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Holden Fourth

Thank you. What a beautiful tone he produces.

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My favourite Hummel recording is by Wynton Marsalis. That said, I would like to hear Tarr's take on it but can't seem to find it online.

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I'm not hibernating and that's not by choice. While Australia has gone into what they call stage 4 lock down, schools remain open and that's not a bad thing when you think about it. A school like ours is a controlled environment. The children have access to all sorts of hygiene regimes (sanitiser, t...

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I'm not hibernating and that's not by choice. While Australia has gone into what they call stage 4 lock down, schools remain open and that's not a bad thing when you think about it. A school like ours is a controlled environment. The children have access to all sorts of hygiene regimes (sanitiser, t...

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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, just scaremongering with questionable facts and figures. I immediately saw the connection that Belle made with her The Blob trailer. This is wha...

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Apologies but I'm going to take this away from the political arena. The effect here in Australia is minimal with three reported deaths (all over 80 years old) and sporadic cases being detected around the country. However, big events like the F1 Grand Prix have been cancelled and sports matches are b...

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Saw this on FB

"Male coronavirus sufferer looking to hook up with lady who has Lyme disease"

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Belle hope you've been safe-just yesterday I watched the DVRed latest 60 minutes and this was one segment-they interviewed the previous prime minister and the current one. Regards, Len https://www.cbsnews.com/video/australia-fires-climate-change-relationship-60-minutes-2020-02-16/ Climate change's ...

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Per a NZ friend, it appears that a petition campaign has halted for now the effort to close down the usual FM Classical broadcast. It also appears NZ had the driest January on record and water reservoirs are at disturbingly low levels.Antarctica recently recorded its all time high temp.No climate c...

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It's important to note that this is a broadcaster publicly funded by taxpayers. It doesn't have ads and is not expected to make a profit. If anyone can provide a service to try and cover the gamut of broadcasting it has to be RNZ, just like the ABC here in Oz.

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I loved his work!

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This from MediaWatch https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018732872/rnz-set-to-cut-back-concert-and-launch-new-youth-service. One statement that interested me was that receiving music in stereo would still happen because people listen at home. Almost 100% of my listening is vi...

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I felt the same way. Was it the Glencoe Road? I've spent a lifetime mocking the Scots, naturally, because it is my wife's heritage and because it's so easy to do, but there I discovered my inner Scot! No, it was the coastal route via Inverness and I ended up staying at Lybster which is a bout an ho...

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As I was driving through the Scottish Highlands it started to snow and the dramatic scenery was given a greater emphasis. To top it off, BBC3 were playing Sibelius. This would have to be one of best drives I've ever done.

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From an outsiders point of view so take it with a grain of salt...This is how I, as an outsider, see this and I strongly suspect that I am in the majority group regarding this point of view. We outsiders just see it as a pointless exercise which has had a load of money and effort thrown at it. Sorr...

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From an outsiders point of view so take it with a grain of salt. From the very moment of his election there has been a section of the US political spectrum who adopted a “We was robbed” (I believe that might have been an actual headline somewhere in the media) attitude “and by golly we are going to ...

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Thank you for sharing this with us. Last year I spent 6 weeks in the UK and tuned in the hire car radio to BBC3. For some reason I always seemed to be driving somewhere on a Saturday morning when this program was on and heard some great classical music and well informed comment.

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Sue, I agree with everything you just said. Sensible land management legislation to prevent a recurrence of this dreadful fire season is urgently needed. We had measures in the past designed to significantly lessen the impact of our annual fire seasons and they were subverted by well meaning but ign...

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This is not about whether or not Forstater's views are correct or not, but her right to express them privately. Of course, those who disagree with her also have the right to express their contrary point of view. The uptake of all this for me is that we are no longer able to comment on something we d...

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The making it up part tends to apply to those who write for some of those online only publications with names eerily similar to actual large media publishers. The deliberate manipulation of facts (and figures) applies to all. Much of this “distortion” comes from political or ideological agendas and ...

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So much news today is “fake news” because nobody challenges it. Sorry, I have to ask you to expand on what you mean by this. What are you categorising as fake news? Who isn't challenging it? Normally when I hear "fake news" I want to reach for the bucket - it's usually claimed by spivs and exploite...

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Rach3 wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 18, 2019 11:55 pm

Belle wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 18, 2019 7:34 pm
Wonderful!! Thank you for posting this. I really admire this pianist and will listen again this morning while I'm polishing the silver for Christmas day. (Where's Hyacinth Bucket??)
It's " Bouquet " .

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So much news today is “fake news” because nobody challenges it.

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https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/12/13/the-revenge-of-democracy/ A good article. This is not new of course as the election of Donald Trump, and the 'miraculous' re-election of the LNP against all odds have already shown. The Labor party here in Australia did the same thing as the Labour party in ...

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John Francis was his own man, stood strongly behind his opinions and was not afraid to call you out on yours. I know because this happened to me a few times. However, it was never you the person who he took to task but your ideas instead and I can easily run with this. That said, he would also affir...

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Why do I get the impression that he is trying to imitate a harpsichord

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While the Greenies are claiming that this is all about climate change, they are extremely culpable in the whole scenario. The aboriginals discovered that early back burning was a good way of minimising any fire risk. However, the Greens oppose this as they see that it might be dangerous to certain e...

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I've got his Brandenburgs which I love.

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Back to the Amazon thing and paying taxes. Last year the government, under then treasurer Scott Morrison, decided to collect GST (sales tax) from purchases outside of Australia at any price point. Originally this was for goods over $1000 but now applies to everything regardless or price. Instead of ...

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You are lucky to actually see something. When I looked at the post I thought that he'd forgetten to include the link.

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you can take that to the bank!! In the end, it all comes down to who's got da CASH, dont it? The political class has lost touch with the people, particularly the working class - which has endured the most out of their governments' neglect. The Left became rich and they forgot their own people. We'r...

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maestrob wrote: ↑
Thu Feb 28, 2019 12:27 pm
No apologies necessary! I enjoyed about half of the Chopin before the intrusive ads finally frustrated me.

Ad Block Pro will solve that problem for you.

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In today's world of a politically biased and intellectually challenged media, who knows what to believe? This is polarisation of views at it's most extreme and it's poorly reported. Add in all the fake news on social media and what is actually true is buried under a mass of inaccuracies and rhetoric...

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Holden Fourth: I fully get where you are coming from. An expert Professor, Peter Ridd, from James Cook University was summarily sacked recently for questioning what he said was bogus science on the condition of the Great Barrier Reef. He won his court appeal of "Unfair Dismissal" and was awarded co...

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I have an online subscription to a news site that I have been using for many years and I'm just about to cancel it. In the last 18 months, it seems to have been taken over by what I would describe as the 'bandwagoners' and their current bandwagon is climate change and they have a whole editorial sec...

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The question not asked so far - Is this an issue stemming from potentially untreated mental health patients?

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As a devout follower of LvB I've got nearly all of his works by various performers and all but a few (such as the Missa) are loved. I was introduced to the symphonies by Cluytens and played them all regularly with the exception of the 8th. Despite trying different interpretations (Krips, Karajan, Fu...

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Like Barney, I'm concerned about the raids on journalists' offices in the name of "national security". The government and the AFP have carte blanche to do whatever they wish because, as citizens, we have not spoken up abut our human rights being compromised. This, unfortunately, is not new and a pre...

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I heard K330 on BBC3 a few weeks ago and was quite impressed. So was the presenter. It was played as part of the weekly new piano recordings segment.

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I think that the important phrase “..here are our favourites” should be taken into account as nowhere do they state this to be definitive.

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The concept of a religious discrimination commissioner is worrying from a number of aspects, especially a freedom of speech perspective. This is possibly the first step in a process to restrict what the general public may think and say. We already have extensive libel and slander laws in Australia t...

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It's a strange message.

Smartphones (either android or iOS) operate entirely in sandbox mode (virtual) so that when you turn the phone off everything closes, including anything rogue.

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I love the A380. Like Belle, I'm an Aussie and travel can be a long affair. I first flew business class on the A380 from Brisbane to Auckland and absolutely loved the bar at the back where you could talk to other travelers. In 2017 I flew BNE/DBX/LHR in business class and once again the opportunity ...

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Thanks to Cliftwood also I've got recordings by her of the Chopin Etudes, a great Chopin recital plus Schubert, Schumann and others. I'm at work and don't have a full recollection of everything by her in my collection. I know that there's more.

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I have a several CD players, but quite honestly, I never checked for a USB port having never really needed to use it for the purpose intended in copying. Can you tell me what's on your mind. Maybe I should investigate. And thank you! Does your CD player have a USB port? Many of today’s CD players h...

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Does your CD player have a USB port?

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I have one simple question regarding running for POTUS. Is it possible (like it is in my country) for a man or woman of modest means to run for this office? The last half dozen incumbents seem to have come from a very wealthy background (Trump) or a political dynasty (Bush, Clinton). The only one wh...

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I always looked forward to reading JBuck's posts and am sad to hear of his passing. Condolences to his family and friends.

On another note, good to see you posting Chalkie.

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Has anyone here signed up for Primephonic? They claim to have one million tracks but I suspect that this is quite a lot less than offered by Spotify or Apple Music

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