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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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From The Age in Melbourne Despite Obama and Trump, America just proved it’s still the ‘indispensable power’ Peter Hartcher Peter Hartcher Political and international editor April 23, 2024 — 5.00am Save America’s credibility never has recovered from Barack Obama’s “red-line” ultimatum to Syria’s dict...

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Couldn't read it, Joe, as I'm not willing for them to use my data. Is it possible for you to paste it? I am concerned about preserving free speech, but I can't see Musk's case for posting live vision of a bishop being stabbed. As Oliver Wendell Holmes famously observed, free speech does not include ...

barney · Re: January 24, 2025 Yes, congratulations. Quite a thrill.

Yes, congratulations. Quite a thrill.

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Davis was chief conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for years; I've interviewed him. A gregarious and funny man, who got on really well with the musicians. They loved him, even while finding him occasionally irritating.

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John Spooner used to be a quite a good friend at The Age. He is a brilliant cartoonist/illustrator. But with utter crap like this one, I wouldn't know what to say if I met him today.

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I'm criticising the credulous simplicity of Americans who think it's really clever and funny to find a news clip then introduce it by asserting the opposite. Even I could do that. And a lotta folks have tried ever since Jon Stewart basically invented parodic "fake news" as a comedy form some 28 yea...

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I'm not criticising his intelligence; I'm sure he's very bright. I'm criticising the credulous simplicity of Americans who think it's really clever and funny to find a news clip then introduce it by asserting the opposite. Even I could do that. And in the last clip that was posted here, that's all h...

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No they don't, Lance; obviously the question carries its own answer. The argument, which I don't accept, is that they put on a bit of lippy and stockings, say they are women, and, lo and behold, they are women. But the transgender activists - or many of them - are quite vicious. I'm not at all surpr...

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Rach3, Thanks for posting the concert. Here is the concert on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXs-1nG6-0E By the way, Hadelich is the victim of a terrible accident. When he was fifteen, a fire on his family farm burned much of his upper body, including his face and bowing arm. He lost a co...

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Hadelich is certainly highly rated. He's in Melbourne in a couple of months, and I have forked out for a ticket.

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Isn't it time for you two to agree not to talk to each other?
(Yes, I mean you, Joe and Belle.) It's getting uncomfortable. I know I can simply not read, but you both vary invective with interesting points, so I want the latter.

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Jon Stewart 15 April — Talking World War III Blues, Trump’s dementia, his drooling at his trial, the “Is he Jesus or Mandela?” debate, etc. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NgeLRtpC2WI I don't really understand why this guy is so popular. His technique seems to be find a bit of news coverage, say the ...

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I saw these, too, Steve, and thought they were great. Didn't occur to me to post them here though. Good for you.

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Great name for an author.

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