Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.
Emily Bronte (1818-1848) Discuss
Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.
Emily Bronte (1818-1848) Discuss
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Goldszmit was a Jewish doctor and author of children’s literature who wrote under the pen name Janusz Korczak. In 1912, he established an orphanage in Warsaw. When World War II broke out, he refused to flee the Nazis and continued to care for the children even after his orphanage was forced to move into the Warsaw Ghetto in 1940. In August 1942, Nazi soldiers came with orders to take all the children and workers in the orphanage to the Treblinka concentration camp. What happened to Korczak? More… Discuss
The day before this controversial police shooting, four suicide bombing attempts on London’s transport system failed, sparking a massive manhunt for the escaped bombers. With the perpetrators still at large, commuters returned to the tube. On July 22, police at the Stockwell tube station shot and killed 27-year-old Jean Charles de Menezes, whom they mistook for suspected bomber Hussain Osman. What police protocol for dealing with suspected suicide bombers was criticized after the tragic mistake? More… Discuss
If the idea of touching a snail makes your skin crawl, then the newest trend in beauty is not for you. At least one spa in Tokyo, Japan, is offering patrons the opportunity to have live snails crawl all over their faces—for a price, of course. Proponents of the snail facial claim that the slime the slow-moving mollusks secrete contains compounds that help regenerate skin cells and promote healing. Would you shell out for a snail facial? More… Discuss
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Watch the entire original broadcast of one of the most celebrated documentaries of all time, 1960’s “Harvest of Shame,” in which Edward R. Murrow exposed the plight of America’s farm workers.
http://playingforchange.com – As we made our way around the world we encountered love, hate, rich and poor, black and white, and many different religious groups and ideologies. It became very clear that as a human race we need to transcend from the darkness to the light and music is our weapon of the future. This song around the world features musicians who have seen and overcome conflict and hatred with love and perseverance. We dont need more trouble, what we need is love. The spirit of Bob Marley always lives on.
This is the fourth Song Around The World video released from the CD/DVD Playing For Change: Songs Around The World and the follow up to the classics “Stand By Me,” “One Love” and “Don’t Worry.” This unforgetable track was performed by musicians around the world adding their part to the song as it traveled the globe.
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http://playingforchange.com – From the award-winning documentary, “Playing For Change: Peace Through Music“, comes an incredible rendition of the legendary Bob Marley song “One Love” with Keb’ Mo’ and Manu Chao. This is the third video from the documentary and a follow up to the classic “Stand By Me” and the incredible “Don’t Worry.” Released in celebration of Bob Marley’s birthday on February 6th, this tribute to the legend is performed by musicians around the world adding their part to the song as it traveled the globe.
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Uploaded on Oct 9, 2006
Happy 71th Birthday John !
We’re playing those mind games together,
Pushing barriers, planting seeds,
Playing the mind guerilla,
Chanting the Mantra peace on earth,
We all been playing mind games forever,
Some kinda druid dudes lifting the veil.
Doing the mind guerilla,
Some call it the search for the grail,
Love is the answer and you know that for sure,
Love is flower you got to let it, you got to let it grow,
So keep on playing those mind games together,
Faith in the future outta the now,
You just can’t beat on those mind guerillas,
Absolute elsewhere in the stones of your mind,
Yeah we’re playing those mind games forever,
Projecting our images in space and in time,
Yes is the answer and you know that for sure,
Yes is the surrender you got to let it, you got to let it go,
So keep on playing those mind games together,
Doing the ritual dance inn the sun,
Millions of mind guerrillas,
Putting their soul power to the karmic wheel,
Keep on playing those mind games forever,
Raising the spirit of peace and love, not war,
(I want you to make love, not war, I know you’ve heard it before)
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http://playingforchange.com/episodes/40/ – Hello everyone, today we are honored to share with you all the first video from our new CD/DVD titled, “PFC2: Songs Around the World“. This video is a version of “Redemption Song” performed around the world in honor of Bob Marley’s birthday. We have reunited Bob with his son Stephen and the support of the entire planet. In this song there is a felling of rising above the past and moving forward with love in our hearts and hope in our eyes.
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John Lennon stand by me (to whom does the Earth belong? No it doesn’t belong to “him”, nor to “her”, nor to “them”….IT BELONGS TO US ALL, ALL OF US!)
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http://playingforchange.com – From the award-winning documentary, “Playing For Change: Peace Through Music”, comes the first of many “songs around the world” being released independently. Featured is a cover of the Ben E. King classic by musicians around the world adding their part to the song as it travelled the globe.
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Mozart Divertimento in F major K 253
1. Thema con variationi. Andante
2. Minuetto. Allegro
3. Allegro assai
Afflatus Quintet
Roman Novotny Flute
Jana Brožková Oboe
Vojtech Nydl Clarinet
Radek Baborak French Horn
Ondrej Roskovec Bassoon
Rec.: 2002 in Prague
Gustav Holst (1874-1934): Brook Green Suite, per archi (H.
190) (1933) – English Sinfonia diretta da Howard Griffiths
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with the Royal Philharmonic. (Recorded 1953.)
Dean Dixon (1915-1976) was an African-American conductor who, recognizing the lack of opportunity for non-white/non-European maestros, left the US in 1948 to further his career, becoming music director of such orchestras as the Gothenburg Symphony (Sweden), the Frankfurt Radio & TV Orchestra, and the Sydney Symphony. He only returned to America in the last decade of his life, and died in Switzerland during heart surgery.
“La Mer” L.109, (The Sea), is an orchestral composition by Claude Debussy. It was started in 1903 in France and completed in 1905 on the English Channel coast in Eastbourne. The premiere was given by the Lamoureux Orchestra under the direction of Camille Chevillard on 15 October 1905 in Paris. “La Mer” is a composition of huge suggestion and subtlety in its rich depiction of the ocean, which combines unusual orchestration with daring impressionistic harmonies. Continue reading
Joseph Szigeti (Photo credit: Wikipedia
Joseph Szigeti (Hungarian: Szigeti József, [ˈjoːʒɛf ˈsiɡɛti]; 5 September 1892 – 19 February 1973) was a Hungarian violinist. Born into a musical family, he spent his early childhood in a small town in Transylvania. He quickly proved himself to be a child prodigy on the violin, and moved to Budapest with his father to study with the renowned pedagogue Jenő Hubay. After completing his studies with Hubay in his early teens, Szigeti began his international concert career. His performances at that time were primarily limited to salon-style recitals and the more overtly virtuosic repertoire; however, after making the acquaintance of pianist Ferruccio Busoni, he began to develop a much more thoughtful and intellectual approach to music that eventually earned him the nickname “The Scholarly Virtuoso”.
Following a bout of tuberculosis that required a stay in a sanatorium in Switzerland, Szigeti settled in Geneva, where he became Professor of Violin at the local conservatory in 1917. It was in Geneva that he met his future wife, Wanda Ostrowska, and at roughly the same time he became friends with the composer Béla Bartók. Both relationships were to be lifelong.
From the 1920s until 1960, Szigeti performed regularly around the world and recorded extensively. He also distinguished himself as a strong advocate of new music, and was the dedicatee of many new works by contemporary composers. Among the more notable pieces written for him are Ernest Bloch‘s Violin Concerto, Bartók’s Rhapsody No. 1, and Eugène Ysaÿe‘s Solo Sonata No. 1. After retiring from the concert stage in 1960, he worked at teaching and writing until his death in 1973, at the age of 80.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN.- 1770-1827-
Quinteto in E-flat major Op. 16 (1796)
Pianoforte: Jos Van Immerseel
Oboe: Paul Dombrecht
Clarinete: Elmar Schmid
Corno: Piet Dombrecht
Fagot: Danny Bond
From Wikipedia:
Quintet in E-flat for Piano and Winds, Op. 16, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1796.
The quintet is scored for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon. It was inspired by Mozart‘s Quintet, K. 452 (1784), which has the same scoring and is also in E-flat.
It is in three movements:
Beethoven subsequently transcribed the Op. 16 quintet as a quartet for piano and string trio (violin, viola, and cello), using the same opus number, tempo markings, and overall timing.
From the comic opera “Le Roi malgré lui” (King in spite of himself) by French composer Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894).
The libretto of this opera is a real mess, as it was written by in collaboration by two mediocre playwrights Emile de Najac and Paul Burani, partially revised by the poet Jean Richepin and later by Chabrier himself after Richepin gave up the work, disgusted. Chabrier called the libretto a “a bouillabaisse of Najac and Burani, cooked by Richepin, into which I throw the spices.” A synopsis of this convoluted opera can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_roi_m…
Nonetheless, the music of “Le roi malgré lui” is truly wonderful. Maurice Ravel wrote that when the opening bars of the Prelude were first played, harmony in French music completely changed course. In this series of videos, I will present selections from the opera. The famous Fête polonaise from the beginning of Act II was already posted on this channel and can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbNhug…
You can follow along with a vocal score here:
http://imslp.org/wiki/Le_Roi_malgr%C3…
Minka: Barbara Hendricks
Alexina: Isabel Garcisanz
Henri: Gino Quilico
Comte de Nangis: Peter Jeffes
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Chœurs de Radio France
Robert Schumann
Blumenstück op.19 (1839)
Sviatoslav Richter