Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture Op.21 by Masur, LGO (1997): great compositions/performances

Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture Op.21 by Masur, LGO (1997)

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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture Op.21

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur, Conductor

Live at Gewandhaus, Leipzig

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Manuel Quiroga – Larghetto (Weber-Kreisler)

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Manuel Quiroga Losada, violinist, composer, painter, was born on April 15, 1892, on Calle del Comercio nº 15, today named Calle Manuel Quiroga, in the Galician city of Pontevedra. He started his violin studies at the age of six with the local amateur violinist Juan Sayago, but soon after changed to a more qualified teacher, Benito Medal. In 1900, Quiroga gave his first public concert. At age twelve, in June 1904, Quiroga received a grant from the Diputación Provincial de Pontevedra to study at the Royal Conservatory in Madrid with the leading Spanish violinist of the time, José del Hierro, an exponent of the Franco-Belgian school.

At the Paris conservatoire he studied under Edouard Nadaud for two consecutive years, and also received lessons from Jacques Thibaud in 1911 and he won the first prize of the Paris conservatoire performing in front of a jury composed of such notables as Gabriel Fauré, Jacques Thibaud, Fritz Kreisler, Jules Boucherit, Lucien Capet, and Martin Marsick. Quiroga was the first Spaniard to win the prize since Sarasate.

Quiroga married Marthe Lehman, who would remain his piano accompanist throughout most of his career.

Quiroga made four trips to America during the war years, achieving great popularity. He was billed as “The new wizard of the violin” and appeared on the vaudeville circuit. Quiroga traveled from New York to San Francisco and in Canada (Toronto and Montreal). In 1917, Quiroga refused the offer of a new American tour. He was afraid of the dangers of the trip since his friend Granados had recently perished when his ship was struck by a torpedo.

He went back to Paris and continued his career in Europe. With the growth of his fame Manuel Quiroga found himself the dedicatee of many works by colleagues and friends. In 1920 Edouard Nadaud dedicated to him the fifth if his Six Etudes de Concert. Marcel Samuel Rousseau wrote for him Les Promis. In 1922 he also premiered the Sonata for Violin and Piano by Paul Paray with the composer as pianist. One of the few pieces dedicated to him that Quiroga never performed in public was Ysaÿe’s Sixth Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin.

The next fifteen years (1924-1938) were the peak of his career. From this period comes one of his best paintings, the 1930 oil self-portrait. During the winter months of 1924 Quiroga visited North America, giving several concerts in Carnegie Hall, and in 1925 appeared as soloist with the London Symphony under Sir Thomas Beecham. At the same time original works by Quiroga were being published by Editions Maillochon (Paris): “Habanera” and “Scherzo-Jota Nº 1” in 1924, “1ª Guajira,” “2ª Guajira,” “Playera y Zapateado,” “Terra à nosa,” “Emigrantes Celtas,” and “Alborada” in 1925, and the Primer Concierto en el Estilo Antiguo in 1926. In June 1925 Manuel Quiroga was admitted into the Societé des Auteurs, Compositeurs et editeurs de Musique de Paris.

Quiroga returned to the US early in 1928 and made his first electric recordings for Victor in Camden, New Jersey: four of his original compositions and arrangements with his wife at the piano, on two ten-inch discs. Soon after, Quiroga’s last recordings were also made, this time for Pathé in Paris. Pieces by Sarasate, Falla, Albéniz, and Kreisler were included in this his third sequence of recordings.

In 1937, at 45, Quiroga’s career as a violinist prematurely ended. On June 8th 1937 a vehicle knocked him down in Time Square and left him handicapped for a time. Quiroga apparently recovered, but a short time after started to lose the feeling and movement in his left hand. Unable to play the violin, Quiroga found refuge in painting and composing. He died in his birthplace on April 19, 1961.

F. Mendelssohn/D. Barenboim (Songs without words, Complete): make music part of your life series

F. Mendelssohn/D. Barenboim (Songs without words, Complete)

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F. Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Songs without words (complete recording)

Pianist: Daniel Barenboim

1. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.19 – No. 1 in E (Andante con moto) “Sweet Remembrance” 3:08
2. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.19 – No. 2 in A minor (Andante espressivo)   2:19
3. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.19 – No. 3 in A (Molto allegro) “Hunting Song” 2:09
4. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.19 – No. 4 in A (Moderato) 2:02
5. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.19 – No. 5 in F sharp minor (Agitato) “Restlessness” 3:02
6. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.19 – No. 6 in G minor (Andante sostenuto) “Venetian Gondola Song” 1:52
7. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.30 – No. 1. Andante espressivo in E flat 4:23
8. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.30 – No. 2. Allegro di molto in B flat minor 1:55
9. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.30 – No. 3. Andante sostenuto in E “Consolation” 2:13
10. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.30 – No. 4. Agitato e con fuoco in B minor 2:29
11. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.30 – No. 5. Andante grazioso in D 1:38
12. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.30 – No. 6. Allegretto in F sharp minor “Venetian Gondola Song” 2:56
13. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.38 – No. 1. Con moto in E flat 2:40
14. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.38 – No. 2. Allegro non troppo in C minor “Lost Happiness” 1:53
15. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.38 – No. 3. Presto in E “La harpe du poète” 2:12
16. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.38 – No. 4. Andante in A 2:25
17. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.38 – No. 5. Agitato in A minor “Appassionata” 2:15
18. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.38 – No. 6. Andante con moto in A flat “Duetto” 2:17
19. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.53 – No. 1. Andante con moto in A flat 3:22
20. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.53 – No. 2. Allegro non troppo in E flat “The Fleecy Cloud” 2:39
21. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.53 – No. 3. Presto agitato in G minor 2:29
22. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.53 – No. 4. Adagio in F “Sadness of Soul” 2:23
23. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.53 – No. 5. Allegro in A minor “Folk-Song” 2:46
24. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.53 – No. 6. Molto allegro vivace in A “La fuite” 2.33
CD(2) 1. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.62 – No. 1 Andante espressivo in G 2:03
2. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.62 – No. 2 Allegro con fuoco in B flat 1:36
3. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.62 – No. 3 Andante maestoso in E minor “Funeral March” 2:48
4. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.62 – No. 4 Allegro con anima in G “Morning Song” 1:25
5. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.62 – No. 5 Andante in A minor “Venetian Gondola Song” 2:50
6. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.62 – No. 6 Andante grazioso in A “Spring Song” 2:08
7. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.67 – No. 1. Andante in E flat 2:24
8. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.67 – No. 2. Allegro leggiero in F sharp minor “Lost Illusions” 2:08
9. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.67 – No. 3. Andante tranquillo in B flat 2:41
10. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.67 – No. 4. Presto in C “Spinning Song” 1:54
11. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.67 – No. 5. Moderato in B minor “The Shepherd’s complaint” 2:10
12. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.67 – No. 6. Allegro non troppo in E “Cradle Song” 2:11
13. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.85 – No. 1. Andante espressivo in F 2:24
14. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.85 – No. 2. Allegro agitato in A minor “Adieu” 0:56
15. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.85 – No. 3. Presto in E flat 2:22
6. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.85 – No. 4. Andante sostenuto in D “Elegy” 2:51
17. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.85 – No. 5. Allegretto in A 1:48
18. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.85 – No. 6. Allegretto con moto in B flat 2:01
19. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.102 – No. 1. Andante un poco agitato in E minor 3:10
20. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.102 – No. 2. Adagio in D 2:13
21. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.102 – No. 3. Presto in C “Tarantelle” 1:17
22. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.102 – No. 4. Un poco agitato in G minor “The Sighing Wind” 2:16
23. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.102 – No. 5. Allegro vivace in A “The Joyous Peasant” 1:06
24. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.102 – No. 6. Andante in C “Belief” 2:30
25. 6 Kinderstücke op.72 – 1. Allegro non troppo 0:58
26. 6 Kinderstücke op.72 – 2. Andante sostenuto 1:47
27. 6 Kinderstücke op.72 – 3. Allegretto 0:57
28. 6 Kinderstücke op.72 – 4. Andante con moto 1:47
29. 6 Kinderstücke op.72 – 5. Allegro assai 1:31
30. 6 Kinderstücke op.72 – 6. Vivace 1:26
31. Gondellied (Barcarolle) in A major (1837) – Allegretto non troppo 2:30
32. 2 Klavierstücke – 1. Andante cantabile 3:07
33. 2 Klavierstücke – 2. Presto agitato 2:29
34. Albumblatt (Lied ohne Worte) in E minor, Op.117 – Allegro

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Winter Night (poetic thought by George-B) (the smudge and other poems)

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And then there was no sound to be heard
while the light dimmed –
behind the  darkness only few impressions survived…

An owl  attacked, and a mouse gave the last cry…

A handful of wind combed the plane of the leaves,
the plane of the air behind the branches:
The ripple in the still surface of the pond 
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‘There will be no Spring in sight, not anytime  soon!’

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Ebola virus disease: learn more aboout Ebola

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“Ebola” redirects here. For other uses, see Ebola (disambiguation).

Ebola virus disease
Classification and external resources
A 1976 photograph of two nurses standing in front of Mayinga N., a person with Ebola virus disease; she died only a few days later due to severe internal hemorrhaging.
ICD–10	A98.4
ICD–9	065.8
DiseasesDB	18043
MedlinePlus	001339
eMedicine	med/626
MeSH	D019142

Ebola virus disease (EVD), Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), or simply Ebola is a disease of humans and other primates caused by an ebolavirus. Symptoms start two days to three weeks after contracting the virus, with a fever, sore throat, muscle pain, and headaches. Typically, vomiting, diarrhea, and rash follow, along with decreased function of the liver and kidneys. Around this time, affected people may begin to bleed both within the body and externally.^[1]

The virus may be acquired upon contact with blood or other bodily fluids of an infected human or other animal.^[1] Spreading through the air has not been documented in the natural environment.^[2] Fruit bats are believed to be a carrier and may spread the virus without being affected. Once human infection occurs, the disease may spread between people, as well. Male survivors may be able to transmit the disease via semen for nearly two months. To diagnose EVD, other diseases with similar symptoms such as malaria, cholera and other viral hemorrhagic fevers are first excluded. Blood samples are tested for viral antibodies, viral RNA, or the virus itself to confirm the diagnosis.^[1]

Outbreak control requires community engagement, case management, surveillance and contact tracing, a good laboratory service, and safe burials.^[1] Prevention includes decreasing the spread of disease from infected animals to humans. This may be done by checking such animals for infection and killing and properly disposing of the bodies if the disease is discovered. Properly cooking meat and wearing protective clothing when handling meat may also be helpful, as are wearing protective clothing and washing hands when around a person with the disease. Samples of bodily fluids and tissues from people with the disease should be handled with special caution.^[1]

No specific treatment for the disease is yet available.^[1] Efforts to help those who are infected are supportive and include giving either oral rehydration therapy (slightly sweet and salty water to drink) or intravenous fluids.^[1] This supportive care improves outcomes.^[1] The disease has a high risk of death, killing between 25% and 90% of those infected with the virus (average is 50%).^[1] EVD was first identified in an area of Sudan that is now part of South Sudan, as well as in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). The disease typically occurs in outbreaks in tropical regions of sub-Saharan Africa.^[1] From 1976 (when it was first identified) through 2013, the World Health Organization reported a total of 1,716 cases.^[1][3] The largest outbreak to date is the ongoing 2014 West African Ebola outbreak, which is affecting Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Nigeria.^[4][5] As of 3 October 2014, 7,497 suspected cases resulting in the deaths of 3,439 have been reported.^[6] Efforts are under way to develop a vaccine; however, none yet exists.^[1]

Signs and symptoms

 

Signs and symptoms of Ebola.^[7]

Signs and symptoms of Ebola virus disease (EVD) usually begin suddenly with an influenza-like stage characterized by fatigue, fever, headaches, joint, muscle, and abdominal pain.^[8][9] Vomiting, diarrhea, and loss of appetite are also common.^[9] Less common symptoms include the following: sore throat, chest pain, hiccups, shortness of breath, and trouble swallowing.^[9] The average time between contracting the infection and the start of symptoms (incubation period) is 8 to 10 days, but it can vary between 2 and 21 days.^[9][10] Skin manifestations may include a maculopapular rash (in about 50% of cases).^[11] Early symptoms of EVD may be similar to those of malaria, dengue fever, or other tropical fevers, before the disease progresses to the bleeding phase.^[8]

In 40–50% of cases, bleeding from puncture sites and mucous membranes (e.g., gastrointestinal tract, nose, vagina, and gums) has been reported.^[12] In the bleeding phase, which typically begins five to seven days after first symptoms,^[13] internal and subcutaneous bleeding may present itself in the form of reddened eyes and bloody vomit.^[8] Bleeding into the skin may create petechiae, purpura, ecchymoses, and hematomas (especially around needle injection sites).^[14] Sufferers may cough up blood, vomit it, or excrete it in their stool.^[15]

Heavy bleeding is rare and is usually confined to the gastrointestinal tract.^[11][16] In general, the development of bleeding symptoms often indicates a worse prognosis and this blood loss can result in death.^[8] All people infected show some signs of circulatory system involvement, including impaired blood clotting.^[11] If the infected person does not recover, death due to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome occurs within 7 to 16 days (usually between days 8 and 9) after first symptoms.^[13]

Reservoir

 

Bushmeat being prepared for cooking in Ghana, 2013. Human consumption of equatorial animals in Africa in the form of bushmeat has been linked to the transmission of diseases to people, including Ebola.^[32]

Bats are considered the most likely natural reservoir of EBOV. Plants, arthropods, and birds were also considered.^[1][33] Bats were known to reside in the cotton factory in which the first cases for the 1976 and 1979 outbreaks were observed, and they have also been implicated in Marburg virus infections in 1975 and 1980.^[34] Of 24 plant species and 19 vertebrate species experimentally inoculated with EBOV, only bats became infected.^[35] The absence of clinical signs in these bats is characteristic of a reservoir species. In a 2002–2003 survey of 1,030 animals including 679 bats from Gabon and the Republic of the Congo, 13 fruit bats were found to contain EBOV RNA fragments.^[36] As of 2005, three types of fruit bats (Hypsignathus monstrosus, Epomops franqueti, and Myonycteris torquata) have been identified as being in contact with EBOV. They are now suspected to represent the EBOV reservoir hosts.^[37][38] Antibodies against Zaire and Reston viruses have been found in fruit bats in Bangladesh, thus identifying potential virus hosts and signs of the filoviruses in Asia.^[39]

Between 1976 and 1998, in 30,000 mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and arthropods sampled from outbreak regions, no Ebola virus was detected apart from some genetic traces found in six rodents (Mus setulosus and Praomys) and one shrew (Sylvisorex ollula) collected from the Central African Republic.^[34][40] Traces of EBOV were detected in the carcasses of gorillas and chimpanzees during outbreaks in 2001 and 2003, which later became the source of human infections. However, the high lethality from infection in these species makes them unlikely as a natural reservoir.^[34]

Transmission between natural reservoir and humans is rare, and outbreaks are usually traceable to a single case where an individual has handled the carcass of gorilla, chimpanzee or duiker.^[41] Fruit bats are also eaten by people in parts of West Africa where they are smoked, grilled or made into a spicy soup.^[38][42]

“The Hot Zone” by Richard Preston Audiobook 1 of 8 (you may enjoy it too)

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Mount Elgon
Wagagai (summit)
Mount Elgon (left) and Great Rift Valley (right)
Elevation	4,321 m (14,177 ft)[1] Ranked 17th in Africa
Prominence	2,458 m (8,064 ft)[1]
Listing	Ultra
Location
Mount Elgon Uganda
Coordinates	01°07′06″N 34°31′30″ECoordinates: 01°07′06″N 34°31′30″E[1]
Topo map	Mount Elgon Map and Guide[2]
Geology
Type	Shield volcano
Age of rock	Miocene origin
Last eruption	Unknown
Climbing
First ascent	1911 by Kmunke and Stigler
Easiest route	Scramble

Mount Elgon is an extinct shield volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya,^[3] north of Kisumu and west of Kitale. The mountain’s highest point, named “Wagagai”, is located entirely within the country of Uganda.^[4][1] At 4,321 m (14,177 ft), Elgon is the 17th-highest mountain of Africa.

Physical features

It is the oldest and largest solitary volcano in East Africa, covering an area around 3500 km².^{[citation needed]}

Other features of note are:

• The caldera — Elgon’s is one of the largest intact calderas in the world.
• The warm springs by the Suam River
• Endebess Bluff (2563 m or 8408 ft)
• Ngwarisha, Makingeny, Chepnyalil, and Kitum caves: Kitum Cave is over 60 m wide and penetrates 200 m. The cave contains salt deposits and it is frequented by wild elephants that lick the salt exposed by gouging the walls with their tusks.^[5] It became notorious following the publication of Richard Preston’s book The Hot Zone in 1994 for its association with the Marburg virus after two people who had visited the cave (one in 1980 and another in 1987) contracted the disease and died.^[6]

The mountain soils are red laterite. The mountain is the catchment area for the several rivers such as the Suam River, which becomes the Turkwel downstream and which drains into Lake Turkana, the Nzoia River and the Lwakhakha River which flow to Lake Victoria. The town of Kitale is in the foothills of the mountain. The area around the mountain is protected by two Mount Elgon National Parks, one on each side of the international border.

Some rare plants are found on the mountain, including Ardisiandra wettsteinii, Carduus afromontanus, Echinops hoehnelii, Ranunculus keniensis, and Romulea keniensis.^[7]

In 1896, C. W. Hobley became the first European to circumnavigate the mountain. Kmunke and Stigler made the first recorded ascent of Wagagai and Koitobos in 1911. F. Jackson, E. Gedge, and J. Martin made the first recorded ascent of Sudek in 1890. The main peak is an easy scramble and does not require any special mountaineering skills.

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Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60, B. 112

Wolfgang Amadé Mozart

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Zdenek Kosler

Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60, B. 112
1. Allegro non tanto 12’52
2. Adagio 10’56
3. Scherzo, Furiant 6’55
4. Finale, allegro con spirito 10’34
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Dvorak in 1879

 

Czech composer Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) composed his Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60, B. 112, in 1880. It is dedicated to Hans Richter, who was the conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. With a performance time of approximately 40 minutes, the four-movement piece was one of the first of Dvořák’s large symphonic works to draw international attention. In it, he manages to capture some of the Czech national style within a standard Germanic classical-romantic form.

Saint of the Day for Thursday, October 9th, 2014: Sts. Denis, Rusticus, and Eleutherius

Saint of the Day for Thursday, October 9th, 2014

Sts. Denis, Rusticus, and Eleutherius

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today’s holiday: Han’gul Day

English: statue of King Sejong the Great, in Deoksugung. 한국어: 덕수궁에 있는 세종대왕상 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Han’gul Day

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Assuredly we bring not innocence into the world, we bring impurity much rather: that which purifies us is trial, and trial is by what is contrary.

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today’s birthday: Aimee Semple McPherson (1890)

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ( a good time to check on your posture at the computer!)

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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English: Transverse section of the wrist. Based off Gray’s anatomy diagram of the same. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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word: augury

augury 

Definition:	(noun) A sign of something coming; an omen.
Synonyms:	foretoken, preindication
Usage:	Many analysts see the dire unemployment statistics as an augury of a continued recession. Discuss.

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A Publishing Tool That Builds Websites Powered by AI

By Margaret Rhodes

“Websites are just the worst,” says Dan Tocchini. And his former profession? Surprise! Website designer.

Tocchini learned to loathe website work, oddly enough, after a stint selling European diamonds to small Bay Area jewelers. It was the mid-2000s, and he was lugging a backpack full of stones from retailer to retailer. Soon enough, he needed a website to manage his growing group of customers. When he saw what designers were charging for their work, he decided to learn how to code and develop a site himself. Soon enough he quit the diamond biz to work on developing full time. It quickly began to feel menial. Websites need constant updating, but “people don’t understand what goes into it, and they think they can do it themselves,” he says. “I was doing WordPress for clients. I’d put a big tutorial in front, and they still couldn’t figure it out, and I just knew I wanted to solve that website problem.”

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