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A concert last night by students of the Hochschule für Musik revealed much about standards in Swiss higher education. The ambitious programme contained Cage's First Construction (In Metal) and Six for six percussionists, Feldman's Instruments II, Improvisations sur Mallarmé II (No. 3 from Pli selon pli) and Ligeti's Piano Concerto.
The two Cage works are eminently performable by students, as was proved. I need not have been so sceptical that they could pull off the Boulez and the Ligeti, however. The two soloists coped brilliantly with the distinct virtuosic requirements of each work: soprano Céline Wasmer singing Boulez's difficult lines with otherworldly expressivity; pianist Krill Zwegintsow providing machine-like stability in the Ligeti. Student Ensemble Diagonal likewise provided sensitivity in the former, thrillingly focus in the latter. Only in the Feldman did the need for fine control tax the players to the point where it was in danger of interfering with the meaning of the music. And this hardly surprised; the Feldman, which is a long span of pianissimo entries, often in difficult tessituras, requires phenomenal control. Conductor Jürg Henneberger, who is obviously a bit of a fixture here in Basel (he also conducted the Ensemble Phoenix concert on 16th), did a superb job leading these youngsters.
Tomorrow, the Hochschule in cooperation with OperAvenir, give their first performance of a new production of the Rape of Lucretia at Theater Basel. It's one of the few Britten operas I don't know at all, so I hope to visit before the end of the run on 25th April.
Talking of opera, 11th April sees the world première of Tansy Davies's Between Worlds with ENO (performing at the Barbican, not the Coliseum). The title of the work derives from the dreadful scenario it describes: a group of people are trapped in one of the World Trade Center Towers, above where it has been hit and therefore unable to descend. They are, quite literally, 'caught between earth and heaven, life and death.' There are a total of eight performances the last being on 25th April.
There are two chances in the UK to hear works by emerging composers. The first is at Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff on 1st April, where selected composers from the workshop stage of the Composition:Wales project will have their pieces performed by BBC NOW under Jac van Steen. Meanwhile in London the LSO Soundhub project will perform chamber compositions by Maxim Boon, Laurence Osborn, Helen Papaioannou, Robert Szymanek, Laurie Tompkins and Aaron Holloway-Nahum; all of whom are in the second year of their membership of the scheme.
The Budapest Spring Festival runs from April 10th–26th. As well as more standard orchestral fare, there are a few premières on offer. On 24th April there is there first chance to hear Péter Nógrádi's Partita - Four paintings by Csontváry for the string orchestra, Zoltán Kovács's Pictures of Taormina and László Dubrovay's Csontváry - 3 symphonic images for orchestra. There are also works by Miklós Kocsár and Péter Tóth. The day after is the Hungarian première of Gyula Fekete's piano concerto The Dream of the Red Chamber.
Other notable premières this month include James Macmillan's St Luke's Passion at the Barbican on 5th (London première); Robert Matthew-Walker's Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano (world première) at Wigmore Hall on 12th; Jake Heggie's Camille Claudel: Into the Fire (European première) at the Barbican on 14th; David Matthews' Symphony No. 8 (world première) at Bridgewater Hall on 17th; Georg Friedrich Haas's Atthis (UK première) at Royal Opera House on 23rd–25th; and Christopher Rouse Prospero's Rooms (UK première) at the Barbican on 24th. The New York Philharmonic are also in London around the middle of the month, bringing with them a taste of their Contact! series in the form of works by Daniel Bjarnasson, Timo Andres, Missy Mazzoli, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Shulamit Ran at the Barbican on 18th.
A 'Happy Birthday' to Pierre Boulez, who turned 90 just the day-before-yesterday. If you would like to listen to selections from the Barbican Total Immersion day, this is available on iPlayer for the next three weeks. There is also a 45-minute tribute programme with Petroc Trelawny, Paul Driver and Morag Grant. The celebrations of his work continue into April with Peter Eötvös conducting Livre pour cordes and Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna with the LSO at the Philharmonie de Paris on 20th and Matthias Pintscher conducting Syrinx, Memoriale and Sur Incises with Ensemble Intercontemporain at the Barbican on 28th.
Another couple of interesting concerts here in Basel. I say in Basel, but the first was actually in Germany. One of the curiosities of this city is that its suburbs are in three countries: Switzerland, Germany and France. It goes a long way to explaining why everyone seems fluent in at least three languages.
I headed a bit further into neighbouring territory on 13th, however: to the Konzerthaus Freiburg (see first photo), where the Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg were playing Lachenmann's Tableau, Beethoven's Piano Concerto Nr. 3 and Berio's Sinfonia.
I was there mostly for the Berio, which I've never heard in concert. It was every bit as brilliant as I'd hoped, especially the crazy parody in the third movement of Mahler's Symphony No. 2. Lachenmann – an immensely tall and impressive figure – was present for the performance of his Tableau. The work, I confess, left me nonplussed. Despite, to borrow a phrase from my more enthusiastic companion, the work being like a beautiful garden of sound, I had difficulty connecting these sounds into a comprehensible whole.
On 16th I headed to Bahnhof für Neue Musik, a little bit, perhaps, like Basel's version of Nonclassical in London. It has a similar relaxed approach to concert going and makes use of a pretty interesting venue: the Gare du Nord Station near the border with Germany. There is a rather grand, if slightly faded, bar. You are then free to take your drink into the concert area, which used to be the station's first class waiting room (second photo).
The concert programme consisted of Ensemble Phoenix Basel playing two works by young composers that had been awarded prizes by the group: Vladimir Guicheff Bogacz's bulle apenas and Matthias Renaud's Concerto for Piano and Ensemble. Both were written in response to John Cage's Sixteen Dances, which formed the second half. Of the two, Vladimir Guicheff Bogacz's was easily the most successful, partly because of the relative reserve with which it deployed the four available percussion players. It was a trap that Matthias Renaud's Concerto did not, sadly, avoid; the work becoming a chaotic barrage of percussion sounds and extended techniques. It was a relief when the Cage came, which was an object lesson in deploying generous resources, using few notes, to maximum effect.
One curiosity here has been the difference in pricing and audience attendance at the concerts I've been to. The large hall at Freiburg, Germany was completely sold out for a concert that consisted of mostly newish music. It cost €11. The Gare du Nord concert was 30 CHF (almost the same in euros); the Feldmann, Ligeti, Stahnke concert earlier in the month was 50CHF (which nearly provoked a wallet attack). These are prices that make me, a person that is enthusiastic about new music, think twice. They seem to have the same effect on others: neither Swiss concert was well attended.
DG have just reissued Boulez's Le Domaine Musical collection, which can be added to my earlier guide to the composer's recordings. It features performances from the seminal Paris concerts between 1956 and 1967, including works by Stockhausen, Berio, Messiaen, Varese, Kagel, Henze, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Berg, Webern and, of course, Boulez. Perhaps, most intriguing of all, is the inclusion of two works by Giovanni Gabrieli, presumably to give context to other compositions on one of the programmes. Gabrieli as sixteenth century modernist, perhaps?
Also just reissued on the same label is Max Richter's 2004 album The Blue Notebooks both on CD and vinyl, the latter being a sure sign of its popularity. I'd check it out on Spotify first if you are in any way tempted: you will either love or hate its zen-like simplicity.
Two Naxos disks containing chamber music that is neglected for different reasons. The first is a collection of music for violin and piano by little-known composer Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986). If you'd like to get an idea of the style it's worth checking out his disk of chamber music with clarinet, available on Spotify. It's not at all what I expected: by turns romantically lyrical, quirkily dissonant and ascetically controlled. Whilst Bernstein is well-known for his musicals and handful of choral and orchestral pieces, a new disk explores some of his music for piano, including an early Piano Sonata and his Anniversaries, a sequence of short pieces written for people close to him. Also on Naxos is a disk of two Malcolm Arnold films scores, The Roots of Heaven and David Copperfield played by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra.
On WERGO Rolf Reim's new disk contains four works, all of which draw upon story telling and theatricality to achieve their effect. The style is uncompromising but, at the same time, full of lightness and humour. This is particularly apparent in Lenz in Moskau, for trumpet, trombone, guitar, piano, two drums and recorded voice where a story is unfolded simultaneously in voices and instruments, the brilliantly sardonic interjections being easily as pictorial as the spoken text. Also on WERGO this month is Detlev Mueller-Siemens' new disk TRACES, which contains four works for chamber ensemble written between 2002 and 2009; and Charlotte Seither's Equal Ways of Difference that has five works written for combinations of violin, cello and piano.
On Métier David Gorton's powerfully uncompromising new disc contains Orfordness for piano, Austerity Measures II for oboe and string quartet, Fosdyke Wash for piano and string quartet and the Second Sonata for Cello, with electronics. Orfordness, which also lends its name to the title of the disc, includes taped USAF messages about a UFO sighting. 'This is eerie, this is strange', says one of the men in the recording, a description that could well be applied to this unnervingly creepy music.
Sure to be popular is the Tallis Scholars' Tintinnabuli, a programme of works celebrating the 80th birthday year of Arvo Pärt. Extracts are available to listen to here. The performances, typically of this group, sound gorgeous.
Two, as yet, unreleased disks worth looking forward to. Tomorrow NMC release a new disk of horn music by Peter Maxwell Davies, Gerald Barry, Colin Matthews, Huw Watkins, David Matthews, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Robin Holloway with the Nash Ensemble, Huw Watkins on piano and Paul Watkins on cello. At the time of writing extracts were not available, thought that sure to change on release day. Less imminent, though available now for pre-order, is Tyondai Braxton's label debut on NMC on May 12th with HIVE, a recording of eight pieces that debuted at New York's Guggenheim Museum in 2013. Scout I, the last track on the disk is available to listen to now.
Despite waxing lyrical about the joys of being on the road, the comfort of a Pembrokeshire Christmas almost persuaded me to give up my nomadic lifestyle. I have finally, however, dragged myself away God's own county and am back in Basel, Switzerland. Not particularly adventurous, perhaps, but the need for change has to be balanced by the need to get on with projects – for now Basel is the best place to continue work on the Dutilleux sketches, which is increasingly looking like it might occupy me for the next ten years.
It's exciting to be back in a city with a thriving cultural life. On Friday I heard the Basel Sinfonietta play Ligeti's Hamburgishes Konzert, Manfred Stahnke's Trace Des Sorciers and Morton Feldman's Coptic Light at the Musiksaal.
I'd heard the Stahnke in rehearsal the day before, where it had left me pretty unconvinced; there seemed to be little sense of structural cohesion and the players appeared to struggle with the microtonal tuning. It was strange, therefore, to be so won over in the concert. The balance was better in the hall and the many generous ideas did seem to form a larger narrative. A reminder not to rush to judgement.
The Sinfonietta played the Ligeti manfully, in particular Olivier Darbellay coped superbly with the extravagant extremes of tessitura in the solo horn part. The work remains, however, frighteningly difficult to perform. Four natural horns trying to pitch complex chords is a recipe for ensemble problems.
The Feldman presents its own issues, though here this is to do with balance and control in a long, essentially static, span. The Sinfonietta played brilliantly, however, with conductor Michael Wendeberg allowing the work to unfold without fuss. It was a disappointment when the piece ended, so hypnotically had it held me.
Boulez seems to be much on musicians' lips in Basel. He is, by all accounts, in poor health and may not be able much to take part in his 90th birthday celebrations. One Boulez in Basel story crops up again and again, however, and is worth retelling.
Boulez had a long association with Paul Sacher, the founder of the city's famous music library, and, until his death in 1999, would stay with him when visiting the city. This no longer being an option, in 2001 Boulez stayed in a local hotel. This was, unfortunately, just after the terrorist attacks in New York.
On seeing his name pop up somewhere on a computer, the local police did a background check on what, to them, was an entirely unknown figure. It had somehow found its way onto a list of possible suspects, perhaps because of some of his famously intemperate remarks about burning down opera houses and destroying all art of the past.
Given the attitude of Muslim extremists to music and other forms of art, as so disgustingly demonstrated by Isis recently, it is perhaps not surprising that the police were somewhat alarmed. Boulez was raided at his hotel, his passport and train ticket seized. After further investigations, and presumably some red faces, the situation was ironed out.
I'm told that the next time he visited Basel the Chief of Police was on hand to welcome him with a large bouquet.
Harpsichord Music by Graham Lynch and François Couperin. Assi Karttunen (harpsichord). Divine Art dda25120.
Alex Ross describes Graham Lynch's style as puzzling 'over the classic distinction between 'tonal' and 'atonal', writing in praise of the neither-here-nor-there.' It's a pretty good analysis, though in the context of the works on this disk it, perhaps, underplays the extent to which the music is made up of recognisable (and therefore accessible) tonal elements. I'd also be coy about using the word 'atonal'. Whilst often correct in the sense of being 'not tonal', the surface of the works abound with generous and attractive melodic writing and, even when the harmony is nicely unpredictable, the extensive use of pivot pitches always keeps the music centred.
Beyond the River God, for example, presents three tonally derived ideas at the outset: a spread extended chord, a lovely melody and rocking homophonic chords. They appear throughout, sometimes obviously in a cyclical sense, sometimes appearing to lurk under the surface directing harmonic traffic. Ay! is tonal (though always interestingly so), being made up of flowing arpeggios that are given point and poise by the gradually emerging tango rhythms beneath. Admiring York Waterfall and Present-Past-Future-Present are more stark, with In Peterna lying somewhere in between.
Structural matters are handled with admirable lucidity. The shape of Beyond the River God derives from Lynch's use of the rondeau/couplet idea associated with the seventeenth century school of French clavecinists, most notably, François Couperin (five of whose works appear on the disk). In Admiring Yoro Waterfall the opening group of material, notably a two note whole tone figure, features several times, then gives way to a more obviously pictorial representation of the waterfall before returning at the end, all occurring over a carefully worked out pitch ground plan. The Six Strings from In Petenera elucidates a repeated phrygian idea based round a single pitch. Present-Past-Future-Present opens with a thoroughly explored 'walking' idea that reappears in the final movement. All the works also have a strong feeling of cadence, often underlined by a moment of silence before the launching of a new phrase, making the musical shapes easy to follow. Only in Sound Sketches did I feel that the musical argument was, perhaps, a little too pared down, neither the simple ground plan or arpeggiated surface providing enough interest. It is, anyway, only a very small piece at the end of the disk.
The pitfalls of a generous (nearly 80 minute) programme of music on a instrument with limited means of dynamic and timbral variation are obvious enough. In some ways, interpolating the music of Couperin with that of Lynch was a necessary practicality; the disc contains all of Lynch's harpsichord music to date which, by itself, would not have been enough to fill the disk. It also, however, provides a happy solution to the 'lack of contrast' issue – the ear is never tired by one style or the other. Also, I have to say, the quality of Lynch's writing is very much a match for that of his illustrious predecessor. Not that it's a matter of competition, since the two styles sit very comfortably together: though, Beyond the River God excluded, Lynch seems to want to avoid drawing comparisons between his style and that of his antecedents, in its lucidity, fecundity and understanding of the medium there are definite parallels.
I'm not in a position to judge the authenticity of the ornamental minefield of the Couperin except to say that the performances strike me as stylish and assured. In the Lynch Karttunen plays with verve, commitment and a total grasp of the structural issues at play. A highly rewarding disk.
If you've not already been, Christian Marclay's solo exhibition continues throughout March at the White Cube Bermondsey. It features his new video installation Pub Crawl in which he 'coaxes sound from the empty glasses, bottles and cans that he finds abandoned on the streets of East London during early morning walks. In a series of projections that run the length of the gallery's corridor, these discarded vessels are hit, rolled and crushed, forming a lively sound track that echoes throughout the space.' The exhibition also features shorts concerts on 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th in which the London Sinfonietta will play new commissions that respond to the space.
At Wigmore Hall on 4th the Britten Sinfonia première a new work by Dutch composer Joey Roukens whilst Magnus Lindberg's new piece will played by Leila Josefowicz (violin) and John Novacek (piano) on 19th. Both works are, as yet, untitled. Pitch up to learn more.
On 8th at the Barbican there is the chance to see the UK première production of Unsuk Chin's Alice in Wonderland with a multimedia staging by Netia Jones, which will combine 'the darkly imaginative illustrations of gonzo-artist Ralph Steadman with live action, interactive animated projections, eye-popping costumes and choreography.'
On 31st March at Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff BBCNOW under Jac van Steen
will workshop new works by Charlie Barber, Gareth Churchill, John Cooney, Nathan James Dearden, Jordan Hirst, Ray Leung, Nicholas Mills and John Senter. Several of these pieces will then be selected for public performance the following day.
An Englishman in New York, Thomas Adès makes his NYPhil conducting debut on 12th, conducting the US première of his own Totentanz alongside works by Beethoven and Berlioz. On 7th the NYPhil present one of their Contact! concerts, this time exploring music from Nordic countries, including premières from Per Nørgård, Kaija Saariaho and Ðuro �ivković.
Also in New York there are two residencies at The Stone, a space dedicated to experimental and avant-garde music. The first, beginning on 17th, features composer/accordionist Guy Klucevek and will feature three world and seven New York premières. The second, beginning on 26th, features composer Lukas Ligeti with a number of guest artists including Marilyn Crispell (piano), Susie Ibarra (percussion) and Eyal Maoz (guitar).
In France, finally, Dai Fujikura's new opera Solaris receives its première on 5th March at Théâtre des Champs Élysées, with a subsequent performance on 7th. It is based upon the same 1961 Stanislaw Lem novel that inspired the famous film adaptation by Andreï Tarkovsky. Ensemble Intercontemporain are conducted by Erik Nielsen.
A bit of good news for anyone interested in the future of ENO.
For the last couple of years Arts Council England have been implementing vicious cut to the funding of ENO, one of our most innovative opera companies. In a press release today, however, they announced 'special funding arrangements' for the organisation, effectively an enormous capitulation. The release is as follows:
12 February 2015
The Arts Council today (12 February) announces that two organisations, English National Opera and Colchester's firstsite gallery, will not be admitted into its National portfolio of organisations for 2015-18. Instead they will be placed under special funding arrangements.
The proposed new National portfolio was announced on 1 July 2014 but confirmation of membership is subject to negotiating a funding agreement. As well as showing they will produce excellent work, all companies offered National portfolio status must demonstrate their business plans and their governance are robust enough to ensure the organisations are sustainable over a three-year funding term. In the case of these two companies the Arts Council has continuing concerns which it wants to see addressed.
The special funding arrangements with ENO and firstsite, which will run for two years, and one year respectively, will allow the Arts Council to work closely with each company as they review their business models and governance and to set rigorous milestones to monitor their progress. Entry to the portfolio at a later date will be possible, but will depend on the extent of progress made.
The Arts Council will take decisions on the future funding of both organisations following the implementation of these special arrangements.
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ENO is offered funding for two years. The agreement will combine elements of the NPO and transition funding agreements previously proposed in July 2014. £12.38m revenue funding per year, with an additional £6.13m of transition funding, will be made available to the company over the two years to enable it to operate and make changes to its business model.
A considerable amount of work has been undertaken by English National Opera to address the challenges identified during the Arts Council's Opera and Ballet analysis and the risks highlighted in its National portfolio application. However, a number of significant risks associated with the proposed business plan remain.
This decision has been taken following a period of working very closely with ENO on their proposed funding agreement, further detailed analysis of their business model by financial consultants and recent uncertainty about ENO's senior leadership team.
firstsite is offered funding for one year. The funding agreement will combine elements of NPO revenue funding (£814,517) and transition funding, to be confirmed, which will enable firstsite to operate and restructure.
This decision has been taken following a consultation period with key local stakeholders and funding partners, revised financial accounts from firstsite and an independent analysis of the organisation.
Althea Efunshile, Acting Chief Executive, Arts Council England said: "The Arts Council's role is to ensure that we get the best value for the taxpayer's money by investing in well run companies who delight audiences with brilliant work.
"With the very occasional exception, all the organisations we fund do just that.
"No one is doubting that ENO is capable of extraordinary artistic work but we have serious concerns about their governance and business model and we expect them to improve or they could face the removal of our funding. The challenges are similar for firstsite.
"However, we believe these organisations can inspire audiences long into the future and it is our hope and expectation that this happens."
The National portfolio now includes of 668 arts organisations (NPOs) and 21 Major Partner Museums (MPMs). 46 arts organisations join the portfolio and 60 leave. A final list of NPOs and MPMs will be published on 31 March.
The investment in NPOs for 2015/16 will be £339.5million, compared to £341.4m in 2014/15.
For more information and a wry take on this volte face, have a look at this article by Norman Lebrecht.
From March 19th–22nd the biennial London Ear Festival of Contemporary Music is holding a small series of events to keep the spirit of the festival going in its fallow year (the next full festival being in 2016). Cheekily, but appropriately, labelled 'Between the (Y)ears' this mini festival looks pretty interesting.
The theme is contemporary Italian music. It kicks off on 19th with a harp workshop with Gabriella Dall'Olio that explores the writing in Donatoni's Marches. Both performers and composers are invited to attend. Later that evening the piece will be performed at a wine and nibbles reception along with pieces by Berio, Sollima, Bozzol and Gwyn Pritchard.
On 20th there is a concert by ensemble in residence Flame with guests Laura Monaghan (soprano) and Simone Beneventi (percussion). They will perform Zeno Baldi's In Punta – a new work from the festival's 2015 call for scores, as well as pieces by Pierluigi Billone, Giacinto Scelsi and the two festival artistic directors Gwyn Pritchard and Andrea Cavallari. Later the same evening there will be a video concert featuring Morton Feldman's Palais de Mari and Andrea Cavallari's Three Flags II.
The final day (Sunday 22nd) features a midday coffee and music concert with another new work from the 2015 call for scores, Lorenzo Troiani's Sotterranee. In ombra. The other composers on offer are Luciano Berio, Francesco Filidei, Franco Donatoni, Beat Furrer and Luisa Valeria. The festival ends with a closing cocktail and concert at 6pm.
The festival takes place at The Warehouse and The Cello Factory, close to Waterloo in London. Tickets are available here.
There are three new albums on Naxos worth exploring this month: wind band music by Salvador Brotons that includes his Symphony No. 6 and Symphonic Movement No. 7; Patric Standford's Symphony No. 1 and Cello Concerto; and Argentinian composer Osias Wilenski's Oboe Concerto and other works.
If you can get past the numinous packaging of Voces 8's new album Lux on Decca, there are some good things to be found on it, including works by Ola Gjeilo, John Tavener, Eriks Esenwalds, Rihards Dubra, Patrick Hawes, Will Todd and Paul Mealor. The modern works are broken up with some appropriately spiritual, though always welcome, lollipops: Tallis's O Nata Lux, Allegri's Miserere and a section from Rachmaninov's Vespers.
Jagoda Szmytka's new CD Bloody Cherries on WERGO explores physicality of sound and how it relates to the physicality of performance. It includes 7 works: 3 for amplified ensemble, the others for various combinations of amplified ensemble, amplified voices, transducer, electric guitar, cello, flute, piano and drums. The other new release on the label is a programme for saxophone, including works by Arturo Fuentes, Paulo Ferreira Lopes, Juan Camilo Hernández Sánchez, Phivos-Angelos Kollias, Tom Mays, Bernd Schultheis and Agostino Di Scipio.
There are two works for keyboard on Divine Arts. Masque is a follow-up album to Carson Cooman's well-received disk of organ music Litanies. It features his Preludes and Fugues 1–9, Preghiera and Symphony for Organ played by Erik Simmons on the instrument at Laurenskerk, Rotterdam. Beyond the River God, finally, features the harpsichord music of Graham Lynch and François Couperin.
If some of Boulez's pronouncements have given the impression of narrow-mindedness in accepting the music of others, his work as a conductor suggests rather the reverse.
Celebrating this part of his career, DG has just released a 44 CD set of Boulez's recordings of twentieth century works for the label. Whilst much of this includes the usual suspects – the second Viennese school and Boulez's own works – there is also a great deal which isn't, including Bartok, Debussy (as far back as Prélude à l'apres-midi), Ravel and plenty of pre-serial Stravinsky. It comes in a rather nice limited edition box set, for £102 in the UK and $223 in the US.
DG is marketing this as the 'complete' Boulez 20th century recordings, which it clearly isn't, since it doesn't contain a single performance from his DG Mahler cycle. If you wish to have that, the 14 disk set is available at just £37 ($55). I'm aware that Boulez gets mixed reviews in this repertoire, though I think some of the more frequent criticisms – that he can be brilliantly analytical and clear, but sometimes soulless – are often exaggerated. My own favourite Mahler symphony is No. 6 ('the only sixth, despite the Pastoral', as Alban Berg said) and Boulez's interpretation of it with the Vienna Philharmonic (included in this cycle) is brilliant: tempi are ideal, he takes the crucial first movement repeat and the two most powerful parts, the slow movement and vast final movement are superbly shaped and devastating in their impact. I can't imagine, therefore, that the rest of the set isn't worth exploring too.
If the 44 CD DG set is a little too much to purchase all at once you can also buy many of the recordings in smaller sets concentrating on one or two composers at a time. There is Boulez conducts Debussy and Ravel (6 CDs, £18.79/$32), Boulez conducts Stravinsky (6 CDs £20/$26) and Boulez conducts Bartok (8 CDs, £30/$30). Particularly recommended is Boulez's complete survey of the works of Webern (6 CDs, £22/$30). No one understands this repertoire better than him, and that shows in the crystalline clarity of these performances. Also an obvious recommendation is the composer conducting his own complete works (13 CDs, $68/£44).
Boulez has dabbled more than a little in the world of opera. Two productions, both with Patrice Chéreau directing, stand out: his Wagner Ring Cycle for the 1976 centenary performance at Bayreuth and his Janáček From the House of the Dead in 2007. The former was hugely controversial, some believing that Boulez's conducting lacked the necessary expressivity, was too fast and the singing uneven. Despite this, the production did win many admirers, as this article in The Guardian makes clear. It is available on DVD at DG (having originally been released on Philips). The Janacek, a DVD I own and like a great deal, is an easier recommendation.
Another handsome boxed set worth considering was released at the end of 2014: Sony Classical's 67 CD survey of the recordings made by Boulez for CBS/American Columbia (67 CDs, $187/£89). Again there is plenty of twentieth century repertoire here including Schoenberg, Berg, Varese, Stravinsky, Berio, Carter, Messiaen and works by Boulez himself. Less well-known is Boulez's fondness for Berlioz, represented here with recordings of Symphonie Fantastique; Lelio, ou Le Reour a la vie; excepts from Benvenuto Cellini, Les Troyens and Beatrice et Benedict; Carnaval Romain; Les Nuits d'été; and La Mort de Cléopâtre. Most fascinating of all are the real rarities: Handel's Water Music, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 and Wagner's rarely heard work for choir Love-Feast of the Apostles.


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Instant Replay: Niemi pulled, Sharks drop fourth straight
Highlights: Sharks' nine-game win streak over Canucks snapped
Antti Niemi, who started for the 15th time in 16 games, has a 4.09 goals-against average and .842 save percentage in his last four games. (USA TODAY IMAGES)
SAN JOSE – Defensive misplays and more soft goals allowed by goaltender Antti Niemi continued in a 4-2 Sharks loss to Vancouver on Thursday night at SAP Center.
The Sharks dropped their fourth in a row (0-1-3), and lost for just the second time in regulation in falling to 10-2-4. Their nine-game winning streak over Vancouver (10-5-2), dating back to the start of the 2013 season, is history.
A late first period goal by Chris Higgins after a horrible turnover gave Vancouver a 3-2 lead at the break, and the Sharks sleepwalked though their worst period of the season in the second.
On the game-changing goal, Alex Burrows intercepted Jason Demers' soft cross-ice pass to Scott Hannan in the Sharks' defensive zone. Burrows managed to get the puck to Higgins, who chipped it over Niemi's shoulder at 18:55.
Vancouver took that momentum into the second, outshooting the Sharks 17-5 in the middle frame and increasing its lead. Kevin Bieksa's point shot went in off of Zack Kassian's skate at 5:22 to make it 4-2, chasing Niemi.
Niemi, who started for the 15th time in 16 games, has a 4.09 goals-against average and .842 save percentage in his last four games. He was pulled for the first time this season.
A wild first period began with as strange a goal as you'll see. Joe Thornton dumped the puck towards the end boards from the offensive blue line, and then it bounced off of the back of the goal, popped into the air, and deflected in off of Roberto Luongo's back just one minute and 17 seconds after the opening faceoff.
The Canucks quickly responded. Bieksa forced Tyler Kennedy into a defensive zone turnover, leading to a Brad Richardson goal at 4:28. Less than five minutes later, Mike Santorelli charged untouched to the front of the net to deposit a Higgins rebound to give Vancouver its first lead.
Mike Brown ended a 35-game goalless drought when he blew past Bieksa and deposited a pass from James Sheppard at 10:45 to tie it at 2-2, before Vancouver took over.
The Sharks and Canucks conclude their season series on Nov. 14 at Rogers Arena. San Jose won the first two games by identical 4-1 margins, with both coming in the first week of the regular season.
Special teams
Special teams didn't play a factor, as the Sharks and Canucks each went 0-for-3 on the power play.
In its last five games, San Jose is just 2-for-20 with a man advantage.
In goal
Niemi allowed four goals on just 13 shots to suffer his fifth loss (9-2-4). Stalock stopped all 21 shots he saw in his second appearance of the year.
Luongo, who allowed seven combined goals in a pair losses to the Sharks earlier this season, made 22 saves to pick up his ninth win (9-4-2). His best stop came on a Logan Couture redirection midway through the third.
Joe Pavelski played after missing Wednesday's practice and Thursday's morning skate for personal reasons.
Matt Irwin was scratched for the third straight game. James Sheppard returned from a one-game absence in place of John McCarthy, who had played the previous seven straight.
Up next
A five-game road trip begins on Sunday in Winnipeg, and continues with stops in Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton and Chicago. It is the longest road trip remaining on the 2013-14 calendar.
San Jose returns home to host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Nov. 21.


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The State Department of Educations new district and school assessment system created as an alternative to meet the U.S. Education Departments reporting requirements still has some issues that deserve further study, specifically in the high school results.
Still, the new program is a substantial improvement over the previous process.
For nearly a decade, parents had gotten all too familiar with Adequate Yearly Progress and its draconian met and not met labels. Schools were graded on overall performance, plus achievement in four population subgroups low-income students, minorities, English as Second-Language students and those in special education. A school could meet 20 of 21 achievement objectives, yet would be labeled as not met a status that quickly became regarded as failure.
As federal student achievement requirements increased, few schools could meet the U.S. Departments proficiency demands.
The new program is much more realistic at the elementary and middle school level. In Aiken County, a total of 28 of 31 of those schools met, exceeded or greatly exceeded state standards, with 25 making As or Bs.
Yet high schools throughout the state averaged C grades. Among the Aiken districts five largest high schools, only Midland Valley managed a B; South Aiken, North Augusta and Silver Bluff received Cs, while Aiken High received a D grade.
One concern is that the high schools are assessed by different criteria graduation rates, end-of-course tests and the performance of sophomores taking the states exit exam for the first time.
All the high schools have long worked on strategies to reduce the achievement gap between the highest-performing students and those who are struggling. In a county with high numbers of students in poverty, this is an enormous challenge.
The D that Aiken High received would suggest a school that is nearly failing. This is simply not true; Aiken High has for many years graduated students who are exceptionally accomplished and continue to find success in college and beyond.
Measuring student achievement is inevitably arbitrary and is certainly not infallible.
Given the disparity between the high school grades in comparison with those received by the elementary and middle schools, the State Department should review its assessment criteria seeking additional input from the S.C. Education Oversight Committee and from school districts.


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Carson City Fire Department responded to the fire at 1:15 p.m. The blaze originated at the Connected Church at the building's east side, though fire investigators said the cause is unknown as of press time.
Fire Chief Stacey Giomi said the fire started near a metal roll-up door inside the part of the building used for the church's main reception and worship area.
Giomi noted the entire complex sustained smoke damage and is "non-occupiable" at this time.
According to a sign in front of the complex, the building also houses Big Brother Big Sisters, Disability Action Advocates, Positive Energy, Self Help and Research Exchange, Guitar Lessons, and Dr. Smash Fabrications.
Giomi said it took firefighters 45 minutes to put out the fire because of the building's high ceilings and large surface area - more than 10,000 square feet.
"Well, it looks like I'm out of business - for now," said Eric Bevans of Dr. Smash - a metal fabricator for off-road vehicles. "It's one of those things. I've got insurance and so does the (landlord).
"I can't get in there today, but hopefully I can go in tomorrow and check everything out. These things happen, it's too bad when they do - but I guess it means a fresh start."
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November 11, 2012, 10:18 AM
Happy Veteran's Day to all of the men and women who have served and are currently serving!
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November 11, 2012, 10:45 AM
Thanks to all my brothers and sisters who served and are serving now.
November 11, 2012, 10:54 AM
Thank back old Navy man THANK to all that served are country GOD bless you all.
Tim the student
November 11, 2012, 12:50 PM
I have the privilege of spending this Veterans Day with a bunch of guys from my old platoon. It means the world to me to be able to do so.
November 11, 2012, 01:07 PM
Thank You to all who have served and those who are currently serving. Your sacrifices are appreciated. To those serving overseas; I know you miss your families, as sure as they miss you. Know that they are thinking of you this Veterans Day and so are we here at THR. God Bless you and God Bless the USA.
November 11, 2012, 01:11 PM
Sending some rounds downrange today to honor our Veterans!
Why? Because if it wasn't for them, I probably wouldn't be able to!
November 11, 2012, 01:50 PM
Gratitude and thanks, to all service men/women. I'm taking my wife to the range tomorrow so she may shoot and choose a CCW, and I will be sending lead downrange as well, thanks to our Military keeping us free.
November 11, 2012, 01:56 PM
Many thanks to all veterans. My grandfather served as an MP in Japan and then later in Korea, he's had some health problems but I am happy to say he has lived to see another veterans day.
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November 11, 2012, 05:11 PM
My family wants to thank all those who have served or are still serving. You have given so much, asked for so little that what is received simply is not nearly enough. Words just can't express my family's appreciation.
November 11, 2012, 05:16 PM
Hear Hear!
November 11, 2012, 05:44 PM
Thanks to all the Vets for your service.
November 11, 2012, 08:32 PM
To all Vet's: You are awesome! You are heroes! Thank you for your sacrifice. I also want to thank all families who have lost a loved one to maintain our freedom.
November 11, 2012, 10:11 PM
may ALL the usa military come home soon and forever!
November 11, 2012, 10:14 PM
Thank you:)
November 11, 2012, 10:57 PM
Vets, we all owe you, big time. Thanks!
November 12, 2012, 01:40 PM
Many Thanks to all my Brothers in Arms, God Bless You All...................
November 12, 2012, 01:46 PM
Prayers of Peace and Thanks for all who have served this Nation today.
November 12, 2012, 01:51 PM
To all my fellow vets out there thank you for your service.
November 12, 2012, 02:06 PM
A Thank-You to all Veterans who have served.
A safe return for those serving today.
A Special Thank-You to the Viet-Nam Vets who came home, not to an ungrateful nation, but to an ungrateful news media, student population, and subculture who went out of their way to spit on them upon their return home.
Let us never forget their sacrifices and treatment.
November 12, 2012, 02:26 PM
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
May your hooch stay dry and your pack light............
November 12, 2012, 03:29 PM
From one Vet to the rest, thanks for everything you've done, are doing and will continue to do in the future.
Although other issues kept me from the range, I started a project to restore a gun that has belonged to two Veterans, my step dad (Vietnam through Grenada) and his father (WWII and Korea), and spent part of the day with my own grandfather, who also served in Korea.
November 12, 2012, 04:53 PM
Thanks to my fellow vets, especially the ones who came up after me, and have had it so much harder.
November 12, 2012, 10:05 PM
Thanks to my brothers.
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November 12, 2012, 11:33 PM
From an old sailor to everyone else, thanks for standing the watch both before me and after me.
November 12, 2012, 11:46 PM
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
"In Flanders Fields" is a war poem in the form of a rondeau, written during the First World War by Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres. According to legend, fellow soldiers retrieved the poem after McCrae, initially unsatisfied with his work, discarded it. "In Flanders Fields" was first published on December 8 of that year in the London-based magazine Punch.
November 13, 2012, 12:44 AM
To my fellow veterans: We fight the fight that needs to be done. It may not always be popular but we signed the line to do our duty. We will respect each other as veterans and to our friends who never got to see their families again.
To the supporters: you are the ones who deserve our thanks, even if we don't always know how to say it to you.
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I tried to tell you. You could have covered cheaper. Timing is everything. Kind of like the fool shorting right now. That is a dumb blunder. Best to wait another week.


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We have had horses and ponies for over 30 years. Our ponies are part of the family, we love them like our kids.
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NEW!! We now are providing carriage rides for weddings!
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Gold declined further after the Federal Reserve issued a policy statement that dashed investors hope for new monetary stimulus, even though it acknowledged that the US economy has lost momentum. The Fed kept its target rate between 0%-0.25percent and said it "will provide additional accommodation as needed to promote a stronger economic recovery and sustained improvement in labor market conditions in a context of price stability.
The Fed downgraded its economic outlook on US, but said it won't add to stimulus measures and didn't make any changes to its key interest rate, low-rate pledge, or asset-buying plans.
Gold holdings of SPDR gold trust, the largest ETF backed by the precious metal, increased to 1,251.92 tons, as on July 31. Silver holdings of iShares silver trust, the largest ETF backed by the metal, increased to 9,708.77 tons, as on Aug 1.
The dollar index, which compares the US unit to a basket of other currencies, turned higher after manufacturing data in the U.S., rising to 82.714 from 82.705 on Tuesday.
Copper fell the most in more than a week, after reports showed weaker than expected manufacturing in China and the US, which raised concerns over the demand prospects in the world's two biggest metals users. Copper futures for Sept. delivery closed down by 1.2% $3.375 per pound on the COMEX of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Crude oil climbed after US crude inventories dropped the most in 7-months and the Federal Reserve said it may take steps to boost the economy. Crude supplies fell by 6.5mn barrels to 373.6mn barrels, Gasoline supplies shrank by 2.2mn barrels to 207.9mn barrels while supplies of distillate fuel, which include diesel and heating oil, fell by 1mn barrels to 124.3mn barrels.
US refineries ran at 92.2% of total capacity on average, down 0.8 percentage point from the prior week, as per EIA.
South Africa has cut all crude oil imports from Iran in June, amid heavy European and US sanctions over Iran's nuclear program, a monthly government report showed.
Natural gas futures closed lower on more profit booking after setting a 7-1/2 month high in the previous session and reports that some private forecasters had moderated their mid-August temperature outlooks. Natural gas inventories are expected to increase by 23-25bn cubic feet, actual data will be released by EIA later in the day.
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Kenworth cabover trucks are a legend that lives. The ever popular models: the K100, K123 and K200 are seen on the highways today, and what a fantastic sight they are.
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Can I have an orthovisc shot two months after getting the synvisc shot?
Orthovisc: If you don't get at least 6 months relief from synvisc injection, it is highly unlikely you would get much benefit from orthovisc injections. And unlikely your insurance would cover the expense that early after injection. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
What is the difference between orthovisc and synvisc?
Not much: Not a lot. Studies have suggested they are equally effective. Synvisc is available as a single shot while orthovisc requires 3 weekly injections. Synvisc is more viscous. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
What is the difference between synvisc and orthovisc?
not really: They are differences in the fluids such as viscosity but the benefits are comparable. Synvisc is available as a single injection white orthovisc requires 3 separate injections. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
If, i just had a synvisc injection for the next two can, i change to orthovisc?
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Second round of synvisc one injections produced a prolonged inflammatory reaction. Is it likely that orthovisc will produce a similar reaction?
No: Synvisc contains a foreign protein (rooster comb) while orthovisc does not. Orthovisc will not cause the same reaction. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Percentage of patients who get satisfactory results from Orthovisc or Synvisc if used in the hip?
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Had orthovisc last round and worked great. Doc said to switch to synvisc and just had first injection and feel burning and sharp pain 3 days after. Should i go back to orthovisc? What's wrong?
Reaction to synvisc: Synvisc has the highest adverse effect rate. One in particular is a pseudosepsis reaction which mimics an infection. If one product works well, then there's no reason to switch- go back to orthovisc. ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
If I had 4 injections of Hyalgan and it didn't help the knee pain would Synvisc, Eufflexa, Supartz or Orthovisc help the pain?
Unlikely: These are all similar treatments. If you failed one the others are unlikely to work. 4 injections of Hyalgan is an unusual number. Did you complete the recommended treatment? ...Read more
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Similar: The two medicines are both considered viscosupplementation. They are injected for mild-moderate arthritis to improve the lubrication of the joint, more normally recreate the viscosity of knee joint fluid, and hydrate the remaining cartilage. Synvisc can be given in a one time dose or 3 doses separated by a week each. Hyalgan, euflexxa, orthovisc, supartz are given in multiple doses (3-5). ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
Insurance will not pay for supartz injections they will cover orthovisc or euflexxa which is more effective and less side effects?
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There are 33000 Rotary clubs around the world and they undertake a huge variety of projects, but Breede River Winelands Rotary Club may be the first to build a baboon-proof fence! Mrs Snyman, the principa...
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Québec City has all the ingredients for the perfect winter vacation with the family!
March is a fabulous time to visit the Québec City Area with the whole family. Here are activity ideas for all tastes for a Spring Break of never-ending fun.
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Evolving Visions of Land and Landscape
This stunning exhibit features works from 26 artists, all of whom explore their perceptions of Colorado's ever-changing landscapes. Attendees can peruse pieces in a wide variety of media, including works from midcentury photographer Robert Adams and modern photographer James Balog as well as paintings by Max Beckmann, a German expressionist who briefly lived in Boulder in the '40s. Don't miss an installation of Navajo prints, which blends mythology with masterfully rendered, realist depictions of Centennial State scenery. Tue-Sun 11 a.m.-5 p.m.


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Douglas Dynamics sales climb, but acquisition cuts into earnings
Douglas Dynamics Inc. said Monday sales of its snow and ice removal equipment rose 37% in the third quarter, but costs tied to a recent acquisition contributed to a decline in net income.
The Milwaukee maker of truck-mounted snow plows and related equipment also announced it was increasing its stockholder dividend this quarter by 2.4%, to 21.25 cents a share.
Third quarter sales rose to $52 million from $37.8 million last year, while net income was $595,000, or 2 cents a share, down from $2.3 million, or 10 cents, last year. Those results include $4.4 million in higher expenses linked to Douglas Dynamics' acquisition of TrynEx, a Michigan manufacturer of salt spreading equipment and related products, earlier this year.
The manufacturer said it's reaffirming its outlook for earnings per share to hit 30 to 60 cents a share in 2013, assuming the company's key markets experience average snowfall amounts and the economy remains stable. Full-year sales are forecast at $175 million to $200 million, compared with $140 million in 2012 and $209 million in 2011.
"The 2013 pre-season order period produced results in line with internal expectations. We are encouraged by key leading indicators such as sales of light trucks, which are trending in the right direction," said James Jank, president and chief executive, in a statement. "We are seeing the initial signals of a return toward a more normal operating environment following the challenging market conditions we experienced from the fall and winter of 2011 through all of 2012, and, while our dealers still remain somewhat cautious, we are seeing slightly more optimism."
In addition to snow plows, Douglas makes sand and salt spreaders and related parts. The firm's brands include Western, Fisher and Blizzard.
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Robin van Persie will decide his future at Arsenal after Euro 2012, according to Gunners chief executive Ivan Gazidis (via the Press Association).
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David Willey has needed just two games to prove that he can be the man to lead the Northamptonshire Steelbacks to back-to-back NatWest T20 Blast titles.
The 24-year-old completed another career-best night in the sprint format against Leicestershire Foxes on Friday as he blitzed a match-winning 95 from 45 balls.
The brutal assault easily bettered his previous best with the bat – the 60 he plundered en-route to ending Northamptonshire's 21-year title drought in last year's Twenty20 final.
Willey completed that long-awaited success in stunning style, capturing a hat-trick, to return figures of 4-9 and a celebrated 102-run win against Surrey at Edgbaston.
There were fears, however, that Willey would be unable to have the same sort of impact in the early parts of this season, due to a back injury that has so far prevented him from bowling in any format.
The left-hander proved last night it is not a problem when it comes to his batting.
Willey, who has been at Northants since he was eight, crunched eight fours and six maximums at Wantage Road from the top of the order to ensure that the Foxes' testing 176 for four was always within reach.
While he departed with 30 still required from 24 balls, that was an ask within the capabilities of the Steelbacks' tail as they got home with two wickets, and as many balls, to spare.
While their return to the top-flight of the LV= County Championship has proved difficult, Northamptonshire have been able to put those troubles behind them so far in the Blast.
The Steelbacks are one of just two teams to have won their opening two games to start the Blast, with Willey the major factor.
He opened the season with a game-high 43 in the Steelbacks' successful chase away to Yorkshire Vikings. That game was even closer than on Friday night as Northants passed Yorkshire's 162 for seven with a ball remaining.
Willey smacked three fours and three sixes in that 28-ball innings and, while it is early days in the season, he is the competition's leading maximum hitter with nine.
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Like the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the largest underwriter of bonds backed by subprime loans when it declared bankruptcy on Sept. 15, 2008, was an event with repercussions extending far beyond its immediate realm. It touched off a financial crisis that continues to affect employment and the earnings of the middle class.
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MSOE cancels Art City radio show after one episode
Well, at least I'll be able to say, "There was that time Art City was on the radio -- once."
Last Friday at noon, we premiered our first episode of Art City on WMSE. We jumped on a newsy subject, a story on "art circles" in the Shepherd Express by James Carlson. In talking about the who-knows-who interactive graphic that attempts to map our local art community, I was joined by Jennifer Johung, a contemporary art and architecture historian and Debra Brehmer, the owner of the Portrait Society Gallery in Milwaukee. »Read Full Blog Post(4)
Lollapalooza lineup coming Wednesday; 3-day passes sold out
All of the three-day passes for Lollapalooza in Chicago were gone less than 90 minutes after going on sale — and the lineup hasn't even been announced yet.
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Milwaukee Jewish educator tapped for 'Story of the Jews'
Local Jewish educator Ellie Gettinger was among a panel of experts who worked with filmmaker Simon Schama on his five-part series "The Story of the Jews," which begins tonight, airing locally on Milwaukee Public Television, Channel 10.
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Lewis Black back in Milwaukee Oct. 10
Last time Lewis Black was in town, the hilariously irritated stand-up was headlining a comedy showcase at the 10,000 capacity BMO Harris Pavilion during last year's Summerfest.
The next gig will be much smaller in scale. Black will be back in Milwaukee on Oct. 10, performing material tied to his new stand-up show, "The Rant Is Due," at the Pabst Theater. »Read Full Article
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Twelve years ago, Milwaukee native Paul McComas wrote the book "Unplugged," about a young musician and rape survivor trying to overcome depression and come to terms with her troubled childhood.


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Recent Desert Ridge Scottsdale Reviews
Great location
I loved the location of this condo with easy access on/off the 101 and close to Desert Ridge Marketplace. The grounds are very nice and the pool a great place to hang out. The condo itself was nicely equipped in the kitchen and just recently had new carpet installed in the bedrooms. Owners were very quick to answer questions and respond to emails and calls.
Cozy, immaculate home!
My husband and I were lucky to find this perfect home to stay in for the month we were in Phoenix. Everything about it was perfect, great location, decorated beautifully, owner was a dream to work with....I could go on and on! We arrived on New Years Eve and she had a bottle of champagne on ice waiting for us. Hopefully our next visit the home will be available!!
Grandchildrens' verdict: "AWESOME"
This was our 16th VRBO and definitely one of the best. The owner should be a set designer and this very comfortable, well laid out home has many dramatic highlights. The best feature is the "spool" that is larger than a hot tub but not quite a pool. Last year we rented a home the same time where the pool was unheated. The water was too cold for the grandchildren to enjoy. This year, the grandchildren spent hours every day in the spool and loved it. There are many other "gizmos" in the house, much to our amusement. From the shower head with a light show to the plastic cylinder in the master that turned out to be an aroma spa, this home is full of surprises. The backyard is beautiful and very comfortable. It beckons you to spend your time there. The home is located in a very pleasant family neighborhood. While it is about 10 minutes from the larger commercial areas, it is very accessible to the loop road and north/south highways and our adventures each day were a reasonable drive. Don't miss the Musical Instrument Museum that is just 2 exits away on the loop road. Vicki treats you like she has lent her home to a friend and we got more attention from her than all our other owners put together. We are hoping to return next year.


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Aussie wine for 'butcher's' arrest
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FOR years two bottles of vintage Australian wine have sat in Serbian prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic's office.
The bottles are unique - not simply for being in a European office far from Australia - but because on them they bear photos of war crimes suspects Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic.
Gifts from former UN war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte, the bottles of 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon were to be drunk when two of Europe's most-wanted men were finally arrested.
Following Mladic's arrest this week, the bottles will finally be opened, Vukcevic, Serbia's war crimes prosecutor, said.
"Now we can toast the justice," he said.
"I will call Carla Del Ponte to join me soon to open the two bottles of wine she brought me a long time ago to drink together once the job was done," Vukcevic said.
"The job is done and the time has come for a toast," he said.
Vukcevic said he resisted the temptation to open the first bottle when Karadzic was arrested in 2008 and his trial started in late 2009, saying the celebration could not be complete until Mladic was arrested.
Asked whether they would call Del Ponte's successor Serge Brammertz to join them, Vukcevic replied: "His job is just about to begin," as Mladic was expected to be transferred to The Hague next week to stand trial before the court.
The 60-year-old Vukcevic, a thin, grey-haired man with bright blue eyes, was appointed in 2006 to head the team hunting fugitives for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). He was already well respected for his action against war criminals in Serbia.
Meanwhile, Ratko Mladic called for calm over his arrest on the eve of a far-right rally in Belgrade, his lawyer said.
"He is appealing to people to calm down, there should be no bloodshed, he does not want to be a cause of unrest," Milos Saljic told reporters, adding that Mladic was "aware he would be sent" to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
The appeal came ahead of a planned rally by the ultra-nationalist Serbian Radical Party, which has called on its supporters to protest against Mladic's arrest.
"He appeals for there to be no riots, for everything to be peaceful," Saljic said.
Saljic, who had just visited Mladic in his cell in the prison detention wing, said the former Bosnian Serb general was "aware he would be sent" to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
"He does not know when, but he would like to get some rest before that," Saljic said.
Meanwhile, Mladic's son Darko said his father looked a "bit better then yesterday" after visiting him.
"My mother and I are convinced... that he is not able to fully understand the situation he is in. We think he is not well and that he is not able to be processed at this moment," the son told journalists.
The family would "ask for an expertise on his health state on Monday, also because of a possibility of political manipulations."
"He has certain mental difficulties concerning his ability to recognise his situation," Darko Mladic said.


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Robert Wyatt's soundtrack of his life
When I'm not watching Russia Today, obviously, I'm watching pop TV. Even my son's embarrassed by the infantilism of my tastes, but there's some good stuff out there now. Pharrell Williams's Happy– that's absolutely fucking knockout. Williams is as good as any 60s soul singer and the song is brilliantly put together. It's a great drum track, and there are only four chords or so, but they're just enough. It's really subtly done, absolutely spot-on. My granddaughter tells me I should totally disapprove of that other song he did, though. With someone else... something lines? Blurred Lines! That's the one. Take it from me that I don't like that one at all.Robert Wyatt talks to the Grauniad about The Soundtrack of his Life. (Robert Wyatt previously) [more inside]
Plus ... tubular bells
Known to millions of Dutch children as the chase music in Bassie en Adriaan, Mike Oldfield's avant garde rock classic Tubular Bells is forty years old this year. Largely a one man creation, with Mike Oldfield himself playing most of the instruments from bass guitar to tubular bells, a small army of friends was assembled for the BBC performance of the album's A side. [more inside]
Who says a funk band can't play rock music
"Stylistically, Demon Fuzz's single album, 1970's Afreaka!, is hard to pin down. But then, I guess that's the point. Demon Fuzz went out of their way to keep people guessing; at gigs, they'd let people assume they were a reggae band, only to launch into some African-influenced jazz/rock number. Jaws hit the floor and feet started tapping. "We were different, totally different," says Demon Fuzz trombonist Clarance Crosdale." -- Demon Fuzz was a shortlived British, African-Carribean prog rock group that had started life as a soul cover band. [more inside]
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This surfing county is the most south-westerly in England, and a favorite for holidays.
Cornwall, England
- With a combination of pristine sandy beaches and surf-ready waves, Cornish towns such as Newquay and St Ives offer an irresistible getaway.
- Tantalizing views of deep wooded valleys and wide vistas of sparkling blue sea combine with a varied and luxuriant landscape, historic market towns, attractive fishing villages and picturesque riverside hamlets.
- It's most south westerly point, Land's End, dips into the Celtic Sea.
- Truro is the only city in Cornwall.
- From London, it is about 4 hours and 20 minutes by train.
- 3 days in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
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Police say the man tends to strike early, choosing women walking to work or running errands. He comes at them from behind, mutters a threat, and sometimes brandishes a knife. He leaves with purses, wallets, phones - even groceries.
And police believe he has targeted at least eight women in and around Overbrook Park in the last month and a half.
Southwest Detectives Capt. John Przepiorka on Tuesday announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person behind a series of purse snatchings west of Morris Park in Overbrook that began Jan. 8 on the 1300 block of Pennington Road.