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PS, she was a very gifted pianist, who won the New Zealand National Concerto Competition in the 1950s, but once she had children retired to teaching.

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My mother was in a different country, New Zealand. We asked her to live with us, as did my sister with her, but her life and friends were there. My sister was with her at the end, and warned me to come fast. I flew in the next morning, but she died as my plane was landing. Like you two, another near...

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Wow, good thing you're not angry! :D I wouldn't like to see you get passionate. Can I just note that Marsalis may not have had Trump in mind. It's a reasonable interpretation but not a necessary one, because the context is his dad. Second, I'm not the enemy. We've often agreed on this forum, and I s...

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All true, and all very worrying.
It's often said that civil liberties are hard-won and easily lost.

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It looks excellent, Lance. Great range of historical recordings, and of course I know Accardo.
Find the list of performances here:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/p ... te-edition

Most of the others are unknown to me - what are the performances like?

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What a lovely writer Stephen Hough is, along with being one of the greatest pianists of this generation. I have to say, I feel a bit as he does, somewhat liberated by the collapse of commitments, but that's because I have enough money to survive, mostly thanks to being older. It's obviously utterly ...

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THEHORN wrote: ↑
Fri Apr 03, 2020 3:54 pm
Oh weh ! Beckmesser's revenge !

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Also, Brian, her comment about being happy to be able to play badly!

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I had the good fortune to hear him live in Prague last year, where he did a sumptuous Beethoven 4. Wonderful pianist, and the Czech Philharmonic are no slouches either.

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Of course, Len. When I said I can see both sides, I mean the question of wanting staff who reflect the organisation's values. When it comes to treating all patients alike, that is a core value that should be beyond question, and I read this as being the Mayor's concern.

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What a vile government China has. Their typical bullying and intimidation of their own citizens made the worldwide crisis vastly worse. I hope no one is fooled by this.

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A very interesting sentiment, Sue. But I can't help feeling that someone without a pugilistic ignorance might have got the US much better prepared and saved thousands and thousands of lives. Someone who listened to advice, who didn't react totally out of his grandiloquent ego, who didn't deny until ...

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I can see both sides of this one. It's reasonable for a Christian organisation to wish for its staff not to speak against its values. But there are plenty of LGBT Christians who share the founding principles, and should be entitled to be employed. I'm not sure if they are or not. But to have to hire...

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But if you are a Christian and concerned about moral principles, as your post implies, how can you overlook how grotesque this man is, and how divisive? It's his own version of woke politics, and very destructive. Barney and talking about religion I just learned about this-afaiac this is religion a...

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That's fascinating. Thanks for posting Lenny. I never heard of the violinist who has commissioned 16 pieces and is paying $500 per 30 seconds. If each work is 10 minutes, that's$20,000 per work and $320,000 for the project. She must have pots of money, but it's a tremendously generous project. I als...

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The people on my side of the political divide have been calling out the lack of moral standards in the country for years. For years, I cared about foreign policy more than anything else when it came to choosing candidates and a party. But that has changed in recent years. What's happened to the cul...

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Yes, our nation's soul has been damaged for a long time, and it's didn't happen because of Trump. I'm sure you are right, Barry. But he's made it a heck of a lot sicker, for the reasons outlined above. Really, he never matured above the toddler stage. All he wants is praise and gratitude, every iss...

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For me, this article nails it. Why Donald Trump is a threat to the United States’ spiritual well-being John J. Thatamanil Posted Mon 30 Mar 2020, 12:24pm Many Americans are beginning to realise that President Donald Trump poses a grave threat to public health and well-being. Thankfully, public healt...

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Excellent news. 79, isn't he? Right in the most dangerous group.

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Good article. Thanks for posting.

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Sad but inevitable.

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Thank you. Fine looking group of people.

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I'm half way through,but have to stop for now. Really fascinating stuff. Thanks again.

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He's the village idiot who reached rock bottom, then started to dig. Every week he finds a new low.

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It staggers me that there are people who defend Trump on this and say he is doing a good job. It can only be because of partisan politics. But the criticism is not partisan, it is because so many Americans are going to die who need not have. Neither Democrat nor Republican should think that's a good...

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Who are the people in those pix, besides Lance? It's always nice to put faces to names.

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Indeed, I join you in that hope. Obviously took a turn for the worse.

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Trump has one certainty in life: he's a genius, and nothing is ever his fault. If anything, it's our fault for failing to recognise how amazingly brilliant he is. No wonder he is flailing around blaming everyone else. What staggers the watching world is how many Americans fall for it. Sorry that's t...

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It's certainly passed into musical folk lore. I see no reason to doubt it.
In the film, which I enjoyed greatly sort of against my will, the concert is the night Stalin dies. Which is also, famously, the night Prokofiev dies.

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Thank you Kjell. I would love to watch this. Alas, your link is not live. Can you have another go?

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so do I. It's rarely invented.

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Thanks for posting that, Barry. It does seem to match the facts better - at least, so far. And Italy has one of the oldest populations in the world, so you'd expect that if anywhere was going to have casualties at that rate it would be Italy.

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I interviewed her once. She was among the most sweet, helpful and open musicians I have dealt with. I really hope it is as smooth for her as possible.

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That's truly awful, I am so sorry to hear that. What a terrible situation.
In Australia we can still have funerals but no more than 10 may attend, so long as they observe social distancing. There are not many who would be mourned by only 10, but I believe the Government is right.

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I've seen the ad, and it is very effective. But if it's not true that he called it a hoax then they should amend the ad. There's plenty of really stupid stuff he's said they can use.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkMwvmJLnc0

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From The Guardian No greater love hath Trump than to lay down your life for his re-election Richard Wolffe Only a once-in-a-century leader has the guts to say out loud what the worst among us are really thinking: everyone other than me is expendable Donald Trump isn’t much of a doctor or scientist. ...

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Fascinating article in NYT about a new book that lashes Mitch McConnell, but also has quite a few slaps for the Democrats. ‘Mitch, Please!’ Tours Kentucky and Roasts a Senator By Dwight Garner March 23, 2020 When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate comm...

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I'm sure those 17-year-olds are grateful for your common sense and compassion. I agree, the world must look very stark to them. We brought up four children on one income. We are ok financially in this mess only because of our stage of life. If this had happened 25 years ago we would have been devast...

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Forgive me if this is self-indulgent, but all the news is so negative I felt I should post my recent column from the Sunday Age. Because the link is behind a paywall, I put the text below. I will be interested if anyone agrees that my optimism is justified, because I've had a couple of comments that...

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which is disappointing when I already missed John Francis and our own music group here is suspended). No doubt there will be cheering that Placido Domingo has Covid-19. Belle your comments are just ridiculous-when Trump was elected John said he no longer considered himself an American-no one felt m...

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which is disappointing when I already missed John Francis and our own music group here is suspended). No doubt there will be cheering that Placido Domingo has Covid-19. Belle your comments are just ridiculous-when Trump was elected John said he no longer considered himself an American-no one felt m...

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"Get off Twitter and do your job." That's it in a nutshell. Here's hoping, but not much.

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But don't hold your breath. Just be happy that for the time being you still have breath to hold. Good point. I couldn't rant in the Corner Pub without breath. When someone asks how I'm going, I often reply "Still breathing in and out". "Just as well," they say, and I agree. I can't hold my breath f...

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Barry, it's not one error of judgment, made after careful thought. You don't need me to rehearse the process with you, but it began with this imbecile seeing the virus as a Democrat plot against him. An error of judgment is what a normal, rational person does, implicitly after some level of contempl...

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Well, I'm sad to hear that, and I hope he recovers well.

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Been away a couple of days. I entirely agree with Barry that China is a hostile state which has plundered the West for decades and is utterly untrustworthy, that it is not a responsible 21st century global citizen, and that it is imperative that we learn to decouple. I entirely agree with Jserraglio...

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Isn't that insider trading? Do you think there will be any repercussions?

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Why the hell publish a story with the title: Worst Case Estimates for US Coronavirus What sort of journalism is this? Certainly not responsible in any way ... Thank you. That was my exact reaction when I heard about that at first. There are obviously those who think we should go on with the level o...

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Rach3 wrote: ↑
Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:38 pm
More Tao ( 16 minutes) playing Rzewski's "Which Side Are You On " from "Four North American Ballads" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euppwaLbByA

Yes, this is on American Rage. Isn't it outstanding?

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I agree. When I was in my 20s I preferred to buy LPs, then CDs, on the grounds I would have them forever. But I quickly realised I was mistaken. Robert Levin gave a fascinating speech at a Melbourne concert in 1996. He observed first that most of us would have heard Mozart's concertos many times mor...

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