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on Mar 17th, 2009Frédéric Chopin Allegro de Concert Op. 46 in A major
Frédéric Chopin's Allegro de Concert, Op. 46 is a piece for piano, published in November 1841. It is in one movement and takes between 13 and 15 minutes to play. The principal themes are bold and expressive. It has a curious place in the Chopin canon, and while its history is obscure, the evidence supports the view, shared by Robert Schumann and others, that it started out as the first movement of a projected third piano concerto, of which the orchestral parts are either now non-existent or were never scored at all. There is no evidence that Chopin ever even started work on the latter two movements of this concerto.
Chopin published his two piano concertos in 1830. That same year he wrote that he was planning a concerto for two pianos and orchestra, and would play it with his friend Napoleon Tomasz Nidecki (1807-1852) if he managed to finish it. He worked on it for some months but he had the greatest difficulty with it, and this work never eventuated; however, he may have used ideas from it in later works.
There is also evidence that Chopin started work on a third concerto for solo piano and orchestra. In Chopin: The Piano Concertos, Rink quotes from an unpublished Chopin letter, dated 10 September 1841, offering Breitkopf & Härtel an "Allegro maestoso (du 3me Concerto) pour piano seul" for 1000 francs. In November 1841, Schlesinger published the Allegro de Concert, which has a tempo indication of "Allegro maestoso", and Breitkopf & Härtel also published it in December of the same year. The work has the general characteristics of the opening movement of a concerto from around that time. It contains a lengthy introduction, with the section corresponding to the original piano solo commencing at bar 87. It seems clear that the "Allegro maestoso" Chopin referred to in his letter was the piece published two months later as Allegro de Concert, Op. 46.
The first few notes of the piece were drafted around 1832, but it is not known when the rest of the piece was written. Chopin dedicated it to Friederike Müller (1816-1895), one of his favourite pupils, who studied with him for 18 months (1839-1841). Franz Liszt gave her the nickname "Mademoiselle opus quarante-six".
The Allegro de Concert includes certain devices which reflect a more virtuosic technique than that required by his two published concertos. For this reason it is considered one of Chopin's most difficult pieces, but despite this challenge, some pianists and critics find it unconvincing. It has received relatively little attention in the concert hall or in recordings, and it is not particularly well known to music lovers. Those who have recorded it include Claudio Arrau, Garrick Ohlsson, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Roger Woodward. However, Chopin himself seems to have been very proud of it. He told Aleksander Hoffmann: "This is the very first piece I shall play in my first concert upon returning home to a free Warsaw". Chopin never returned to Warsaw, and it is perhaps for this reason that there is no record of him ever playing it in public. In fact, there seems to be no record of its first public performance at all. (Claude Debussy played it at the Paris Conservatoire in July 1879.). The work received one of its rare public performances at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in the early 1980s as the opening work for a 'quasi orchestral' solo piano recital that ended with only the second London performance of the equally demanding complete Alkan Concerto for Solo Piano by British pianist Mark Latimer.
Some attempts have been made to score the Allegro de Concert for piano and orchestra as probably originally intended by Chopin. Jean Louis Nicodé produced two versions – one for two pianos, and a later one for piano and orchestra – but he added various parts of his own creation, amounting to 70 bars of new music (a development section after bar 205, a third tutti, etc.). He also "beefs up" the piano part towards the end. This version was first played by the Dutch pianist Marie Geselschap in New York, with an orchestra conducted by Anton Seidl.
In the early 1930s, Kazimierz Wiłkomirski made another orchestration, much more faithful to Chopin's published score. The world premiere recording of this version was by Michael Ponti with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra under Völker Schmidt-Gertenbach.
The Australian pianist Alan Kogosowski went further. As well as setting the Allegro de Concert for piano and orchestra, he also applied the same treatment to the Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. posth. "Lento con gran espressione", and the Boléro in C major-A minor, Op. 19. He put these together as a three-movement work and performed it under the misleading title of "Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 3 in A major" on 8 October 1999, with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Neeme Järvi.
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Areas of responsibility can be assigned by the Board. We (Unity-Unitarian Church, St. Paul, MN) has an Executive Team (ET) of three positions responsible for program, administration, and resource development—these include other particular, named areas of responsibility. (Incidentally, these are the three areas that financial auditors examine—program, administration, and resources.)
At this time, we have a husband-and-wife ministerial team with one vote, an administrator/financial person with one vote, and a lay person in the director of development role, also with one vote. (The reference to voting is within the team—not on the Board—though I have been told our team has never voted; rather they have educated themselves and reasoned with one another on issues well enough to reach their conclusions together.
Each member of the ET has employees (well, not the development person, see below) and church-member teams to help carry out their functions. The ministers are in charge of program—worship, music, parish visitors, child and adult education, membership outreach, etc. The administrator is responsible for support functions, communications, bookkeeping, property maintenance and security, etc. The development person heads the Development Ministry Team (DMT) which has church-member sub-teams such as Real Estate, Investments, Planned Giving, Gifts and Memorials, Annual Canvass, etc., for instance. The DMT meetings are attended by all the ET members and most subteams have one ET or other staff member, as do other congregational teams (other than Board teams).
Some reasons for a team (which nevertheless fulfills the CEO function) in addition to the lack of much training of ministers for a CEO role are the wish for the congregation to have ministers concentrating on other things than finances, the wish for separate reporting on finances, the distress of ministers having to raise money for their own salaries, a healthy separation of powers combined with the power of the need for the communication necessary to resolve areas of disagreement and speak with one voice to the Board (if Board policy requires that), and profound modeling of shared ministry, an important concept in our congregation.
As to hiring/firing, this model is working so well, I can hardly imagine it—but each position (the co-ministers came to us and will go as a package) is responsible for certain defined areas (they are not all responsible for everything but for everything together, that's the point). For an example of the one-voice part, the members of the ET arrived at the proposed budget together, an especially difficult task this year). If one member of the team departed, the Board would hire a person to fulfill the assigned areas of responsibility, taking into consideration the personalities and dynamics of the remaining members to achieve a balanced team.
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1 And Jehovah saith to Noah, `Come in, thou and all thy house, unto the ark, for thee I have seen righteous before Me in this generation; | 1 The LORD then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. |
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No, you would not. I cleaned the kitchen.
If I were to look in your wallet/ purse, would I find cash in there?
This is how this game works, you start of the question with "If I were to ___________ would I find _____________?"
The next player answers the question by yes or no and posts a new question.
Simple enough, right? So who wants to take the first one?
If I were to walk into your kitchen right now, would I find dirty dishes in your sink?
Yes, both Canadian and US funds.
If I were to open your closet, would I find red shoes?
Nope, but you could always take a can of paint from the shelf and make 'em red, if need be.
If I were to be a superhero, would I be Awesome Man (tm) ?
Of course you would be.
If I were to check your bedroom, would your bed be made?
Nope. Brainwashing or not, I still regard it as it basically pointless ritual.
If I were to skim through your music collection, would I see anything by Johnny Cash?
Nope, no Johnny Cash here.
If I were to look in your fridge, would I find something green and fuzzy in there?
If I were to look in your car, would I find something hanging from the rearview mirror?
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A few things actually, a beaded bracelet my son made for me and a caution tag from my red kettlebell.
If I were to look in your dresser drawer, would the socks be paired up and rolled into balls?
Yes! I've gotten better at that...
If I were to look through your home-made movies, would I find some of you at Walt Disney World?
- Jeanne
Engaged at Sunset Point - July 17th, 2008
Married at Sunset Point - March 3, 2009
Disney World & Disneyland Honeymoon
Aulani - September 2011
Wishes can come true, if you believe in them with all your heart.And the best part is, you'll never run out of wishes.They're shining deep down inside of you.'Cause that my friends is where the magic lives
Absolutely....and they're on DVD!
If I were to look in your closet/dresser, would I find at least one concert t-shirt?
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Yes....Amber Blues (local Jersey band) the shirt is 2x my size but it's tye-dye & I couldn't resist.
If I were to look in your bathroom, would I find colored(not white) toliet paper?
It's easier to destroy than it is to create - Angelina Jolie in "Original Sin"
Winter 1992 -Marriott in DTD
April 1997- Marriott in DTD
August 2003- DoubleTree Suite
Nope, plain white.
If I were to look under your bed, would I find anything?
Nothing any other red-blooded American boy wouldn't have under there.
If I were to be trapped inside a burning car by a damaged seat belt, would I be able to count on you to have a blade on your person to get me out?
Nope, but i would smash a car window and use some sharp glass to cut you free
If i were to look at your computer would i see a Disney wallpaper or screensaver?


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See my Clippings See my Journal See my trade list
I am interested in trading with people who are willing to send out the promised items through USPS Priority Mail and USPS First Class Mail (First Class is fine for seeds and whichever one will get it here in 2-3 days is fine for plants) within 10 days of the agreement. I will happily do the same.
I usually mail plants and seeds at the first of the week unless life or weather prohibits it.
I use the shipping methods listed in the GardenWeb FAQ. Please use the same consideration when sending me plants.
I like to trade plants, rooted cuttings, bulbs (rhizomes, etc.), and seeds. I am not interested in unrooted cuttings unless it is a very easy plant (like brugmansia) because they don't seem to root well for me after shipping.
I am a South Carolina Master Gardener. I teach Entomology for my local Master Gardening course, as well as do various lectures on this and other subjects. I am particularly interested in Saturniidae moths, such as the luna moth (Actias luna). My daughter and I raise live Saturniidae moths every year from egg to adult, most of which we release back into the wild.
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My Birthday is April 26 .
My favorite forum 1 is Seed Exchange.
My favorite forum 2 is Plant Exchange.
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Dear editor,
As a taxpayer in the Region of Halton I am disappointed at recent events that have transpired, most recently in Halton.
Politicians of various political stripes and levels of government have been involved in several run-ins with the law over actions they have taken as sitting members.
It seems now is the time for some changes.
It has been customary in the past for those that hold an important office to step aside from their normal duties while an investigation into their actions is conducted.
Recently, I have seen some examples of those unwilling to step aside unless they are forced to by public opinion. I have spent all of my adult life, in one capacity or another, striving to make the political system in this country a structure that can be admired the world over.
I volunteer my time for those that I believe can do the greatest good as an MP, MPP, or councillor and I expect they will always do what is in the best interest of those that have elected them.
Whether innocent or guilty, decisions not to step aside when charged dishonour the positions they hold.
Media outlets annually report that the participation rate in this country continues to fall when it comes to elections.
Fewer people are deciding not to volunteer. The pursuit of public office is not even on the radar for most young people in a post-secondary institution and the number of people actually taking the time to vote is in decline.
A politician must be honest, humble and respect the opinions of others, and when their actions compromise their integrity or make them open to compromise, they should step aside until the matter can be settled.
It is about time that legislation is brought forward, at all levels, to bring some uniformity to these situations and to maintain confidence in our elected representatives.
Rob Demille, Georgetown
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- Hello My name is Mike we are meeting with 5 Burmese families and are in need of anyone who can translate for us. This would be a great help much more that I can explain right now. Please help us Mike 3039939798
Meg Allen, program director of the Denver Coalition for Integration, which hosts monthly meetings for refugee service providers, agrees. "Could I go into the community like Drucie? Do I have the respect, the clout, the language abilities?" Allen asks. "No. She's the right person for the job, hands down."
Some of the challenges the ECBOs will face are the same as those faced by other nonprofits, not the least of which is funding. The American process of applying for and winning grants can be tedious. It involves gratuitous data collection, writing and patience. "It can be really frustrating and quite challenging for these new communities to understand," Taintor says, "because like us, they want things to happen immediately."
Others are unique to their position as organizations with "a foot and a head in both worlds," as Stein says. "If you looked at all the needs in the community, Drucie would have to walk on water to meet all of them," says Joe Wismann-Horther, who works in Stein's office as an integration program supervisor and has known Bathin since she arrived in Colorado. "She gets close to that. She has to be really careful that she doesn't take the weight of the entire community on her shoulders."
The ultimate goal is to develop the organization to the point where some of that work can be farmed out to volunteers or contractors. But letting go can be hard. "All of a sudden, you are no longer the person on the ground," Taintor says. "You are no longer the person showing up to a new refugee's house and showing them how to clean the bathtub or how to store their food. It is really, really hard to start delegating that to other people, and it's really, really hard to step back and understand that what you're doing by developing programs or overseeing other people is, in the end, more powerful."
"The idea is to grow the organization in a way that Drucie can start to delegate," Taintor adds, "so she's got somebody in charge of the youth — so she's not doing the youth and the elderly and employment, so she's not spread so thin. Because like anybody in the nonprofit world, the other real challenge is not becoming burned out."
But Bathin's not there just yet. Though she hired Hae, who as a male helps negotiate and coordinate with the tribal leaders, several of whom are male and still cling to a somewhat patriarchal view, the Rangers is still largely a one-woman show.
On an unseasonably warm Saturday in December, Bathin circles a group of twenty teenagers who are rehearsing a traditional Karen dance to perform at a New Year's celebration in Kansas. The teens are loud, hungry and boisterous, and it takes some coordinating to pick them up at their homes and shuttle them (with Hae's help) to a sparsely furnished Aurora apartment. Inside, the air is thick with the smell of cooking rice. As one adult sears turkey in a wok with hot chiles, Bathin wraps long, traditional skirts around the girls' skinny jeans and corrals the teenagers outside to practice.
"The youth, they never get together," Bathin explains. "There is no place for them to get together. So when they get together, they talk, talk, talk! Like, oh, my God!"
On a strip of concrete between the parking lot and a playground, one of the two dance teachers keeps the beat by smacking an empty cookie tin with a stick. The dancers begin singing a song they wrote, about the tribes coming together. Bathin translates some of the lyrics: "If you have unity, if you dare to come, we will wait."
The teenagers' feet are constantly moving, almost as if they're stepping on hot coals, as their arms and hands make a series of intricate swoops and twirls. Throughout the eight verses, they change formations from a V to two lines, then back to a V.
Bathin inspects their movements like a drill sergeant. If she sees a floppy arm, she straightens it. If she spies someone not singing, she points at them and makes a talking motion with her hand. At one point, she admonishes a boy for wearing his black jeans slung so low she can see his white boxer shorts, grabbing at his waistband and eliciting laughter from the rest of the group.
This is the second year she's played chauffeur and chaperone for the youth dance group, and she explains that some of the teenagers who participated last year didn't come back this year. "They don't think it's cool. They think they are too old," she says. "They don't know it's good to keep the tradition."
As the kids practice, Denver police detective Phouratsamay Chanthavong, who goes by P.C., pulls up in a black SUV. A refugee who came to Denver from Laos in 1978, P.C. understands the need for activities to keep kids busy. He volunteers for an Asian youth mentoring program and often intervenes when young refugees get in trouble with the police, mostly in defending themselves from American teenagers who pick on them. "I see myself in these kids. I feel for them," says P.C., who arrived in Denver when he was nine years old and now works on Mayor Michael Hancock's security for the Denver police. "They could go easily the other way. Very easily."
Bathin is not working for the Burmese refugee , she only works for Karen, you only cover for Karen , not for the whole Burmese.. Be careful please!!!!
Amazing write-up! This could aid plenty of people find out more about this particular issue. Are you keen to integrate video clips coupled with these? It would absolutely help out. Your conclusion was spot on and thanks to you; I probably won't have to describe everything to my pals. I can simply direct them here!
Great article, thanks Melanie for exposing the tremendous work Drucie Bathin does to help others and for educating the public on the refugees from Burma. Many Americans are not aware of America's efforts on opening our doors to refugees. I invite you and others to visit www.nickelcitysmiler.com to view more about the challenges and the determination of the Karen people that now live in the US strive for a better life.
I Went to Viet Nam 3 times I have watched as those people came here much in the same way. If they stayed they would be in prison or dead. It is not going to be easy but they can make it better. They have a chance, and these are the people that end up making the best Americans. They will do whatever it takes and they are not like the lazy Americans born in this country and think it should be free. These are proud people and although things are bad now it will not stay that way. Welcome just be careful of those that say they want to help.
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Helping people in need is the most prestigious reward that men can to give. Some people say that " help me to help you" which somehow demands to get back something for helping. However, when Jesus was on earth to help people, he never say " help me to help you" but helped them anyway. Even if they can not help you to help them, just help them. The reward of helping is not available on earth but in heaven.


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Updated my trade list and all ready for some trades.
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Hi Acres, I would like seeds for Swiss Chard- Bright Lights, Egg plant - Black Beauty, Leeks, New big Dwarf Tomato and the unknown type of Daisy. These are seeds that I have traded for and have enough to trade for others; Spinach Bloomsdale Savoy, Parsley Plain Italian, Chives ( Herb)and Red Noodle yard Long Bean - yes, it's a climber, but it's different from what you have. Thanks, |
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The team blocks a billionaire from racing on a private track, helps a girl being discriminated against, and pours some cold water on a hot yoga session.
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The team makes contact with a tenant who believes he's a werewolf, have a communication breakdown with a nearly nude family of tourists, and a squatter makes a clean getaway.
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The team faces off against a tenant performing a ritual sacrifice, Randye tangles with an unauthorized brothel, and a disgruntled business owner blows up his landlord's car.
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The team confronts a tenant running an illegal hotel in a morgue. A tenant creates an explosive situation, and Todd and Rick meet an older lady making sex toys in her kitchen.
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The team catches a greedy daughter placing dibs on her dead father's estate, an ex-con tries to blow up a boat, and Todd busts an apartment full of street thieves.
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Todd and Rick take a beating from an elderly tenant, a photographer risks burning down a church for his shot, and the team busts an S&M dungeon in a pilot's apartment.
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Todd drags Rick and Randye on a ghost hunt through a former crime scene, a tenant digs in his heels, and the team discovers a kitchen that's making guests sick.
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The crew confronts a tenant who sets off a fiery explosion. A scorned ex-wife saws everything in her apartment in half, and the team saves an elderly tenant from a nasty manager.
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Todd and Rick look into public indecency complaints and bust a man with a twisted fetish. They are nearly run over by a runaway RV and get tangled up with a roid-raging bodybuilder.
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Todd and his team save a tenant from potential carbon monoxide poisoning. Rick uncovers decomposing bodies in a funeral home, and Todd stares down the barrel of a squatter's gun.
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The Wilderness Lodge-love the theming there and the geyser is fun to watch!!!
The Poly-love being on the monorail for that quick last minute choice to go ride POTC. The marina is great and we love having that island theming.
The Beach Club-Was fantastic and truely an awesome experience. Stormalong Bay is so kid friendly and we had a great time there as well! Love being able to walk right over to Epcot for some WS fun!
Coronodo Springs-The Mayan pyramid thing was cool, but the resort was so spread out and large, guess I like things a bit more quaint. Also, although the Pepper Market had great and diverse food, didn't particularly like tipping when I wait in line and bring my own food to the table.
Embassy Vacation Resort (offsite)-got this great deal for a 3 bed/3 bath condo overlooking Lake Bryan. If you can't stay onsite, THIS PLACE IS AWESOME! They have great activities for the kids. Teen activites and programs day and night. A marina that rents waverunners across the lake and the resort staff was fantastic!
Holiday Vista - got what we paid for...it was clean, nothing special, a simple 3 bed, 1 bath apartment type accomodations, pool was a pool, but we were going cheap....so you couldnt beat it!


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I placed a tarp on the Dahlia's last night but they have frost on them this morning. The leaves are all mucky,is there anything I can do to save them?? Cutting off the shoots? |
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It sounds like you don't have much choice, but to cut off the damaged parts. Often they will send up new shoots for you. If they are not planted in the ground, one should consider taking them indoors to a garage for the night, and then back out the next day. They will be okay on nights that are not so cold. When you mention the you "placed a tarp" on them, I hope it is not a plastic tarp. That doesn't seem to work well for me. I prefer to use an old sheet which breathes, if it is cool. On clear nights, when the temperature is really low though, I always take them indoors. I never plant in the ground until ALL danger of frost is over. Here that is the 1st of June, but the plants have had the benefit of a month and a half of growing outdoors in pots. |
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This Date In Country Music History – February 16
As we get you ready for tonight's edition of the Classic Country Saturday Night Show, let's take a look back into country music history.
As we get you ready for tonight's edition of the Classic Country Saturday Night Show, let's take a look back into country music history.
As we get ready for Classic Country Saturday Night with Chris Logan, we thought we would help get you in the mood with a little history.
Singer Sammy Johns is best known for his hit 'Chevy Van' from 1975, but he made a lasting impression on country music writing hits for Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty and John Conlee. Johns died in Gaston, N.C. on Friday (Jan. 4) at the age of 66.
The Twinkie might be dead, but delicious MoonPies are alive and well, thanks to Sarah Darling's help. The 'Home to Me' hitmaker is lending her smiling face to the MoonPie makers to promote her latest single and the delicious snack cake.
Lennon and Maisy might be the most famous actresses to have never appeared in a film or on a TV show. The Stella sisters were YouTube sensations before they debuted as Maddie and Daphne Conrad (daughters of Rayna James and Teddy Conrad) on 'Nashville.' They proved during season one of the show and on the soundtrack to the ABC drama's first season that they were cast for much more than their adorable smiles.
Goo Goo Clusters, made famous at the Grand Ole Opry, is celebrating 100 years of deliciousness!
See the real life locations, including private homes, that are used in ABC's TV show "Nashville"!
Here's a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:
Julia Roberts
Age: 45
Occupation: Actress
Known For: Films such as 'Pretty Woman,' 'Steel Magnolias,' and 'My Best Friend's Wedding,' her Oscar-winning performance in 'Erin Brockovich,' being one of Hollywood's best-paid actresses, and her many past relationships with former co-stars
Garth Brooks was formally inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday evening. His hero George Strait was on hand to present him with his Hall of Fame member's medallion and even sang "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)".
No one would argue that when Eric Church steps onstage, he positively owns the room (and the crowd) with his confident swagger, growling vocals, party-hard lyrics and those ever-present sunglasses, which lend "Chief" a mysterious air.


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1 One day Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courtyard and telling them the Good News. The chief priests, scribes, and leaders came up to him. | 1 One day as he was teaching the people in the temple courts and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him. |
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Visit the MyCommUNIty Guide to browse a selection of businesses and attractions in the Cedar Valley area. NISG has also provided some links below.
- Cedar Falls Tourism - Things to do in Cedar Falls.
- University Book & Supply - Textbooks and more at your local campus bookstore.
- The Northern Iowan - UNI's premiere student newspaper.
- Housing List - Search for rental openings or post your own.
- Panther Shuttle & SafeRide - Check here for public transportation services and timetables.
- NISG Facebook Page - Add this group to your Facebook profile and stay up-to-date with NISG.
- Center for Multi-Cultural Education - A great asset to UNI's diverse number of student-oriented programs, the CME offers events and facilities that truly enrich the cultural value of UNI's campus.
- Panther Posse - The official student fan club of the UNI Panthers.
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Public Course Delivery Method: Classroom CourseDuration of Course: 2 or 3 days (varies by location)Meet SAFE Act Mortgage Loan Originator Licensing Requirements
Essentials of Mortgage Origination is a highly interactive classroom-based course that focuses on the fundamentals of successful loan production. This NMLS-approved course provides an overview of associated disciplines critical to a complete understanding of mortgage loan production, including origination, processing, underwriting, closing, shipping and delivery, real estate law, fraud and quality assurance.
The course begins with an overview of the lending process, the players and types of mortgage professionals. It then examines the essential laws and regulatory guidelines that impact mortgage banking as well as the role professional ethics play in the successful implementation of these legal directives. A session on fraud and quality assurance further illuminates the need for vigilant adherence to laws and industry guidelines to avoid costly consequences that have put many industry players out of business. The remainder of the course focuses on identifying and defining the processes surrounding mortgage production.
Throughout the information-packed course, participants engage in several thought-provoking exercises. Students interact with industry experts who enhance the instruction with practical industry examples. The course concludes with a final comprehensive case study that allows participants to practice making real-life business decisions utilizing the concepts they have learned over the duration of the course. Students leave with a solid foundation in residential mortgage origination. They understand the role and importance of the loan production, regulatory compliance and quality assurance functions in the mortgage banking industry.
Overview of Topics
During this two-day, boot-camp-style program, students examine the following topics:
Learning ObjectivesAt the end of this course, students will have gained a firm foundation in all areas of loan production and will be able to:
Who Should Attend
Due to the intensity of the course, we recommend that you have a basic understanding of mortgage banking; however, everyone is welcome.
Production managers, counselors and other loan production staff responsible for performing and managing mortgage origination procedures will find this course essential in this time of ever-changing regulations and guidelines.
This course is also ideal for those who are considering entering the mortgage banking business or need a refresher on the most up-to-date changes affecting mortgage loan production.
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Washington's gas tax (formally known as a fuel excise tax) increased today by a penny-and-a-half to 37.5 cents a gallon. The hike is the last step of a 9.5 cent increase approved by the Legislature in 2005 to help fund nearly 300 transportation projects.
The Attorney General's year-long gas price investigation found that recent historic highs are the result of record crude oil price, increasing worldwide demand for oil and an inability for regional refineries to meet local supply demands. Our Antitrust continuously monitors the market and is expected to publish an updated quarterly report this month.
As a reminder, you can spend less at the pump by:
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Douglas P. Hamilton (University of Maryland) and William R. Ward (Southwest Research Institute) think they've finally cracked the secret of Saturn's tilt. On October 10th, at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences, they revealed that the planet has a previously unappreciated long-distance relationship with Neptune. The plane of Neptune's orbit shifts around the Sun (its line of nodes regresses) in a cycle lasting 1.87 million years. Meanwhile, Saturn's rotation axis precesses (mimicking the wobble of a spinning top) every 1.83 million years. This close match is no coincidence, say Hamilton and Ward.
They believe Saturn's precession probably started out quite fast, then gradually slowed; once it equaled the rate of Neptune's nodal regression, the two planets became gravitationally locked in a spin-orbit resonance that pushed Saturn's tilt, or obliquity, to 4° or 5° early in solar-system history. At that time the orbit of Neptune was evolving dramatically, which eventually caused Saturn's obliquity to jump to the current value of 27°.
Even though Neptune is the smaller world, its motion around the Sun carries roughly 10,000 times the angular momentum of Saturn's spin. Once this reservoir is tapped, Hamilton explains, "Neptune can tip Saturn over and not even break a sweat." And this interplay is not yet over, Ward adds: the spin axis's precession rate and obliquity will likely creep upward in the future.


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Editor's note: This post is a little more personal than usual, in that I directly refer to my relationship instead of cloaking it with transparent hypotheticalisms. To prep you: I have pulled up my big-girl panties and begun to drop the B word instead of "this cute boy I know" or "the boy I like" which I have done for the past, oh I don't know, four months. Perhaps you thought I was referring to a slew of different men because my life is that exciting. Nope. Hopefully, this will stop my mother from emailing me going "why don't you just call him your boyfriend," by which I know she means "why can't you be normal? WILL I EVER GET GRANDCHILDREN?!?!?" I digress…
On the first day of 2012, I stopped at a crosswalk in NYC with my boyfriend (!!!!!), shielding the wind so he could light a cigarette (I'm a shameless enabler) when his ex girlfriend strolled by. She stopped and they made polite small talk—I had been good friends with my boy when they were dating, so I knew her. It was no big deal.
Regardless, I mentioned it to a friend later because, well it is sort of weird that in the entire city of New York, his ex would walk by the same corner we stood at, boroughs away from where either of them live. Immediately, my friend asked to see a photo of the ex. So after .2 seconds of Facebook creeping, I pulled up a photo from a few years back of my man and the ex, looking very handsome together indeed.
Immediately, my friend started attacking the girl, saying pretty awful and untrue things. "Actually, I think she is quite lovely…" I said, closing out the photo. I then went on to explain that my boyfriend and I have been friends for nearly a decade, and that I was very excited about his (now ex) girlfriend when they started dating. I thought she was pretty terrific and I was very happy for him. I remember having conversations with mutual friends about what a foxy couple they made and how they would have really deliciously caramel colored children who would also probably be incredibly talented and smart, because both of them are incredibly talented and smart. As I went on about this, my friend was looking at me like I was pulling a long strand of partially digested string out of my intestines (I once had to do this to my cat…).
It was then that I realized that I wasn't supposed to stick up for this ex-girl. I was expected, according to the code of female HIS-EX-IS-A-SKANK ethics, to verbally slaughter her.
Why do women do this? There have been many times when I have felt the pressure to trash a woman I don't know because a friend expects me to. "Look at my ex's new girlfriend," a friend will say, showing me a photo of a smiling blonde. There is tension in the air. The silence is stretching around me and I know in a moment it will be awkward. I know I am supposed to say something horrible about her. I want to support of my friend, who I know is feeling vulnerable and upset, but I don't know this girl, and she looks lovely, and I don't know what to say. "She is half-naked in January," or "Her shirt is fugly" or "You're better" is all I can muster. These are truths aimed in the right direction. …
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[1293] Median Channel Fluorescence (MCF) for Transferrin Receptor 1 (CD71) Show Poor Correlation with Ki-67 Staining Pattern and Histological Grade in Follicular Lymphoma (FL)
N Bures, I Auer, J Luider, A Mansoor. University of Calgary & Calgary Laboratory Services (CLS), Calgary, AB, Canada
Background: Stratification among Follicular lymphoma (FL) is based on histologic grade, in-spite of high inter-observor variation. Ki-67 is the prime marker for cell proliferation and is indirectly associated with FL grade. Ki-67 scoring is subjective and can be influenced by infiltrating non-neoplastic cells. Transferrin receptor 1 (TFRC1) or CD71, is also closely associated with cell proliferation. We hypothesized that objectivity in Flow-cytometric (FC) evaluation of CD71 expression may show better association with histological grade in FL compared to Ki-67.
Design: H&E stained formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue sections (4 µm) were reviewed independently by two Hematopathologist. Diagnosis of FL was established and FL was graded according WHO classification (2008). Grade discrepancy was resolved by consensus. A standardized IHC staining, employing heat -induced antigen retrieval technique (EDTA buffer at pH 8.0), utilizing automatic immunostainer (Ventana, Tucson, AZ) was used for Ki-67 (1:50, MIB-1). Ki-67 staining was scored on 4 tier system in area of maximum staining (average of 10 HPF). Fresh homogenized cell suspension was stained with Five colour antibody cocktail (IgG-FITC, CD71-PE, CD10-ECD, CD38-PC5, and CD19-PC7) and analyzed on a FC500 analyzer (Beckman Coulter-CA). CD71 median channel fluorescence (MCF) was established on B-cells (CD10+19+ co-expressing events where possible). Chi-square and Mann-Whitney U test were used for statistical analysis.
Results: 27 pts (43-87 yrs, median 64 yrs; M:F 1.5:1) were included. Low grade (grade 1-2) was noted among 20 (74%) while high grade (grade 3A& 3B) was observed in 7 (26%) pts. Ki-67 staining pattern showed 1+ among 15 of 27 (56%) pts; 2+ in 3 of 27 (11%) pts; 3+ among 2 of 27 (7.4%) pts and 4+ among 7 of 27 pts (26%). MFI among low grade FL ranged between 1.2-11.2 (mean 4.5; median 3.2) while among high grade FL MFI ranged 4.17-101 (mean 29.6, median 20.7). Proliferation index by CD71 or Ki67 did not show a significant correlation with FL grade using the chi square (p>1). The Mann-Whitney U test showed an estimated probability of 67% of Ki67 with FL grade, while the estimated probability for CD71 with FL grade was 40%.
Conclusions: These results suggest that CD71 expression by flow cytometry or Ki 67 by IHC are not reliable markers compared to the histological grade of FL. Howeever, Ki 67 from our study shows a better correlation to grade than CD71.
Category: Hematopathology
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Master Gardeners of Greene County are proud to present the [rain or shine] $10 per person A Garden Tour for For Plant Enthusiasts Bring your camera and bring your friends! Featuring ten gardens, including shade gardens, dry-plant gardens, water gardens, greenhouses, raised vegetable beds, garden art and more.
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A downed fence that used to block Long Island Rail Road tracks from a dead end street in East Elmhurst poses a danger to children on the block, civic leaders say.
The fence is made of flimsy wire that buckles for a few hundred feet and is held up by a medley of metal and wooden poles of varying thickness and height.
In November 2012, a large truck knocked down a portion of the dilapidated fence, which separates the LIRR from 90th Street and 45th Avenue, Newtown Civic Association member Pascual Quinones, who lives on the block, said.
"We've been trying to get the LIRR to fix the fence," Quinones, who has pictures of small children from the block playing by the tracks, said on Sunday, "but they haven't gotten back to us."
"Our office has followed up with calls to the LIRR but they have been completely unresponsive," Alex Flores, spokesman for Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights), said in an email.
Long Island Rail Road spokesman Salvatore Arena said on Tuesday afternoon the LIRR will "be dispatching a team to the site again to determine what further repairs are necessary."
After months of dragging their feet, Quinones said, at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday LIRR workers examined the fence. They told him that they were leaning toward a whole new fence rather than just a fix.
Large trucks like snow plows and average drivers hit the fence on a semiregular basis, Quinones said.
"This is not the first time this section of fencing has been vandalized, nor the first time the LIRR has addressed the problem. We repaired the same section of fencing about a year ago after the community brought the situation to our attention. So, we will again," Arena said.
"They need to fix the whole thing. Not just patch work," Quinones said. "This fence has seen its days."
Before the patch job a couple months ago the railroad sprayed a defoliating chemical that killed the bushes lining the fence, civic leaders said. Quinones thought the LIRR did this so it could better repair the structure, but this wasn't the case.
Signs to mark the dead end road and no- parking signs used to line 90th Street, but when parts of the fence went down so did the signs. They have not been replaced.
The civic is calling for a cement wall. They say it would keep out rats, prevent dumping, which Quinones says happens frequently, would keep people who wander near the tracks from hopping the flimsy fence, and would prevent adolescents from easy access to the tracks.
"Kids play here on the block," Newtown Civic Association member Cathy Sanfilippo said. "It's dangerous."
Students from Newtown High School bend down the wire to get the LIRR, Quinones said. A dead pit bull found by the train a few months back drew a group of teens, he added.
"Little kids see them and want to do it too," Quinones said.


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Nov 7, 2012 1:00 PM by Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Investors are dumping stocks as they turn their focus to a world of problems now that the election is over - tax increases and spending cuts that could stall the nation's recovery and a deepening recession in Europe.
The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 328 points to 12,916 at midday Wednesday. The Dow was on track for its worst decline in a year.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 36 points to 1,391. The Nasdaq composite fell 78 points to 2,933.
Energy companies and banks took big losses. Both industries presumably would have faced lighter regulation if Mitt Romney had won.
Stocks seen as benefiting from President Barack Obama's decisive win rose. They included hospitals, free of the threat that Romney would have rolled back Obama's health care law.
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Climate Compass Blog
California marks first anniversary of cap-and-trade
In the year since California launched the nation's largest greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program, the state has proven that climate change action can be led by states and can even spread across national borders.
Under a cap-and-trade system, companies must hold enough emission allowances to cover their emissions, and are free to buy and sell allowances on the open market. Since California held its first auction of carbon allowance credits on Nov. 14, 2012, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has auctioned roughly 64.4 million allowances valued at $780 million. Through the smooth operation of its auctions and sales of 100 percent of 2013 allowances to date, California has demonstrated its capacity to successfully administer a cap-and-trade program.
California does not have the first emissions trading program in the United States, although it's certainly the most ambitious. The multi-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was the pioneer, but California's cap-and-trade program is more substantial due both to the size of state's economy and the number of sectors covered. By 2015, California's program will expand to be about twice as large as RGGI.
Warsaw talks: A mid-point for 2015 agreement
Negotiations toward a new global climate agreement reach a mid-point next month in Warsaw. And while countries have begun putting forward some concrete ideas about the kind of pact they want, the more immediate question is the process they'll use to get to a final agreement in Paris in 2015. They're planning an important game of show-and-tell between now and then, and need to agree on the terms.
The current round of talks was kicked off two years in Durban, South Africa, when parties set a 2015 deadline for a new agreement that will have "legal force" and be "applicable to all."
Heading into November's COP 19 – the 19th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – very sharp divides remain, particularly over perennial issues such as the differentiation of commitments between developed and developing countries.
But as I describe in a recent article in Nature, there is growing convergence among many parties on a new approach with both "top-down" and "bottom-up" elements. In this emerging model, countries would define their own individual commitments, and agree on a common set of rules to compare them and track their implementation.
Slow progress on limiting HFCs
Those encouraged by the recent high-level pronouncements by President Obama and China's President Xi at the G-20 favoring action to reduce hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under the Montreal Protocol came away from the 25th Meeting of the Parties last week in Bangkok disappointed.
A number of developing countries led by India blocked efforts to establish a formal "contact group," an important step toward negotiating an amendment to the Montreal Protocol to phase out HFCs, which are highly potent greenhouse gases.
Instead, the parties opted to continue exploring the issue in a less formal "discussion" group. They also asked their Technical and Economic Advisory Panel (TEAP) to prepare a report on the technical, legal, and financial management of HFCs under the Montreal Protocol, and agreed to hold a workshop on HFCs in the margins of the next negotiating session in 2014.
Sandy Anniversary is a Reminder of the Need for Better Protections
A year after Hurricane Sandy, more work remains to be done to help families and communities fully recover. But another pressing need, not only for those who were in Sandy's wake but for all of us, is to learn from the storm's devastating impacts and reduce the risk of future damage and loss of life.
Hurricane Sandy's estimated $65 billion in damages make it the second costliest hurricane in U.S. history, surpassed only by Hurricane Katrina.
Building resilience to the impacts of major coastal storms like Sandy—and to other types of extreme weather that are becoming more intense and frequent as a result of climate change—will require a commitment to better protect infrastructure and implement policies to help get people out of harm's way. Both efforts should take into account how future sea level rise can amplify storm surges, potentially making future impacts greater than what we've experienced in the past.
States will need coordination, creativity to meet electric vehicle goal
Eight states have given a big boost to zero emission vehicles by agreeing to support putting 3.3 million on the road by 2025. California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont together account for about a quarter of the auto market, so their commitment is significant.
To reach their goal, these states will need to learn what policies and actions are most effective at driving sales of zero emission vehicles (ZEVs), starting with electric cars.
Two early lessons are evident from our ongoing work in this area: Stakeholder coordination is critical, and creative policy solutions are needed. The memorandum of understanding the governors signed last week will foster an environment for both.


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R. Allen Stanford gave himself up to prove he hasn't given up.
Stanford and lawyer Dick DeGuerin marched the few downtown blocks from DeGuerin's office to the federal courthouse today to "surrender" Stanford to federal authorities even though there was no warrant for his arrest and he hasn't been charged with any crimes.
"We want to surrender him into custody," DeGuerin told the woman behind the glass at the U.S. Marshal's office on the10th floor. Stanford stood nearby, his company insignia eagle pin on his lapel.
Because there was no warrant for Stanford, the marshal's office did not take him into custody and didn't even write down his address as DeGuerin offered.
Stanford 'surrenders' to feds who didn't want him [Houston Chronicle]
Earlier: Sir Stanford: "You're F'ing Right I'm Gonna Fight"


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Israel In Egypt : Work information
- Composers
- George Frideric Handel ( Music, Images,)
- Performed by
- Symphony of Harmony and Invention, Harry Christophers (Conductor)
This work
- Work name
- Israel In Egypt
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- Key
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- Genre
- Composed
- 1738-01-01 02:00:00
This recording
- Label
- Coro
- Producer
- Mark Brown
- Engineer
- Anthony Howell
- Recording date
- 1993-03-01 01:00:00
The Composers
George Frideric Handel
Handel's reputation lay for many years with his orchestral works and, more especially, with his English oratorios, a genre he both invented and helped establish. In recent years, however, his dramatic achievements as a composer of opera have been rediscovered, and in contributing to every musical genre of his time, he can be regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Baroque period.
Born in Halle on 23 February 1685, the son of a barber-surgeon, Handel was initially discouraged from studying music. However, the Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels recognised his talent and persuaded his father to allow him a musical education.
After his training was completed, Handel left for the great opera centres of Europe in 1703, beginning with Hamburg. Hamburg contained the only regular opera company outside the royal courts and, learning a great deal from the opera composer Reinhard Keiser, he composed the highly successful Almira.
Handel's tour of operatic centres then took him to Italy, where he completed works for Ferdinando de' Medici in Florence and the Marquess Francesco Maria Ruspoli in Rome. A papal decree had banned public performance of opera in Rome, so Handel turned his hand instead to oratorio and cantatas. It's possible that Handel also formed the only romantic attachment of his life in these years, to the singer Vittoria Tarquini.
Returning to Hanover, he was appointed Kappellmeister to the electoral court in 1710, but almost immediately set off for Düsseldorf and then, in the autumn, arrived in London. Composing the first Italian operas specifically for London, Handel scored a major success with Rinaldo in 1711.
He returned to London again at the end of 1712, composing further operas and obtaining commissions for choral music from the monarch. In providing a Te Deum and Jubilate to celebrate the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, he incurred the displeasure of the elector and was dismissed from his Hanoverian post, though he was reconciled with the elector when he became George I of England the following year.
London now became Handel's adopted home for the rest of his life; in February 1727 he even applied for naturalized citizenship. Aside from a growing number of operas, he composed keyboard music, Italian cantatas and in 1717, the famous Water Music.
After composing the first English oratorio, Esther, in 1718 Handel embarked on the foundation of an Italian opera company, the Royal Academy of Music. Having secured singers from abroad, the company's first season opened in 1720. It gave seven seasons of performances, including many works by Handel such as Guilio Cesare, until 1728 when it briefly disbanded. 1727 had seen a particularly nasty moment when two rival sopranos, Cuzzoni and Faustina, had come to blows on stage in front of the Prince of Wales.
Handel was also given the honorary appointment of Composer of Music for His Majesty's Chapel Royal in 1723; for the coronation of George II he provided four anthems, including Zadok the Priest, performed at every coronation of a British monarch since.
The Royal Academy reformed in 1729 but was now competing with a rival opera company, the Opera of the Nobility. Nevertheless, Handel produced some of his greatest operas, including Ariodante and Alcina in 1735. Revered as a public figure, the increasing difficulties of staging opera prompted Handel to turn to oratorio, a genre that could combine his mastery of vocal forms with his genius for orchestral music and concertos.
Saul opened a season of 'Oratorios and Odes' at the King's Theatre in January 1739 and by December 1741, Handel had practically abandoned opera. A steady stream of oratorios, including the ever-popular Messiah, issued from the composer's pen and in 1743, he began a regular oratorio season of Lenten concerts at the Covent Garden Theatre.
Despite his failing health, Handel continued to produce masterpieces. His Music for the Royal Fireworks, for example, dates from 1749 and was written to celebrate the Peace of Aix-la-Chappelle. By 1751 his eyesight was failing and by January 1753 he was completely blind, forcing a number of restrictions on his activities as a composer. Handel eventually died on 14 April 1759 and was buried in Westminster Abbey in a service attended by 3,000 people.
Although his fame as a composer was well established by the late 1730s his reputation continued to grow after his death. Based mainly on the oratorios Messiah, Samson and Judas Maccabaeus, which continued to dominate oratorio seasons, he was considered the epitome of musical excellence combined with sacred devotion. Great Handel commemorations were held regularly and the veneration of his oratorios continued throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
However, Handel's dramatic skills were almost completely forgotten until the mid-twentieth century. Since then, however, the musical community has made amends and by 2000 all of Handel's operas had been given stage revivals. His star, it seems, is once again in the ascendancy.
Track listing
- Now there arose a new king over Egypt 0:28 min
- And the children of Israel sighed 3:25 min
- Then sent He Moses 0:34 min
- They loathed to drink of the river 1:57 min
- Their land bought forth frogs 2:22 min
- He spake the word 1:59 min
- He gave them hailstones for rain 2:13 min
- He sent a thick darkness over all the land 3:22 min
- He smote all the first-born of Egypt 2:18 min
- But as for His people 4:13 min
- Egypt was glad 3:17 min
- He rebuked the Red Sea 0:42 min
- He led them through the deep 1:20 min
- But the waters overwhelmed their enemies 1:03 min
- And Israel saw 0:54 min
- And believed the Lord 3:20 min
- Larghetto (from Organ Concerto in F HWV295) 2:46 min
- Moses and the children of Israel 0:58 min
- I will sing unto the Lord 2:39 min
- He is my God 0:53 min
- And I will exalt Him 2:06 min
- The Lord is a man of war 6:02 min
- The depths have covered them 2:13 min
- Thy right hand, O Lord 1:27 min
- And in the greatness 0:36 min
- Thou sentest forth Thy wrath 2:00 min
- And with the blast 2:42 min
- The people shall hear 6:16 min
- Largo (from Organ Concerto in F HWV295) 2:13 min
- The Lord shall reign 0:41 min
- For the horse of Pharoah 0:28 min
- The Lord shall reign 0:41 min
- And Miriam the prophetess 0:25 min
- Sing ye to the Lord 3:37 min
Venerated alongside the Messiah during the revival of Handel's music in Victorian Britain, Israel in Egypt was the first non-dramatic English oratorio. With operatic opportunities at the King's Theatre drying up, Handel had turned increasingly to oratorio in the late 1730s and 1740s. Israel in Egypt was thus composed in 1738, hot on the heels of Saul, and was unusual for its huge choral movements: when first performed, the public, used to Italian opera, could not stomach them; as a result, the second performance was advertised as 'shortened and intermix'd with Songs [arias]'.
Particularly impressive is the proto-Hallelujah chorus 'Sing ye to the Lord', and also noteworthy is the uncertain chromaticism of 'He sent a thick darkness'. Interestingly, like many of Handel's works, Israel in Egypt makes a number of musical 'borrowings'. The chorus 'Egypt was glad', for example, is an unacknowledged transcript of a canzona by J K Kerll. This practice was quite common in the Baroque, though it is the source of much conjecture in discussions of Handel's music.


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