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2022-01-20 01:33:32
“I had to develop the Gall and conviction to defy discrimination and societal prejudice” – tabla player Anuradha Pal
By Neha Kirpal While high-schoolers usually look forward to spending their summer vacation enjoying
2021-02-06 20:21:00
Haydn's Creation: Chaos and Light
[…] some level; it was not simply or primarily a representation of the sublime, but was above all the quintessential symbol of Enlightenment. Swieten had written to the Austrian Chancellor Kaunitz in 1774 of the need for ‘light’ in politics; a ‘blind’ people could readily be put to bad use. More generally, he had tirelessly urged the cause for a religious enlightenment of the people, that their faith might be grounded upon rational conviction. Joseph Anton Gall, a colleague of Swieten’s during the 1780s, and subsequently Bishop of Linz, explained that the Redeemer had returned the world to a semi-paradisiacal condition, that is, restored ‘Light’ to the world, since God in His goodness could not bear to leave man in his fallen state. In Leibniz’s Monadology (first published in German in 1720), monads are portrayed as simple, windowless entities, which, through the process of entelechy, strive towards greater and greater brightness […]
2020-05-29 13:18:09
Austrian composer Franz Schubert left us about 600 songs. Among these is the amazing “Gretchen am Spinnrade”, in English: Gretchen at the spinning wheel. The lyrics are as follows: Gretchen at the spinning-wheel English Translation © Richard Stokes My peace is gone My heart is heavy; I shall never Ever find peace again. When he’s not with me, Life’s like the grave; The whole world Is turned to Gall. My poor head Is crazed, My poor mind Shattered. My peace is gone My heart is heavy; I shall never Ever find peace again. It’s only for him I gaze from
2019-11-03 09:58:52
The Exiled Outsiders
Hans Gál (2nd right) in the internment camp(Photo Courtesy of The Hans Gál Society) The Exiled Outsiders - Hans Gál, Max Kowalski, Peter Gellhorn; Madeleine Bradbury-Rance, Simon Wallfisch, Richard Stemp, Barbara Gellhorn, Nigel Foster; London English Song Festival at Hinde Street Methodist Church Reviewed by Anthony Evans on 31 October 2019 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) A fitting tribute to three composers who escaped Nazi Germany & made lives in the UK, and the contribution they made to their adopted countryHinde Street Methodist church was, once more, the venue for this the fourth concert in the London Song Festival series exploring the theme of Outsiders. At the 31 October 2019 concert, The Exiled Outsiders, the pianist Nigel Foster once again crafted an imaginative and revealing programme. The singers were the soprano Madeleine Bradbury-Rance and the baritone Simon Wallfisch. Richard Stemp and Barbara Gellhorn were the speakers. […]
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