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It was wonderful to see former golfer Lee Elder recognized , an Asian woman win , and an Asian man win at major golf tournaments this week --- all in “ stop the steal “ Georgia.

Sushi for the 2022 Masters Champions Dinner ! Love it.

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I have not heard any of these yet , but may .You can sign up for their newsletter. https://tinyurl.com/k5ymjd59 Biweekly on Sundays—2:00 p.m. CT Cliburn Masterpiece is a series that examines the who, what, when, where, and how of the greatest piano works. Cliburn laureates and other esteemed special...

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Vitezslav Novak’s ( 1870-1949) Piano Sonata “Eroica “, Op.24 ( 1900 ), Frantisek Rauch,pianist, from my Suraphon cd set to the composer’s complete solo piano works played by Rauch. For awhile, the Sonata was in the active recital repertoire of Ignanz Friedman. Here audio plus score: https://www.yout...

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Does the Murdoch family also support the Liberal Party in Australia and the Tories inUK ? Other governments ?

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Trump's rant not unlike Hitler's rants of the '30's.Except Hitler far more intelligent.

This TrumpReich soldier gives "suckups" a bad name:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/scoop-ohio-s ... 32802.html

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Recordings made in 1940 for Vatican Radio , extraordinary playing, the pianist at age 48: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31ygOhhZg98 Chopin Scherzo No.1,Op.20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSk9BQzQwjg Liszt,Legend No.2, “St.Paul Walking on the Waves “ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL8U646ygws C...

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I have several of Gabriel Faure’s ( 1845 -1924 ) chamber works, but had not heard his Piano Trio, Op.120 ( 1923) before, a wonderfully lyrical, uncomplicated work for late - Faure, here the ATOS Trio , live video from a performance in Berlin, 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS3oDLxslZA ( 18 mi...

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Sen.Manchin is even worse than I thought:

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/joe-manc ... 12253.html

His charade should be called for what it is.

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maestrob wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:06 am
Gaetz's career looks more & more like badly burned toast to me each day.

He's now implicated in a "ghost candidate" scheme in either Florida or Texas, or both.

Gaetz and Tucker Carlson , today's GOP in less than 25 words.

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Not sure about the box, but he had no fear. Here he is playing live the 6th Piano Sonata (1988) of Galina Ustvolskaya. I have a recording of her Piano Concerto and Symphony No.1 and Grand Duo for Cello and Violin, all great , but earlier than that Sonata. Shostakovich proposed marriage to her, but s...

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The Schubert rarely-done is a great work IMHO, with its haunting opening theme. Do give it a chance! I did decide to hear the Schubert from the Fischer recital.Enjoyed.My first hearing of it as well. Of my 3 first hearings on this recital , decided to purchase a 320kpbs mp3 download from Presto of ...

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I am a huge Faure fan , but have no recording of his presumably early First Violin Sonata,Op.13 ( or any any later ) , and do not recall ever hearing the First ( or any later ) . Delightful here. I did not hear the Mozart ( 28 ??!! ), nor the Schubert . I am also a huge Poulenc fan, yet his extraord...

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“There isn’t one right way to communicate about vaccines, but you need multiple messages with multiple messengers,” said Dr. Frieden, who leads the health advocacy group Resolve to Save Lives. “And people don’t want to hear from politicians.” One right way is to suggest criminal sanctions.We dont s...

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Franck's D Minor (Albert Wolff/Lamoureux) Saint-Saens' Fourth Piano Concerto (Casadesus/Bernstein) That S-S 4th PC recording is wonderful, mine the Columbia lp, coupled with some Faure. Try to hear the Cortot / Munch 4th on Naxos, too.Think it's at YT. I feel the big theme of the final mov. is almo...

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/07/us/arizo ... index.html

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As with most politicians, his first priority is getting re-elected.He could "hide" among all the Dems on 2nd Impeachment and point to 10 GOP votes as well ( I think West Virginia GOP Gov. Justice also supported 2nd Impeachment ), and knew the Relief Act would be popular in WVA , but this time he see...

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NYT today 4/8: “Right now, the U.S. raises less corporate tax revenue as a share of economic output than almost all other advanced economies,” Alan Rappeport and Jim Tankersley of The Times write.The justification for the tax cuts has often been that the economy as a whole will benefit — that lower ...

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April 7, 2021 NYT : "The political arm of House Republicans is deploying a prechecked box to enroll donors into repeating monthly donations — and using ominous language to warn them of the consequences if they opt out: “If you UNCHECK this box, we will have to tell Trump you’re a DEFECTOR.” And call...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa4z-Pgdy4U

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77-year old Eliso Virasaladze in Tokyo, 2020.Challenging program. I forgot how long-winded Tchaivovsky can be ; “Novellette" similarly long-winded, for me. Not sure I had ever heard all the Prokofieff “Sarcasms”, wonderful work ,playing.She had her hands full in the well-known Toccata , perhaps slig...

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Per AxiosAm today, for Pence's new 501(c)(4) " non-profit ": " The advisory board includes Kellyanne Conway, Jim DeMint, Ed Feulner, former Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, Newt and Callista Gingrich, Heritage Foundation President Kay James, Larry Kudlow, Robert Lighthizer, Club for Growth Presi...

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From NYT today: The new Georgia law is intended to be a partisan power grab. It is an attempt to win elections by changing the rules rather than persuading more voters. It’s inconsistent with the basic ideals of democracy. But if it’s intent is clear, its impact is less so. It may not have the profo...

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Thomas Ades’ Piano Concerto, Kirill Gerstein, pianist and for whom the work written, with the Bavarian Radio Symphony,under Ades himself, in Feb.,2020, a “proper piano concerto” per Gerstein: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000twbs ( About 15 minutes into the broadcast. ) I had heard the work befo...

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The Arkansas GOP controlled House and Senate today over-rode the GOP Governor's recent veto of the new Arkansas law that reportedly prohibits transition procedures even if already under way.In other words, the bill contains no " grandfather " provision, one of the Governor's concerns and reasons for...

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maestrob wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:49 am
Only in Texas, Florida, Mississippi, etc. Who knows, maybe we'll have to institute border checks!

Another job for ICE?

Good idea, since Mexico won’t take Texas back now even for free, nor Spain take Florida.Mississippi can’t even keep the water on in its capital city.

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“You see a common pattern in the Capitol insurrectionists. They are mainly middle-class to upper-middle-class whites . . .” Absolutely. You could tell that just from looking at their dress and pricey equipment. It’s a myth fondly adhered to by Trumpologues that the Maganderthals come from the worki...

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Who attacked the Capitol Jan. 6 ? By Alan Feuer NYT April 6, 2021 Updated 11:35 a.m. ET When the political scientist Robert Pape began studying the issues that motivated the 380 or so people arrested in connection with the attack against the Capitol on Jan. 6, he expected to find that the rioters we...

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The remarkable early Shostakovich Piano Trio No.1, Op.8, another lesson how to pack great music into 13 minutes, my very fine ca.1995 recording a Naxos cd by the Stockholm Arts Trio , also at YT, but here a live: Sjostakovitsj: Pianotrio nr. 1 in c, op. 8 Janine Jansen, viool Torleif Thedéen, cello...

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From AxiosAM today: "A near-capacity crowd of 38,238 filled Globe Life Field outside Dallas to watch the Texas Rangers lose 6-2 to the Toronto Blue Jays, "marking the largest publicly documented attendance at an event during the COVID-19 pandemic," the Dallas Morning News reports (subscription)."Man...

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And apparently not simply " believe all women."

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The remarkable early Shostakovich Piano Trio No.1, Op.8, another lesson how to pack great music into 13 minutes, my very fine ca.1995 recording a Naxos cd by the Stockholm Arts Trio , also at YT, but here a live: Sjostakovitsj: Pianotrio nr. 1 in c, op. 8 Janine Jansen, viool Torleif Thedéen, cello ...

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Politico has some excerpts I've further reduced as the article is linked here.Always fun to read someone you agree with, if not very enlightening,and guess I wish Boehner had been more outspoken,courageous at the time: https://tinyurl.com/4syn6j3f " In the 2010 midterm election, voters from all over...

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Takes a bit of getting used to, but after some re-hearings,I've also come to enjoy the his Cello Sonata,link earlier here.

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PT Barnum proved right -- again. Hopefully there will be a criminal investigation.

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Rachmaninoff’s “ Russian Easter “ from his first Suite for Two Pianos, Op.5, Argerich and Rabinovitch ( mine a 70's RCA lap of both Suites by Vronsky and Babin ) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-428Ew1zqF4 ( 3 minutes )

Russian Orthodox Easter is May 2 this year.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsT1E9vTWl8 ( 45 minute video )

And many others, fyi:

https://www.livingtheclassicallife.com/newest

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The Founders never dreamed that 40 % of the population would be self-centered suckers, or that much of the media would be propaganda shills , not "news". If so, they may have crafted the 1st Amendment more precisely, or simply still concluded , " A democracy, if you can keep it ", a challenge to whi...

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I hope the members of Congress who complained about too much security at the US Capitol are ashamed of themselves. They owe the murdered police officer an apology and may bear some responsibility for his death. It is reported that one week ago some of the barricades, fencing,etc., were taken down.

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The New Yorker Newsletter Daily Shouts Servicing Your Boy By Evan Waite April 2, 2021 Is your boy beginning to show signs of toxic masculinity? Unnecessary aggression? Starting to look up to Dan Bilzerian? Then come on down to Lou’s Boy-Repair Shop! We’ll get your boy up and accessing the full range...

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https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71VekW9dMkL._AC_UY436_QL65_.jpg British composer York Bowen (1884-1961) is a name that I'm familiar with but I had not heard any of his music until today. Quite agree about Bowen's excellence ,although I have none of his chamber music so thanks for this recommend...

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... I love to birdwatch-we have birdfeeders right out our window and they're eating me out of house and home! They even try to get into the house sometimes! Agreed. I buy my " wild bird food " in 50 lb. bags, my safflower seed in 20 lb. bags ( for just 2 feeders ! ), and my suet squares in 10 -pack...

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CNN Gaetz showed nude photos and videos of women he said he'd slept with to lawmakers on the House floor, multiple sources tell CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/01/politics/matt-gaetz-photos-women/index.html Guess Gaetz not the only one who may be in trouble.A fish rots from the head. McCabe is righ...

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Even “Beer” Kavanaugh agrees the evidence supporting the FCC loosened rule is “sparse” , but says Ok. As figured, incompetent Thomas once again rules against women and minorities, in his continuing revenge for the Anita Hill hearings, a ruling his alt . right wife , who tweeted real time encourageme...

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Sorry; try this link:

https://tinyurl.com/3dke8hbj

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Many fine works, , but the String Quartet # 2 linked above may be his masterpiece.

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A spoof from WQXR:

https://www.wqxr.org/story/fauci-classi ... ril-fools/

The 3 hateful "Comments" posted evidence why the virus has ravaged America.

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Apparently, the powers that be considered, but rejected,for now, asking 3 riddles , then executing the homeless :

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- ... -1.5970573

The Four Horsemen can't come soon enough.

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What, Me Worry ?! Experts are concerned about a 10% increase ; Iowa GOP Governor Reynolds not concerned about an 18 % increase. Any “path” that is "leading" to ANY more Iowa deaths should be a “concerning path” , but obviously not to failure, dangerous, alt.right hack Reynolds. Per Des Moines Regist...

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It is reported,sadly, the Quad Cities nest eggs were either not viable or damaged ina fight the parents had with a 3rd marauding male eagle , and thus there will be no further eggs at that nest, nor by the couple elsewhere, this year. Male ego a problem in Nature as well, it seems. The north nest,De...

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And remember that unctuous GSA lady who claimed compelled by principle not to release funds to help the Biden transition because there were " doubts" Biden had won ? She's mentioned in this article as well: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-appointee-drank-vodka-had-213354591.html Glad to see however...

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