvkFJHLjM (Audio ...

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A final suggestion if you are a Prokofieff fan, the "War" Sonatas, of which I have heard only the 6th from his 2021 cd so far, and it's revelatory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6dKBzG ... Nw&index=1

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Belle wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:44 pm
What would G&S have made of 'my preferred pronouns'??!!

Nothing at all.

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And not just Israel. As usual, an insightful op ed from New Yorker's David Remnick today: The War Games of Israel and Iran While Netanyahu and the Islamic Republic exchange ballistic “messages,” the question of Palestine demands the moral and strategic courage of actual statesmen. By David Remnick A...

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david johnson wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:24 am
No! Your dressing room should be determined by your plumbing.

Agreed. Reasonable accommodations need to be made for trans , but also by trans.

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Martha Argerich and Evgeni Bozhanov play the Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos, live video,Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra , conductor Naiden Todorov , March 25,2021, in Sofia I suspect. One of my fav PC’s and Bozhanov a pianist I've followed since 2009:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmbDM7GKA30

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"Yes,Prime Minister" on newspapers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l63aIA3e-Tc

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And Biden fact checked:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/19/politics ... index.html

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A recent live performance of Mozart's PC #20,K.466, effectively scored for piano and string quintet ( arranged by Mozart or whom not identified ), and the quartet also plays Beethoven's great Op.95 String Quartet, for me possibly his most effective quartet , would be great to hear a paired performan...

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IMF warns US about US spending:

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/19/imf-wa ... t-spending

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From Axios today, the Confederates rise again: "The UAW on Thursday secured a federally sanctioned unionization vote for workers at the 6,100-person Mercedes-Benz factory in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Pharmacists at multiple CVS stores are moving to join a new union as part of a growing backlash to...

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From AxiosPm today: "One of the first jurors seated in former President Trump's historic criminal trial was dismissed Thursday after expressing concerns about being publicly identified. Why it matters: With the People of New York v. Trump set to be one of the most high-profile and politically charge...

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An interesting new find with pianist Severin von Eckardstein . His extraordinary realization of the epic Sonata " Ballada" , Op.27 by Nikolai Medtner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Df-0z0EtHA&list=PL_qnZP9dy-CY5MV2TCwRRBkhIyfweU6uu&index=29 (Mov.1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI5fArOtV34 (Mo...

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NYT review of Moscow recital:

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/21/arts ... tears.html

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A recent Brookings study per Axios:

" ...The paper compared poverty reduction efforts in the U.S. to other countries including Canada, the U.K., and the Netherlands, and found that the U.S. is the only one where working full-time at minimum wage doesn't lift you above the poverty line..."

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IMHO, Trump should be held in contempt, and held in Rikers Island every night of the trial, released only during the day to attend trial, and during trial breaks be in custody of his lawyers and/or officers with no ability to post anything anywhere. Those like Watters should be investigated by a gra...

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Fww, I thought this recital lived up to Hadelich's excellent reputation.Weiss is quite an accomplished, well-regarded pianist in his own right.

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In Britain no less,From SlippedDisk today: TENOR STOPS MID-CONCERT TO DENOUNCE NEW BIRMINGHAM RULES ORCHESTRAS Norman Lebrecht April 18, 2024 The tenor Ian Bostridge shocked Symphony Hall Birmingham last night by stopping after the third song in Britten’s Les Illuminations to denounce the CBSO’s new...

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Some great live and all very recent concerts this past couple days on Dutch Radio 4 and Radio Belgium . On Radio 4, Pletnev playing Rach 3, Viotti conducting Mahler 9 ( Viotti presumably dressed), Weesp Chamber Festival with Dvorak’s “American” Quartet and Korngold’s Suite for Piano Left Hand,Two Vi...

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Fww, I had to miss the real time live stream April 16 as we had a tornado storm scare here at the time, but have discovered it is archived, at least for some time, and can be watched now which I am planning to do right now: https://theviolinchannel.com/vc-live-vc-artist-augustin-hadelich-from-the-ya...

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Do be aware that a civil finding is nothing like a criminal conviction. Law 101. The Judge said she might have been lying because she was 'trying to process' what had happened to her. 101, precisely why I noted the Judge said it was " likely " , not that he said " beyond a reasonable doubt." He did...

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Oh, that's very funny!! A biased left wing organization prints something to cover its own backside when they were part of the "get Morrison" brigade!! What is funny is the near-total avoidance,discussion, of the fact the Judge ( not a biased leftwing organization) has found and reasoned, rather con...

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Judge says likely Higgins was raped in Parliament:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-15/ ... /103706656

A more balanced account than appearing in some other reports here.

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Guilty pleasures of mine.Sound not the best on these , but listenable. Sergei Bortkiewicz’ Piano Concerto No.2 for Left Hand , Op.28, live video,Academic Symphony Orchestra "Philharmonia" Chernigiv,Ukraine (date ?) Nadejda Vlaeva - piano Mykola Sukach-conductor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfgQho...

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Topics for your Bible study group from New Yorker today: The relationship between a parent and a child can be a tricky one. Have your parents ever bound you to an altar—as Abraham did to Isaac—ignoring your pleas for mercy and fully intent on sacrificing you, only to abandon their plan at the appear...

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Atlanta Journal Constitution mostly behind a paywall , but it appears your sister’s assessment was correct, and what can be read says orchestra too loud:

https://www.ajc.com/things-to-do/atlant ... W2NDDCYSQ/

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The non - profit hospital tax scam: https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/14/nonprofit-hospitals-turn-profit-charity-care-tax-exempt-status/?utm_campaign=daily_recap&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_jDHbC2-cNZ-Ij4JVAlNMVbLzHHCpQhRfGbN5ltGdgBze3oRYlpihmgXXJQEGPb4QzBXwc_vSsgsl_AE_FlKmx9FVyvg&_hsmi=3027569...

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Tomorrow night,Tues. April 16, 7:30pm EDT (US) , free, with pianist Orion Weiss: https://theviolinchannel.com/vc-live-vc-artist-augustin-hadelich-from-the-yale-school-of-music/ Program S. Prokofiev Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80 Amy Beach Romance, Op. 23 E. Ysaÿe Sonata in D minor, Op. 27, No. 3, “...

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The non - profit hospital tax scam: https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/14/nonprofit-hospitals-turn-profit-charity-care-tax-exempt-status/?utm_campaign=daily_recap&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_jDHbC2-cNZ-Ij4JVAlNMVbLzHHCpQhRfGbN5ltGdgBze3oRYlpihmgXXJQEGPb4QzBXwc_vSsgsl_AE_FlKmx9FVyvg&_hsmi=30275696...

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Absolutely wonderful 45 minutes , “This Cultural Life”, BBC Radio 3, April 11:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001yb9l

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You can hear the whole thing here (tracks 10-13). I was just linking to the really difficult parts. https://www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6367/ Heard first time today, enjoyed more than any Sorabji I've heard, and will re-hear yours. For the other CMGers here, a link to the Sonata is below, may h...

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diegobueno wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:02 am
Maybe that's the problem. Maybe I need to make it the first part of a long cycle of monstrously difficult piano sonatas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_UrsMxcEDs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TZ3u2rTtk0

Are the other 2 movements at YT ? TIA.

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Not to mention Hitchens would have drunk Buckley under the table.Perhaps Buckley knew. I saw Buckley live give a talk in 1971 at Ripon College in our Wisconsin, and have his book, "The Jewelers Eye". He had numerous debates with famous lefty professor Noam Chomsky, on YT.Chomsky usually got the bett...

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Rach3 wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:55 pm
If I recall, the Madge recording of Godowsky’s Piano Sonata is about twice the length of Hamelin’s.

Well, not quite.But, a considerable difference.

Fww, Hamelin takes about 48 minutes, Madge about 65.

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I finally listened to Sorabji's Opus Clavicembalisticum in a single go for the first time (the Geoffrey Madge recording on BIS). Interesting to me in fragments, I still don't understand the piece as a whole, and I suspect at this point I never will. You might wish to hear John Ogdon’s recording. Se...

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Anyway - my favorite Fifth is Jochum with the Concertgebouw (on Philips label). I should get a medal for hearing two Bruckner symphonies in one day, let alone the same one, but I agree the Jochum /RCO is great, if this 1964 from YT is your fav: 2nd medal :Today, my first hearings probably of Bruckn...

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More background on the World Kitchen strike by IDF:

https://news.yahoo.com/top-idf-commande ... 25777.html

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