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Painted furniture and interiors came of age in the 18th century with great colourists like Schinkel, Adam and the French Rococo decorators bringing playful and formal classical motifs with colours that were helped by huge developments in chemistry making a wider range of colours available for the first time. The 20th century threw all this up in the air, loosened it all up and introduced art from all over the world from Africa to Oceania. Annie trained as a painter and then worked for many years decorating for clients mainly in and around London and Oxford. Her skills as a painter led her to begin teaching and for many years led a course in Decorative Painting at the Inchbald School of Design.
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Convening at the invitation of the Commission on the Black Sea, 80 experts and policymakers came together at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin at the end of January in order to discuss the current state of relations in the Black Sea region and the region's prospects for the future.more
Europe Is Not a Major Issue
Armando Garcia takes a look at Spain's media
It's almost routine. On January 1, Spain assumed the presidency of EU, the fourth time it has done so. Yet anyone who expects the presidency to spark a debate within the country on European issues or European policy will be disappointed. Having taken a look at Spain's media, Bertelsmann Stiftung specialist Armando Garcia writes that the topics currently getting the most attention are the employment crisis and calls for greater autonomy for Catalonia. A summary of his observations appeared in the January issue of "Internationale Politik."
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A two-day symposium was recently held in Münster to mark the 20th anniversary of the partnership between Münster's University of Applied Sciences and Cracow's University of Economics. The dinner speech was given by Dominik Hierlemann of the Bertelsmann Stiftung's The Future of Europe program. Addressing the assembled economists and other notable guests, he discussed Germany and Poland's political relations and their meaning for the European Union.
December 8, 2009, Article by Cornelius Ochmann published in "Das Weimarer Dreieck in Europa."
Edited by Klaus-Heinrich Standke and published by the Adam Marszalek publishing house, "Das Weimarer Dreieck in Europa" is a volume of essays examining issues from the perspective of German-French-Polish relations, a tripartite alliance known as the Weimar Dreieck (Weimar Triangle). Key issues discussed in the publication include research and development, higher education and energy research. An article by the Bertelsmann Stiftung's Cornelius Ochmann focuses on the aftermath of the war in Georgia in 2008 and the conflict surrounding Russian gas deliveries.
Germany's new government intends to focus increased attention on the three-way partnership, which was initiated 18 years ago in Weimar. To that end, the agreement establishing the country's current coalition government states that the Weimar Triangle is to be used as a consultative forum to a greater extent than in the past.
December 8, 2009, Who Should the EU Choose as Its Partner in the East?
Conference on EU policy vis-à-vis Russia and other eastern neighbors
A conference held in Berlin in December 2009 focused on the question of how the EU should structure its partnerships in the east. Should it concentrate on forming alliances with Eastern Europe? Or would Russia be the better choice? Does one preclude the other? Those were just some of the issues addressed by participants at the event, which was organized by the Bertelsmann Stiftung and the European Council on Foreign Relations.
November 25, 2009, Black Sea Commission to Continue Its Work
Members of the international Commission on the Black Sea came together recently at an event organized by the Bertelsmann Stiftung in Berlin. Moderated by Bertelsmann Stiftung specialist Armando García, the 16-member group discussed the commission's final report, which is to be published at the beginning of 2010.
Both regional specialists and high-level government officials attended the event, held in the Bertelsmann Stiftung's Berlin office. Together with Volker Rühe, former German Defense Minister, and Erhard Busek, former Austrian vice-chancellor, other former members of government from Europe and the Black Sea region drew on their extensive experience to draft a series of policy recommendations.
Initiated by the Bertelsmann Stiftung, the Commission on the Black Sea began its work at the beginning of 2009. Its report will be the first comprehensive study to focus on the states bordering the Black Sea. The report will examine opposing interests and existing conflicts in the region, as well as the benefits to be gained from increased regional cooperation. The report will also highlight the opportunities for the EU and Germany that would result from a Black Sea region free of conflict. The report is set to be published in February 2010.external link
November 21, 2009, Lunch Debate on the Future of the Southern Caucasus
The lunch debate organized by the Bertelsmann Stiftung on the situation in the southern Caucasus was attended by a number of specialists from the region, including Iris Kempe, director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation's office in Tbilisi, Georgia, Ivlian Haindrava, cofounder of Georgia's Republican Party, and Armenian political scientist Aleksander Ishkandaryan. A total of 40 guests attended the event in Berlin, including policymakers, government officials and academic specialists.
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia consider themselves to be European nations. In recent years they have implemented changes designed to bring them in line with western standards and institutions. While many are hopeful that this process will continue, numerous hurdles remain. Speaking at the lunch debate, experts from the region were skeptical about efforts to strengthen democracy in the three countries. Azerbaijan, for example, maintains an authoritarian system that permits little freedom for engaging in political activities. Similarly, Georgia and Armenia are having difficulties implementing rule of law and creating the desired democratic structures. In addition, regional strife, such as the war between Georgia and Russia in mid-2008 and the ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, are impinging on regional cooperation.
Conversely, the EU's efforts to engage with its eastern neighbors were seen positively by the experts attending the event. "For example, the EU is bringing helpful new momentum to trans-regional partnerships among NGOs," Kempe said. "Yet it is also clear that the EU needs to pool its many instruments into one overall strategic approach, if they are to achieve their objectives." Against that background, the Bertelsmann Stiftung's Cornelius Ochmann called for the EU to develop a comprehensive "eastern approach."


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Crochet a lasting bouquet of cheerful daisies for the kitchen or any other room of the house. Use this flower bouquet crochet pattern from Lily Sugar n' Cream and floral wire to help keep the daisies sturdy for arranging. This daisy bouquet matches the Daisy Dish Cloth Crochet Pattern. Crochet both as a cheerful set for your kitchen.
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Palestrina: Missa O rex gloriae & Missa Viri Galilaei
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Movement 1: Kyrie
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Movement 4: Sanctus and Benedictus
Movement 5: Agnus Dei
As with the four-part Missa O rex gloriae, there is a scalic point to highlight 'Jesu Christe' in the Gloria, though here it is even more pronounced and remarkable in the context of the surrounding stasis. The contrasting of different groups of voices is also carried over into the Mass, particularly in the Gloria and Credo in which the volume of text demands contrast. The meditative quartet at the 'Crucifixus' is particularly beautiful, seeming to contain the essence of the text of the Creed. The Agnus Dei is in a similar vein, being a calm remembrance of the motet, but turning the original descending scales into ascending ones.
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No snappy headline for this post. This is a serious problem facing many managers and HR professionals in banking today. I have found, in trying to advise them, that the law provides an inadequate guide to handling the situation. It takes patience, persistence, and, above all, compassion to reach a resolution.
Case Study: How to help Jane
Let's work through a hypothetical situation to see what you can and cannot do.
Jane is a loan processor. She has worked for the bank for ten years. She works in an open office area with three other women. Lately, her performance has deteriorated and she has missed a lot of work.
Two months ago she complained to the HR manager that the women who work in her area were whispering about her, saying that she was fat and smelled bad. The HR manager noted no personal hygiene problems with Jane, who is not overweight, and undertook a discreet investigation. First she spoke to Jane's supervisor. Then she had the supervisor make some inquiries to her co-workers, protecting Jane's identity. They could find no substantiation for Jane's claim of harassment. The HR manager reported her findings back to Jane, who insisted that the other women continued to whisper about her "all the time." She said that they had even substituted a chair that creaked when she sat down in it for her usual one.
In this meeting, the HR manager raised the possibility of changing Jane's work station, but Jane became very agitated and confided for the first time that she was seeing a therapist for stress and was on medication. She said the ongoing and pervasive whispering campaign was worsening her condition, and she just wanted to stay home. However, she had exhausted her paid time off.
Next steps: Probing deeper
Kudos to the HR manager for taking Jane's initial complaint at face value and investigating it promptly, discreetly, and thoroughly. Never assume a complaint is ridiculous or imaginary, or try to diagnose an employee's mental health--leave that to the experts.
Now that Jane has volunteered her mental health issue ("stress") and asked for an accommodation ("to stay home"), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) come into play assuming the bank has more than 50 employees.
The ADA (as amended in 2008) covers almost all physical and mental impairments. It requires the employer to engage in an interactive process with the employee and his/her healthcare provider to determine an appropriate accommodation which will allow the employee to continue to perform the essential functions of the job.
Time off from work might be an appropriate accommodation. But don't leap at what looks like an easy option without exploring alternatives through the interactive process first.
Medical information is essential
Key to this process is obtaining accurate and specific information from the employee's healthcare provider.
This is never easy. Doctors are busy people. They are cautious about breaching confidentiality. And they have notoriously bad handwriting. When mental illness is involved, there is often an understandable urge to protect the patient from the stigma and ignorance surrounding the issue in the general population.
Make it easy on the healthcare professional:
• Provide a release signed by the employee. This will require you to actually talk to the employee about their condition. Don't be afraid. Explain that you need the information so that you can support them in their job.
• Enclose a copy of the job description. This should be detailed enough about work environment and requirements that the healthcare professional can assess how performance might be affected by the patient's condition.
• Use a standard "accommodation assessment" form. This will enable you to obtain information on diagnosis, prognosis, medication and side effects.
Sometimes, just the act of connecting employer, employee, and mental health professional can be helpful. Perhaps the employee has stopped taking medication, unknown to his doctor, or perhaps the doctor was unaware of the demands of the patient's job when prescribing a particular treatment. Finding a way to help someone with mental illness stay productive in the workplace is a three-way effort.
Is a "time out" what Jane needs?
Returning to our hypothetical situation, let's say that interaction between Jane, her therapist, and the HR manager led to an agreement that Jane needed some time off work while her medications were adjusted. Let's also assume that the bank's policies reflect the FMLA.
Jane is entitled to up to 12 weeks off per year for her own "serious health condition." She must give adequate notice of her need for time off; in an emergency, notice must accord with the bank's call-in procedures. The bank is entitled to seek medical certification of the "serious health condition." So far, in Jane's case, the FMLA and the ADA overlap.
As long as it is established that the reason for the leave meets one of several identified in the law, the FMLA is essentially about tracking time off. Once the maximum time off is exceeded, the employee is not guaranteed a return to work. FMLA leave doesn't have to be paid time off, and the employer is not required to make an accommodation to speed the employee's return. Jane has already used up a portion of her 12-week allowance.
Privacy—essential in all its forms
HIPAA's privacy provisions require that personal health information must be maintained in strict confidentiality. Putting locks on the HR filing cabinet, and changing the password on computer files is the least of it. Gossip, even well-intentioned expressions of concern, should be firmly squashed.
This is especially important where the subject is an individual's mental health. It is helpful to develop a standard response, for example:
"So-and-so is off work for medical reasons of a personal nature."
Coach supervisors and co-workers to rely on this formula to deflect all inquiries.
A holistic approach balances the interests
Out of sight, out of mind. Jane is on disability leave. Everyone breathes a sigh of relief.
But is this problem solved?
Probably not.
I advocate continuing communication with the employee and the mental health professional to monitor the situation on a bi-weekly or monthly basis. This ongoing support will be helpful to Jane. Her condition may have isolated her. Communication will assure her that she still has a workplace connection.
As FMLA leave approaches expiration, the HR manager can make an informed decision about whether to extend the leave for a further definite period, if requested. Revisit the accommodation discussion: Is there another job at the bank, perhaps a part-time position, that Jane could do, even if she's not well enough to return to her old job?
An evolving understanding of mental health issues
In May, a new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders was published. Some disorders described in previous editions were removed; others were redefined. As the professionals struggle to develop a clearer understanding of the field, stigma bred of ignorance and fear still stalks the workplace.
The ADA, FMLA, and HIPAA provide a few tools to guide the handling of an employee's mental illness. A thoughtful manager will call on more intuitive knowledge-- and simple human kindness.
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Movement 1: Amen de la création
Movement 2: Amen des étoiles, de la planète à l'anneau
Movement 3: Amen de l'agonie de Jésus
Movement 4: Amen du désir
Movement 5: Amen des anges, des saints, du chant des oiseaux
Movement 6: Amen du jugement
Movement 7: Amen de la consommation
The middle section of No 5 ('Amen des anges, des saints, du chant des oiseaux') is a rare instance of Piano I having the main thematic line: birdsong, accompanied by dancing rhythms on Piano II. A dance of a different kind occupies the centre of No 2 (the 'Amen des étoiles, de la planète à l'anneau'), with the pianos working in tandem in an extraordinary depiction of orbiting planets. In the 'Amen du désir' (No 4), after a slow opening, there is a fast solo for Messiaen himself (Piano II); this is repeated, with brilliant interjections on Piano I.
The final 'Amen de la consommation' is a tour de force with Piano I (originally Loriod) storming the heavens with dazzling virtuosity. The music transforms the monumental 'creation' theme into a procession towards paradise and glory, decorated by joyous peals of bells.
The copying of Visions de l'Amen was done by mid-April, and Messiaen's diary on 14 April noted in his diary to take 'Amen' to Mlle Loriod at her godmother's house. Loriod's godmother, Nelly Eminger-Sivade, did much to encourage her brilliant god-daughter, putting on recitals in her salon where the young Yvonne would play for guests: Honegger and Poulenc came to hear her play when she was eighteen, and she played works by Messiaen, Jolivet and others. Mme Sivade's husband worked as an engineer for the Parisian water company and the couple lived in a handsome apartment, with a balcony, at 53 rue Blanche, on the west side of the street, a few hundred metres from the Trinité. The first rehearsal for Visions de l'Amen took place there on 16 April, after dinner. Messiaen then left Paris for a short break in the Aube: on 18 April 1943 he wrote to Tual from his aunt's house at Fuligny:
You will find enclosed a list of 50 names and addresses. These are the people I would like you to invite to the Concert de la Pléiade on 10 May. I have only included those that are strictly necessary among the numerous pupils and friends who want to come to the first performance, and who have already spoken to me about it several times. Perhaps the hall is going to hold a larger audience than for the previous concerts as the layout is different. Since many of these people are friends of both of us, I hope you will be able to invite all of those on the list, and I thank you for doing that with all my heart.
I should also mention that my wife and son appear on the list – above all don't forget them! It will also need to be remembered that the two pianists (Mlle Loriod and myself) and the two page turners (because we must have two page turners) will also require passes to get in. I thought of this because your front-of-house arrangements are draconian – and I congratulate you on that!
Forgive me for troubling you with these mundane questions! I gave my manuscript to Mlle Loriod five days ago (my own copy is just finished) and we have had a first rehearsal: she already plays magnificently!
The mention of 'draconian' front-of-house arrangements in this letter is the only reference in Messiaen's correspondence with Tual to the controls which were necessary to ensure, presumably, that neither undesirable Germans nor known collaborators were admitted. The first performance was originally scheduled to form part of the third Concert de la Pléiade, at the Galerie Charpentier on 3 May 1943, but a small printed invitation (which managed to misspell both Messiaen as 'Messian' and Loriod as 'Loriot'), announced the decision to perform the work on its own a week later, on 10 May at 5 p.m.
A private run-through took place at Mme Sivade's the day before, on Sunday 9 May, as Messiaen noted in his diary: '14h. rehearsal at Mme Sivade. Those present were Mme Tual, Gallimard, Poulenc, Jolivet, Samazeuilh, Honegger, Mme Messiaen.' Yvonne Loriod recalled that after this rehearsal, Messiaen took the guests down the rue Blanche to attend Vespers at the Trinité.
The premiere was attended by some distinguished figures in French cultural life: photographs show Marie-Blanche de Polignac, Christian Dior and Francis Poulenc among the audience; others present included Paul Valéry, François Mauriac and Jean Cocteau. The page turners were Serge Nigg and René Hanicot (not Pierre Boulez as Tual claimed – he first encountered Messiaen in 1944). Such was the lustre of the audiences at these concerts that they were written about not only as musical events, but as social occasions enlivening an otherwise sombre time, as can be seen from Marcelle Auclair's column in Marie-Claire:
It is thrilling to comment on the Concerts de la Pléiade which take place at the Galerie Charpentier. During this time when we get butter from the butcher, meat from the hairdresser and sugar from the shoe repairer, these fashionable concerts take place in an art gallery. It is only possible to go to them by invitation and, of course, it's a personal affront not to be invited! Madame Colette arrives on her bicycle, in her sports outfit, wearing sandals and a boater. She has cycled from the Palais Royal because it's all on the flat, she confided to us.
In the eleven Concerts de la Pléiade given during the Occupation, premieres included not only Messiaen's Visions de l'Amen but also Poulenc's Violin Sonata and Chansons villageoises, and Jolivet's Poèmes intimes; there were also performances of Stravinsky and early French music (notably Rameau's Platée). Arthur Honegger was among those at the premiere of Visions de l'Amen and his review appeared in Comoedia on 15 May 1943:
The glamorous ladies wearing hats like table-tops or multicoloured tennis racquets who provide the visual ornament at the Concerts de la Pléiade must have been rather surprised. The charming ear-ticklers of recent programmes were unexpectedly replaced by a work which is long, highly individual, and densely written, eschewing the variety of orchestral timbres by restraining itself to the black and white of two pianos. And what a serious subject: 'Visions de l'Amen', seven large musical frescoes with a duration of almost an hour. Nevertheless, the experience was a perfect success. I must say straight away that this work by Olivier Messiaen seems to me a remarkable one, of great musical richness and of true grandeur in its conception.
Perhaps I might discuss some details. First, the fact that it is written for two pianos lends a certain austerity. In the first piece, the same chords (augmented fourths and perfect fourths) are used with a little too much persistence. There is a certain difficulty in discerning the principal musical lines resulting from the absence of different timbres. But what does this matter given the poetic power, the constantly exalted level of the musical discourse, and the quality of the musical invention which is affirmed so impressively? The rules which the composer has invented and imposed upon himself with rigorous discipline give to the whole work a noble style with no hint of dryness.
My personal preference is above all for the 'Amen de l'agonie de Jésus' and the 'Amen du désir'. In the first there is an anguished theme which turns at length on the same three notes (C sharp, D, E flat) and is of extraordinary expressive intensity. In the second, a calm theme of exquisite tenderness is set, in variations, against a second motif, with a syncopated rhythm, which is ardent and passionate […] The composer himself performed the work with Mademoiselle Yvonne Loriod as his partner. Given the technical difficulty of the score I can hardly begin to do justice to the extraordinary command of this young arist, but I do so in all sincerity.
One personal wish. I would like this work to be heard, preceded by its commentaries, at the Jeunesses musicales. That would be infinitely more interesting and useful than the parade of works which is usually served up there. In this work there is something for the young to discuss and to admire.
Following the concert, Messiaen wrote to Denise Tual, thanking her not only for arranging the concert, but also for 'the opportunity to write a long and serious piece'.
from notes by Nigel Simeone © 2004


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Who Said It: Ron Paul or Ron Paul?
The Republican presidential candidate may be a party-switcher, but he's no flip-flopper.
When CNN's John King asked this year's batch of Republican presidential candidates to describe themselves in one word during a February debate in Arizona, Ron Paul didn't hesitate. "Consistent," he declared, as a proud half-smile crept across his face.
Indeed, while the congressman from Texas has changed his views on certain issues over time -- Paul, for example, has become increasingly skeptical of climate change and increasingly tough on immigration, and now touts his ties with Ronald Reagan even though he denounced the Gipper's policies in 1987 -- he is, in many ways, a rare breed in politics these days: a sturdy sandal in a sea of flimsy flip-floppers.
Long before he was calling for the immediate withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and arguing for friendship rather than war with Iran, Paul was the only member of the House of Representatives to vote against a 1981 resolution on U.S. efforts to resolve a conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization in Lebanon. "We need less meddling in the internal affairs of other nations, not more," he explained.
In fact, while Paul is now running as a Republican candidate (just how long the ideological strain he represents will remain in the party is unclear), he sounds remarkably similar to how he did in 1988, when he won less than half a million votes as the Libertarian Party's presidential candidate after temporarily leaving the GOP.
Take technology, for instance. In 1987, he told Texas Monthly that "we're going to start testing our TV in smaller states, on off-channels, and on cable television. People who are looking for ideas tend to be watching independent stations and cable." By the 2008 election, when cable television had long since gone mainstream, Paul was channeling his message through the next edgy, disruptive innovation: the web.
Or take this interview in 1988 with a 53-year-old Paul. Sure, he's younger. But if you close your eyes and ignore the references to communism, you might just lose yourself in time. There's the same ardent, amused, and slightly squeaky talk of honoring the Constitution, taking a wrecking ball to federal institutions (especially his arch nemesis, the Federal Reserve), reining in out-of-control government spending, restoring a bright future for the country's debt-saddled youth, doing away with foreign aid, and turning America's gaze back toward its own shores and national defense.
Admittedly, the 76-year-old Paul has lost a step or two. He no longer gesticulates wildly when discussing drug legalization (5:00), the Vietnam War (15:00), and getting "high on the ideas of freedom" (16:50), as he did in this surreal 1988 appearance on the Morton Downey Jr. Show, an ear-splitting Jerry Springer forerunner.
But theatrics aside, it's the same Ron Paul. Still don't believe us? We challenge you to a game. Who said it: today's Ron Paul or 1980s Ron Paul?
1. "This country has been the wealthiest country ever. We've been the freest country. And we've been very, very prosperous. We had the strongest currency. We had the most gold. And what is happening today?... The deficits are out of control, we have borrowed to the hilt ... and we're facing serious problems.... It's an end of an era."
Answer 1: 1987-1988
2. "The U.S. policy toward Libya further confirms our irrational foreign policy.... Bombing a foreign capital and killing innocent civilians ... is an act of war and not authorized by our Constitution."
Answer 2: 1987-1988
3. "I think we're living in the dark ages when we can't even talk to the Cuban people. I think it's not 1962 anymore. And we don't have to use force and intimidation and overthrow of ... governments. I just don't think that's going to work."
Answer 3: 2011-2012
4. ''I would abolish the Federal Reserve, create a sound money system, define the dollar. You deregulate everything and you get rid of all the bums, all the bureaucrats who are running the bureaus.''
Answer 4: 1987-1988
5. "The great strides that we have made have been really on foreign policy. The fact that we can once again talk ... about what Eisenhower said, to beware of the military-industrial complex. Talk about the old days when Robert Taft, Mr. Republican, said we shouldn't be engaged in these entangling alliances. He believed what the founders taught us. He didn't even want to be in NATO."
Answer 5: 2011-2012
6. "How does it help us to keep troops in Korea all these years? We're broke. We have to borrow this money. Why are we in Japan?"
Answer 6: 2011-2012
7. ''Let's say we did not police the world and we had no welfare. Would we need an income tax? Isn't it interesting that the income tax came about the time we changed our foreign policy and got a central bank and started fighting wars overseas? In Woodrow Wilson's day.''
Answer: 7: 1987-1988
8. "They're addicted. It's like a drug addict. And nobody's willing to have withdrawal symptoms. They will keep printing until they destroy the value of money.... The next thing to drop will be the price inflation and a further downturn, much worse than the stagflation of the 70s."
Answer 8: 2011-2012
9. "Instead of those sitting ducks in the Persian Gulf, I'd be happy to have a navy and put it in the Gulf of Mexico.''
Answer 9: 1987-1988
10. "We have accepted the idea of interventionism. Interventionism in the economy, interventionism as far as the personal lifestyles of individuals go, as well as this idea that we know what's best for everybody."
Answer 10: 1987-1988
11. "The Austrian economists -- those are the free-market economists -- predicted that we would be moving into an era of very bad times -- bad times with a high inflation rate, a violent business cycle, and even recession or depression. I became fascinated with this, and convinced also that they had the right explanation."
Answer 11: 1987-1988
12. "We've been at war in Iran for a lot longer than '79. We started it in 1953 when we sent in a coup, installed the shah, and the reaction -- the blowback came in 1979. It's been going on and on because we just plain don't mind our own business. That's our problem."
Answer 12: 2011-2012
13. "Big government is running away with our freedom and our money, and the Republicans are just as much to blame as the Democrats."
Answer 13: 1987-1988
14. "Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country. There's nothing wrong with staying out of the internal affairs of foreign countries when it's none of our business."
Answer 14: 2011-2012
15. "I'm a free trader and I want as much travel and communication with other countries as possible. This is what the Founders advised. We were never given the authority to be the policemen of the world."
Answer 15: 2011-2012
So, how did you score?
11-15 correct: Foot soldier in the Ron Paul revolution
6-10 correct: Loyal libertarian
1-5 correct: Casual debate watcher
0 correct: Mitt Romney fan
Thanks for playing!
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Movement 1: Allegro energico e fuoco
Movement 2: Andante espressivo
Movement 3: Scherzo: Molto allegro quasi presto
Movement 4: Finale: Allegro appassionato
For Mendelssohn's generation, writing a work in C minor had a particular resonance from the music of Mozart and Beethoven. Mozart's Piano Concerto in C minor was greatly admired by Beethoven for its uniquely ambivalent mood of serene tragedy. Beethoven's works in C minor have a characteristically rugged seriousness of purpose – the 'Pathétique' Sonata, Fifth Symphony, and Overture to Coriolan – and they in turn were admired by Mendelssohn and his contemporaries. Joachim once heard Mendelssohn play the Overture to Coriolan on the piano from the full score, in which 'he brought out the effects of the orchestral score in a most astonishing manner'. It is easy to imagine this scene as Mendelssohn's Trio in C minor gets under way.
Unlike the D minor Trio, this work does not start with a fully fledged melody, but with a swirling pattern rising up from the bass. But Mendelssohn can never resist melody for long, and as the piano becomes more agitated the violin and cello sing above it. With such a turbulent start to the movement, one might expect the second theme to be a quiet contrast. But it emerges fortissimo out of the climax, only then calming to a gentle melody. Staccato versions of the opening motif lead to a grand, almost chorale-like culmination, and cascades of arpeggios round off the first section of the movement. A meditation on the second theme follows, led by the cello, with fragments of the opening pattern interwoven. Seamlessly, we find ourselves back where we started, with the piano still playing fragments of the second theme as the violin and cello launch into the reprise of the opening. The sequence of events proceeds much as before, subsiding into a moment of hush. From this emerges an almost ecclesiastical-sounding interweaving of violin and cello, and the sense of ancient grandeur is enhanced by the strings playing the opening pattern at half speed in counterpoint with the piano. A mighty crescendo follows, and, after a pause, the movement hammers to its close with almost Beethoven-like ferocity.
The slow movement, as in the D minor Trio, is a 'Song without Words', this time with a swinging rhythm reminiscent of Mendelssohn's Venetian Gondola Songs. A middle section ventures further afield, and the opening returns with its melody intensified by delicate filigrees in the piano, rising to an impassioned climax.
The scherzo, like that of the first Trio, has an impossibly fast metronome marking, but with the more realistic instruction 'quasi presto'. Unlike the earlier scherzo, this one is in a minor key, which has the curious effect of making it sound closer to the fairy world of Mendelssohn's music for A Midsummer Night's Dream (do fairies only dance in minor keys?), though the scherzo it most resembles is that of Mendelssohn's Octet.
The finale is like a sturdy Baroque jig on a grand scale – indeed, its opening few notes are rather like the gigue that ends J S Bach's English Suite in G minor. The cello's initial leap takes on different guises as the movement proceeds. At first it is startling and forceful, overshooting an octave from G to A flat; later it is softened to become playful or wistful, returning to its original character (and interval) at emphatic and climactic moments. The second theme is vintage Mendelssohn, with the violin and cello rising in song out of a fortissimo climax, rather as they did at the equivalent point of the first movement. After the neo-Baroque start, Mendelssohn saves his most striking antique reference for the heart of the movement. This is a Lutheran-style chorale, intoned quietly by the piano as the strings continue to exchange fragments of the opening theme, like two diminutive figures speaking in hushed tones as they enter a great cathedral. This chorale returns to form a mighty climax near the end of the movement. Several writers have stated that it is a genuine sixteenth-century chorale, notably Eric Werner, who has identified it as 'Vor deinen Thron tret' ich' from the 1551 Genevan Psalter. This is the original of the hymn tune known in the English-speaking world as 'The Old Hundredth' ('All people that on earth do dwell'). The opening does indeed resemble it, particularly the second phrase, but thereafter Mendelssohn is not so much quoting a chorale as meditating on it, taking the melody to a new climax. Whether or not Mendelssohn had this particular chorale in mind is really beside the point, just as it doesn't matter whether he was quoting Bach at the opening of the movement. His approach to such material was essentially Romantic. Like contemporary poets and painters, what he offers to the listener is his own contemplation of this ancient religious music, and the majestic climax shows that Mendelssohn shared the Romantic vision of the sacred as personal experience, as an aspect of the sublime.
from notes by Robert Philip © 2005


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