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I attended dozens of Davis concerts, being a subscriber to 10 MSO concerts a year (not all conducted by Davis, of course) and recipent from orchestral friends of other tickets. He was very popular with the orchestra, and loved a drink with them after a concert from time to time. He did his own arran...

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Belle, there is indeed a lot of ideology-driven hatred of men, but - as you point out - women are the losers as much as men. But it's futile to argue women have nothing to complain about. And if there are ways of stopping men hitting women - or hitting each other - that would be a good thing. In ter...

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both men and women are liable to fail, to be selfish, to be cruel. Sadly, men are more likely to do it with physical violence. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PPj4-jNqGfk That link is not available in Australia. But I don't think I'd want to see it anyway. But Joe, I'm not sure what your point is, gi...

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I am pleased to boast that over my career I was given several awards that I did not seek. Bravo for those awards ! Perhaps you could also take up wine reviewing as I understand wineries would send you their products free of charge ! Ah Steve, I don't think I could be trusted not to sample too widel...

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Firstly, nothing that WAPO writes can be taken seriously; they need professional fact-checkers and some editorial standards. Journalism box score for the 2024 season … WAP0: U.S. - 3 Pulitzers NYT: U.S. - 3 Pulitzers WSJ: Murdoch multinational - 0 Pulitzers Spiked: UK - 0 Pulitzers Quillette: Aus -...

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I've known these kinds of men as friends during my lifetime and seen what their women do and have done to them; coercive control, violence, denial of sex, harassment, humiliation and condescension. That's a good summary. I've seen it sometimes (except I'm unaware of any violence. And of course I've...

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Great piece, and really interesting. I confess, I'm one who has tended to take the chorusmaster for granted, while occasionally criticising choruses.

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Lance - I'm wondering how to answer without mentioning names of the performers nor without reference to the recording itself. :? Apologies, but I am sure I'm missing something in your question. I own one set which has held me in good stead for years. Cellist is _____. Pianist is_____. Label is ____...

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In Melbourne he played on concert grands. You make a good point, Lance - if these are all on fortepiano I won't be buying the whole set. Tinkle, tinkle, little star.

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Thanks Belle. I too thought Furedi made some excellent points.

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According to the Slipped Disc website, a number of the members of the Washington, D.C. NSO have objected to an upcoming concert program featuring the orchestra with the rapper Killer Mike and the Mighty Midnight Revival. Killer Mike is definitely a rapper in the "gangsta rap" genre, with the "N-wor...

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This is excellent news, and I will fork out for the complete concertos set when it is available. Thanks for posting, Belle. I heard Levin play Mozart in Melbourne several times, always improvising his cadenzas, and I loved it. He told the audience one night what is in the article above, that most of...

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H-Bomb Gaza says Sen.Lindsay Graham: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/05/12/lindsey_graham_it_was_ok_for_america_to_nuke_hiroshima_so_israel_can_do_whatever_you_have_to_do.html Golly! Unhinged? Besides, even if it were justifiable (which it is not), how do you limit the damage to a stri...

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Well done. But I hope they don't regret it - the protesting scum will see it as a challenge.

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I've seen a traditional production in Melbourne, and it was all it should be Len!

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Wasn't the Siegfried Idyll composed for the birth of Wagner's son, Siegfried? Perhaps I'm mistaken; I've been know to be. Once. From the program: Richard Wagner’s (1813–1883) exquisite tone poem Siegfried Idyll was composed in 1870 as a birthday present to his wife, Cosima, following the birth of t...

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Two good articles, Mark, thank you. Netanyahu and Hamas deserve each other, but the rest of the Middle East and the world doesn't deserve either.
It's all so tragic.

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Belle wrote: ↑
Sun May 05, 2024 2:57 am

The Right's accusations about antisemitism are spot on.

I agree. But the Right has just as long and ignoble a history of anti-Semitism, so I think this is much more about Left-bashing than genuine concern for the Jewish community.

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I will take the liberty of posting a short column I wrote for the Centre of Public Christianity about tax. Donald Trump and I probably don't differ much in the amount we pay! What one of us SHOULD pay is another question. We had our Federal Budget last night in Australia. Paying tax is a pleasure De...

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It eems to me the Left has shifted on this. For most of my life it has fought for equality of opportunity, which I strongly support. Now it wants equality of outcome, which is humanly not possible. The only way is the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland: everybody has won, and all shall have prizes. Al...

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I have 11 accounts
Barenboim, Karajan, Muti, de Sabata, Gardiner, Van Kempen, Fricsay, and two different ones each by Solti and by Giulini, including the one you mention, Lance. I must play that one soon.

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Funny you should raise this today Lance. I attended a fascinating concert of DLvdE just on Monday night - the arrangement for chamber orchestra begun by Schoenberg played by the Australian Chamber Orchestra with tenor Stuart Skelton (no stranger to the Met) and mezzo Catherine Carby. It's scored for...

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From the Australian arts magazine Limelight Hopkins to play Handel Two-time Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins to star in biopic scheduled for late 2025. by Jason Blake on 6 May, 2024 Continuing his late-career focus on portrayals of historical figures (most recently Sigmund Freud), Anthony Hopkins is rea...

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Oh dear. I haveto say, I'd rather have heard the oboe concerto. Wasn't the associate principal up to it? I'm sure s/he was.

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Ah right. I did see that. Sorry, Len, I was thinking there was a follow up. Though I wonder how safe a Republican speaker can be who relies on Democrat support!

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Excellent! What was it Len? I missed it - got 3 concerts in 5 days and 4 doctors' visits (nothing amiss, apart from wear and tear - check-ups, flu vaccine etc).

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Thanks Brian, I found this fascinating.

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Very interesting - and seems to make good sense.

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I strongly recommend Paul McCreech and the Gabrielli players. The famous Richter version from 1959 flirts with HIP. I also have Solti, Gardiner, Chailly, Christoph Spering (HIP from memory - though all the 21st century accounts are influenced by it) and Georg Christoph Biller which was well reviewed...

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Belle wrote: ↑
Fri May 03, 2024 4:45 pm

He spoke about Liszt's "trinken und Cigar rauchen"!!

Love it!

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But back to #1: If this group is so hard to find, it should surprise nobody in the internet age that something has gone amiss. And that's truly unfortunate. Perhaps the problem is with the searcher ? I just Googled " Classical music forums " and Chatterbox here came up as the second result and the ...

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Brendel is a highly prolific recording artist, and I have well over 100 of his CDs. I find him entirely reliable, always thoughful, poetic and worth hearing.

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Lance, please continue your present policy.

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Why separate "classical music (recordings) from classical concert reviews? Why even have separate "rooms" for books, films, and "pub stuff?" Some of your other suggestions may make sense, but I can't agree with these two. Listening to a recording and attending a concert are two vastly different exp...

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The Right focuses on campus “ brats” to avoid and distract from the criminal slaughter the Right’s Israeli brothers have unleashed on the children of Gaza. Hmmm. I think you can be justly appalled at the toll in Gaza and still agree with this article, as I do. The question I have in my own mind is,...

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What are your figures on females killing partners and children, Barney? What annoys me is that the (so-called) Justice system needs to be front and centre for never seriously punishing offenders and letting others out on bail. But is there ever any mention of this? Of course not!!! No government wi...

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There does seem to be an upsurge in male violence against women this year, and it's very daunting. Too early to say if it's coincidence or a trend. The only counter-point I'd like to make is that males are overwhelmingly the victims of male violence, far more than women are, and that this deserves a...

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Well Lance, the human voice was the original instrument, and is still the most universal. I instantly recognise Pavarotti, Wunderlich, Fischer-Dieskau, Pears, Sutherland, Callas, Ferrier pretty much infallibly. Not many others of whom I could make that claim. There's a couple of dozen whom I'm likel...

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I watched Lucille Ball’s I Love Lucy Show every week for years, along with Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Jack Benny, and Sid Caesar I used to listen to Caesar's and Benny's show on the radio before we had a TV ( not until about 1956 for us ) usually around our supper table at home with my family on a Sun...

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I am going to defend American humour as I've enjoyed it so much over the years, and I posted Foster doing his thing with Dean Martin. A great parody of a drunk. Australian humour was great before it was 'defenestrated' because it wasn't PC. Think Paul Hogan (whom the Americans enjoyed, BTW). Barry ...

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That's the right link. I'll watch tonight. Thanks.

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Don't think that's the right link. I went to Jon Stewart again, and life's too short.

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In contrast, Australian humor is like dark matter: we know it has to exist somewhere, but good luck finding it. Somehow I suspect you've put the usual effort that Americans do into Australia - none whatsoever. Or you wouldn't say anything quite so ill-conceived. After all, you've suggested several ...

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Well, he was certainly singing my song! Every word. Thanks for posting that one, Belle.

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Oh, I think we agree there are some very funny American comedians. I named a few earlier. We just disagree on which they are. Especially when it comes to Stewart, even if I probably like his politics. But it's not even Stewart that I mind so much, it's the contemptible fawning audience who burst int...

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The unrivalled comedian, Jon Stewart weighs in on the media’s overblown coverage of Trump’s criminal trial, from sketch-artist interviews to following his motorcade via helicopter... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zqkf2U5jcE0 I know you're just being provocative, Joe, calling him unrivalled but you ...

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https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/friday-april-26th-whatever-he-wants?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Humor_042624&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=5bea0f513f92a404695e3103&cndid=16856169&esrc=Order_Confirmation&utm_term=TNY_Humor Many a true word spoken in jest...

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Good. Obviously it will be too late, too slow, to influence any voters though. And if Trump wins they can all expect pardons.

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An eloquent article.

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I was extremely worried by Republican intransigence over Ukraine aid. This is good to know, thans Joe. Proxy wars are ugly things, but it seem to me Russia must be stopped at the first hurdle.

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