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First Peoples In Canada
Author : Alan D. McMillan,Eldon Yellowhorn
Publisher : D & M Publishers
First Peoples in Canada provides an overview of all the Aboriginal groups in Canada. Incorporating the latest research in anthropology, archaeology, ethnography and history, this new edition describes traditional ways of life, traces cultural changes that resulted from contacts with the Europeans, and examines the controversial issues of land claims and self-government that now affect Aboriginal societies. Most importantly, this generously illustrated edition incorporates a Nativist perspective in the analysis of Aboriginal cultures.
Author : Alan Daniel McMillan,Eldon Yellowhorn
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
Category : Autochtones
Since Native Peoples and Cultures of Canada was first published in 1988, its two editions have sold some 30,000 copies, and it is widely used as the basic text in colleges and universities across the country. Now retitled, this comprehensive book still provides an overview of all the Aboriginal groups in Canada. Incorporating the latest research in anthropology, archaeology, ethnography and history, this new edition describes traditional ways of life, traces cultural changes that resulted from contacts with the Europeans, and examines the controversial issues of land claims and self-government that now affect Aboriginal societies. Most importantly, this generously illustrated edition incorporates a Nativist perspective in the analysis of Aboriginal cultures.
Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples
Author : Nancy J. Turner,Professor of Environmental Studies Nancy J Turner
Publisher : UBC Press
As long as people have lived in North America, wild plants have been animportant source of food. For Native people in western Canada, thenutritional and cultural contribution made by these plants was immense:in all, some 200 species of wild plants provided food. The differentways in which these were used resulted in an almost limitless selectionof dishes derived from wild plants.
Author : Jeffrey Sissons
Publisher : Reaktion Books
First Peoples explores how, instead of being absorbed into a homogeneous modernity, indigenous cultures are actively shaping alternative futures for themselves and appropriating global resources for their own culturally specific needs.
First Peoples of Canada
Author : Jean-Luc Pilon,Nicholette Prince,Douglas Cardinal,Andrea Lynne Laforet,Ian G. Dyck
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
A catalogue of a travelling exhibition of 150 archaeological and ethnographic objects owned by the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
First Person, First Peoples
Author : Andrew Garrod,Colleen Larimore
Relates the Dartmouth graduates' struggle to reconcile their college experiences with their ethnic heritage
Ohio's First Peoples
Author : James H. O'Donnell
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Annotation In an accessible narrative style, O'Donnell depicts the Native Americans of the Buckeye State from the time of the Hopewell peoples to the forced removal of the Wyandots in the 1840s.
First Peoples, First Contacts
Author : Jonathan C. H. King
Publisher : Harvard University Press
From the Big-Game Hunters who appeared on the continent as far back as 12,000 years ago to the Inuits plying the Alaskan waters today, the Native peoples of North America produced a culture remarkable for its vibrancy, breadth, and diversity--and for its survival in the face of almost inconceivable trials. This book is at once a history of that culture and a celebration of its splendid variety. Rich in historical testimony and anecdotes and lavishly illustrated, it weaves a magnificent tapestry of Native American life reaching back to the earliest human records. A recognized expert in North American studies, Jonathan King interweaves his account with Native histories, from the arrival of the first Native Americans by way of what is now Alaska to their later encounters with Europeans on the continent's opposite coast, from their exchanges with fur traders to their confrontations with settlers and an ever more voracious American government. To illustrate this history, King draws on the extensive collections of the British Museum--artwork, clothing, tools, and artifacts that demonstrate the wealth of ancient traditions as well as the vitality of contemporary Native culture. These illustrations, all described in detail, form a pictorial document of relations between Europeans and Native American peoples--peoples as profoundly different and as deeply related as the Algonquians and the Iroquois, the Chumash of California and the Inuipat of Alaska, the Cree and the Cherokee--from their first contact to their complicated coexistence today.
First Peoples in a New World
Author : David J. Meltzer
More than 12,000 years ago, in one of the greatest triumphs of prehistory, humans colonized North America, a continent that was then truly a new world. Just when and how they did so has been one of the most perplexing and controversial questions in archaeology. This dazzling, cutting-edge synthesis, written for a wide audience by an archaeologist who has long been at the center of these debates, tells the scientific story of the first Americans: where they came from, when they arrived, and how they met the challenges of moving across the vast, unknown landscapes of Ice Age North America. David J. Meltzer pulls together the latest ideas from archaeology, geology, linguistics, skeletal biology, genetics, and other fields to trace the breakthroughs that have revolutionized our understanding in recent years. Among many other topics, he explores disputes over the hemisphere's oldest and most controversial sites and considers how the first Americans coped with changing global climates. He also confronts some radical claims: that the Americas were colonized from Europe or that a crashing comet obliterated the Pleistocene megafauna. Full of entertaining descriptions of on-site encounters, personalities, and controversies, this is a compelling behind-the-scenes account of how science is illuminating our past.
Foundations of First Peoples' Sovereignty
Author : Ulrike Wiethaus
Publisher : Peter Lang
Foundations of First Peoples' Sovereignty is an innovative collection of essays offering interdisciplinary perspectives on the topic of sovereignty for Indigenous nations. Presenting contemporary initiatives and scholarship in the humanities on behalf of First Peoples, the volume affirms and explores the dynamic interplay between tribal community action and reflection, academic work, and the commonalities shared by Indigenous nations globally.
Bands, Tribes, and First Peoples and Nations
Author : Ariana Wolff
Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica
Anthropology, politics, and history come together to form an insightful blend in this authoritative title covering kinship, tribalism, and nonurban cultures the world over. Both the theory and practical examples of tribal cultures are presented, with several chapters dedicated to the various schools of anthropological thought on nonurban societies, accompanied by a survey of tribal and indigenous cultures both historically and in modern times. American Indians, the indigenous peoples of South America, nomadic tribes of the Middle East, and Aboriginal Australians are a few of the societies explored in this extensive text.
Indigenous Peoples of North America
Author : Robert J. Muckle
Most books dealing with North American Indigenous peoples are exhaustive in coverage. They provide in-depth discussion of various culture areas which, while valuable, sometimes means that the big picture context is lost. This book offers a corrective to that trend by providing a concise, thematic overview of the key issues facing Indigenous peoples in North America, from prehistory to the present. It integrates a culture area analysis within a thematic approach, covering archaeology, traditional lifeways, the colonial era, and contemporary Indigenous culture. Muckle also explores the history of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and anthropologists with rigor and honesty. The result is a remarkably comprehensive book that provides a strong grounding for understanding Indigenous cultures in North America.
Determinants of Indigenous Peoples' Health, Second Edition
Author : Margo Greenwood,Sarah de Leeuw,Nicole Marie Lindsay
Publisher : Canadian Scholars
Now in its second edition, Determinants of Indigenous Peoples' Health adds current issues in environmental politics to the groundbreaking materials from the first edition. The text is a vibrant compilation of scholarly papers by research experts in the field, reflective essays by Indigenous leaders, and poetry that functions as a creative outlet for healing. This timely edited collection addresses the knowledge gap of the health inequalities unique to Indigenous peoples as a result of geography, colonialism, economy, and biology. In this revised edition, new pieces explore the relationship between Indigenous bodies and the land on which they reside, the impact of resource extraction on landscapes and livelihoods, and death and the complexities of intergenerational family relationships. This volume also offers an updated structure and a foreword by Dr. Evan Adams, Chief Medical Officer of the First Nations Health Authority. This is a vital resource for students in the disciplines of health studies, Indigenous studies, public and population health, community health sciences, medicine, nursing, and social work who want to broaden their understanding of the social determinants of health. Ultimately, this is a hopeful text that aspires to a future in which Indigenous peoples no longer embody health inequality.
Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights under International Law
Author : Jérémie Gilbert
This book addresses the right of indigenous peoples to live, own and use their traditional territories, and analyses how international law addresses this. Through its meticulous examination of the interaction between international law and indigenous peoples' land rights, the work explores several burning issues such as collective rights, self-determination, property rights, cultural rights and restitution of land. It delves into the notion of past violations and the role of international law in providing for remedies, reparation and restitution. It also argues that there is a new phase in the relationship between States, indigenous peoples and private actors, such as corporations, in the making of territorial agreements.
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The Messenger newspaper is a good source of local stories, including latest development news for Kent Town.
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Crafted from soft leather and Barbour tartan these waterproof gloves are the perfect accessory for the colder months. A stud fastening at the wrist ensures a close fit so you stay warm while on country walks. The ideal gift for fashion conscious gentlemen, these gloves will be stylish throughout the years.


So a few days ago I got some life changing news and now my dreams are finally coming true.
On September 9th I'm moving to my dream university and can achieve everything I've wanted for so long. I'm doing the most amazing course and know exactly where I want and need to go in the next 4 years. I couldn't be more excited.
Of course with this comes my personal changes which I mentioned in my last post. This is my journey to self discovery, health and self acceptance which will be rocky and tough.
I am not expecting this to be an easy and quick process but I am ready and determined to achieve all that I have aimed to achieve.
My journey starts tomorrow although I have already be preparing for a week or so. I'd love for you to join me as well.
Yes? Well here's your shot. JOIN ME!
I'd love for you to join my journey and make it your own.
If you are even the slightest bit interested, please let me know. I plan on creating a Facebook group where vegetarian/vegan recipes and tips can be shared. Workout plans and lifestyles can be discussed and people can share their progress. Also its an easy way to ask me anything you would like so let me know if you're interested.
Consider your health or self discovery/improvement journey officially started, I'm excited to share it with you!
I'm Abby, I'm 18 from the North East of England and about to embark on a brand new chapter of my life.
Starting in September I will be moving out on my own to University and I've decided to document that journey and share it on this platform.
University is not the only journey I'm going on, I'm also beginning a healthy, vegan lifestyle. I and searching for happiness after a rough few years and this is the route I have chosen to help me fulfil my goals. I am hoping to become fitter, consume a better diet and as a result feel better from the inside and let this radiate to the outside.
This will be fun, I hope you enjoy following my journey.
Feel free to message me at anytime or contact me on social media.
My first week of my transformation is over! Its been challenging and I've definitely not been as strict with myself as I should've been but thats okay, there's always time to make a change, and that will happen this week.
One thing I have loved is an easy workout for beginners that challenges your body but isn't overly impossible enough to make you quit halfway through. I got it from the youtube channel RawAllignment who has been a huge inspiration for me for a while now.
I do this workout on a Monday afternoon, Wednesday morning, Friday morning and Saturday afternoon and I always feel great afterwards!
No matter who you are or what you do you should be taking a little portion of your day to practice self-love, this is something that I've lacked in the past but am incorporating into my daily routines and loving so far! The title self-love sounds a tiny bit inappropriate but I can assure you it is not that.
1. Tell yourself that you love yourself. Its as easy as that! When you wake up just remind yourself that you love yourself and that you are worthy of all that you want in life. This gets the subconscious going from early on in the morning and will boost your moral, leaving you significantly less depressed and exhausted in the morning. Even better, say it in the mirror and hug yourself, seems weird and pathetic I know but having that experience in the morning can really start your day off right.
2. Get moving. I'm a hypocrite for pointing this out but when people wake up nowadays, they check their phones and 2 hours later, they're still in bed on their phones. I do it all the time as well but really as soon as you wake up try to force yourself out of bed and get your body moving. A little exercise in the mornings can get your blood pumping and you'll feel so much more awake after it. That can just be 10 minutes of walking, a few muscle toning exercises or a few runs up and down the stairs. When I wake up I do x20 crunches, x20 push ups and x2 squats. I do three sets of this and then do x50 rises. This tones muscle without too much physical movement and helps build strength and wakes you up without you even realising, plus you feel much better after it.
3. Eat healthy food in the morning. To get your body fuelled and ready for the day, try to have some fruit in the mornings. I know when you're rushing round trying to catch the school bus its tempting to grab a chocolate bar to eat on the go but why not wake up a little earlier and have some porridge or some weetabix. Then grab an apple or banana and your good to go. Filling your body with fruit makes your whole body function better and the benefits of having fruits is unbelievable! Find a bunch of fruits that you love and stock up next time the shopping gets done, trust me you'll feel so much nicer fuelled by fruit.
4. Drink water. Its actually been proven that you don't need 8 glasses of water a day and that your body will tell you when its thirsty but whats the harm in drinking water? It washes all of the nasty stuff out of your body and leaves you feeling so fresh and ready to go. I tend to only drink water unless its a special occasion and I aim to have at least 6 glasses per day. This doesn't always happen but water definitely does make my life a whole lot easier. Its so easy to access, take a water bottle to work or school, most places have water fountains to refill. Why drink sugary, acidic drinks when water is right in front of you?
5. Go outside. This seems like an obvious thing but sometimes, especially at the weekends its easy to make a habit of becoming a hobbit and not leaving the house. Try to get outside and let the light rays hit you for at least 10 minutes a day. Go for a walk around the block, the local park or even just clean the cars. If its sunny why not do some work outside? Just a little time outside will improve your day and again, leaves you feeling refreshed and more awake.
7. Read. So easy, take some time to read! Whether its a book or an article it does't matter but having n active mind does matter. This can be done in a break for 15 minutes or on a bus journey. Public transport on a morning is packed with readers, join them. It's far more beneficial than watching TV and can actually help you if you read the right stuff. Become an expert in a topic or genre, it'll pay off.
8. Dance. My last step is to dance, be weird and let loose every once in a while. Put on some songs that you listened to as a child, put on some comfy clothes and lip sync to your hearts content. Not only is it a weak form of exercise but it boosts the spirit and lightens your day, especially after a bad day or event. Its even better with friends so if you ever have a sleepover or a night in with friends, put on some tunes (or even better, the Mamma Mia sing along film).
Day 1: What I ate today.
My journey of self-love, health and fitness started today and I'm really excited to share this journey with you! I thought I'd do a simple post today and tell you what I ate for my first day of healthy living!
p.s. I understand that these meals could be healthier but its day 1 so I'm taking it easy rather than delving straight in because I don't want to get cravings and then give up like I have in the past.
5PM: steamed carrots, peas, red cabbage, butternut squash, roast potatoes and a Yorkshire pudding with gravy.
Along with this I had 5 glasses of water, which I aim to have more of tomorrow, I went for a walk (I'll be working out tomorrow) and I meditated for 10 minutes.
Overall, pretty successful, I didn't crack. I'll update you tomorrow and maybe share the workout that I'll have done then.
I've been slacking, I know. I have posted twice this year which was not my ideal but as I've rambled on about too many times before, there's a lot going on in my life right now. I'm done with making excuses, I'll be blogging from now on regularly (hold it against me if I don't).
As I mentioned in my last post, I'm on a fitness and health journey this year and I finally have it all planned out. From tomorrow my journey will be underway, I got all my kit today and I'm so excited to begin!
I know I've been crap but from now on it can only go up from here.
This is an awful little post just as a heads up to expect a lot from here on now. Welcome to the start of my new blog and my new life! Follow me on social media to follow my journey!
Where have I been? I know, I'm sorry.
After 24 days of daily blogging in December I was exhausted and I needed some time to myself. Sharing your life on the internet is hard and coming up with original content is even harder. I spent all of last year saying '2017 will be my year' and 'I'll post so much more and work so much harder next year'. Truth is that never really happens, it clearly isn't happening.
I needed some time to figure things out. Its 2017 which will for sure be the scariest year of my life and I haven't really fathomed that its here already. So much is happening and changing this year in my life and I really want to document it, so I will but if I need some time off, I'll have to take it.
We're 18 days into this year and its already better than last year. I've been for nights out, caught up with old friends and I'm taking work step by step in order to not get overly stressed like I became last year. I still want to do this and I want to develop other social media platforms as well. This is a lot easier said than done and so this could be a slow process.
I now have all the fundamentals that I need in order to do what I want to do this year, next step is to make it happen, watch this space. I'm really excited but I also need to remind you as well as remind myself that the exams that I'm taking this year decide what happens with the rest of my life, so I can't be engrossed with this business too much.
I will be posting on Friday if not tomorrow a hopefully more entertaining and longer post. I'm thinking a summary of my year so far, the fun, the hilarious and the plans I have for the future.


Sightseeing in Bangkok is always fun. Spend a day at one of the popular theme parks of the city and then enjoy an international buffet dinner onboard a luxury cruise on River Chao Phraya while sailing around the city. Do not miss a vibrant cultural show and remember to visit at least a few temples to see the fascinating Thai architecture.


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Мірмі́лон (, множина mirmillones, myrmillones), мурмілон (murmillo) — тип давньоримського гладіатора. Гладіатори такого типу з'явилися в період ранньої Імперії, замінивши раніших гладіаторів-галлів (можливо, це було пов'язане з тим, що галли на той час цілком інтегрувалися в римську державу). Згідно з однією з версій, свою назву ці гладіатори отримали тому, що на шоломі вони носили зображення риби «мормір» (). Слід мати на увазі, що зараз «мормірами» звуть африканських прісноводих риб, проте у давнину словом μόρμυλος, μορμύρος могли звати і певний вид риби, поширений у Середземному морі.

Озброєння
 Гладіус — римський меч довжиною 64–81 см і вагою 1,2-1,6 кг з кістяним руків'ям. Коли з ІІ-ІІІ ст. н. е. мірмілони отримали замість гладіуса довший меч-спату, вони стали зватися «мірмілони-спатарії» (myrmillones-spatharii).
 Скутум — прямокутний щит із з'єднаних вертикальних планок з бронзовим умбоном.
 Балтеус — шкіряний пояс з металевими оздобами.
 Маніка — сегментований чи лускатий захист руки, зроблений зі шкіри чи металевих сплавів (могла також бути кольчужною).
 Шолом з гребенем (cassis crista) — великий шолом з гребенем з пір'я чи кінського волосу, зазвичай бронзовий, з ґратчастим забралом. Зразком для нього був ширококрисовий беотійський шолом.
 Наголінники (ocreae) — захист для гомілок, виготовлявся із золота, срібла чи інших металів.
 Обмотки (fasciae) — товсті м'які накладки на ноги під наголінники, використовувалися для запобігання утворенню мозоль і пухирів.

Спосіб бою
Мірмілон зазвичай бився з фракійцем чи гопломахом, що мали схожі зброю і обладунки (зокрема, маніку, закритий шолом та короткий меч). Деякі античні автори, включаючи Валерія Максима і Квінтиліана, стверджують, що мірмілони також регулярно билися з ретіаріями. Це мало бути незвичайним двобоєм: надто різними були важкоозброєний мірмілон і швидкий, але слабкозахищений ретіарій. Ймовірність таких двобоїв дискусійна, а збережені зображення зазвичай показують мірмілонів у поєдинку радше з фракійцями чи гопломахами, ніж з ретіаріями. Втім, у телепередачі Time Team на британському каналі Channel 4 повідомлялося, що в Уельсі знайдено ручку від ножа, на якій вирізьблений двобій між ретіарієм і мірмілоном.

Гладіатори, що виступали в цьому амплуа, повинні були мати великі м'язисті руки і сильні плечі для носіння щита, меча і шолома. Зазвичай вони були високими чоловіками кремезної комплекції і завжди мали розвинуту мускулатуру.

Приклади поєдинків між мірмілонами і гладіаторами інших типів можна побачити на фресках і графіті в Помпеях. На добре збереженому зразку мірмілон на ім'я Марк Атілл (Marcus Atillus), кому приписується один двобій і одна перемога, зображений стоячи над фігурою переможеного Люція Реція Фелікса (Lucius Raecius Felix), кому приписується 12 двобоїв і 12 перемог. Противник стоїть на колінах, беззбройний і без шолома. Графіті повідомляє, що Фелікс вижив і йому була дарована свобода (манумісія).

Див. також
 Типи гладіаторів

Примітки

Посилання
 James Grout: Murmillo, part of the Encyclopædia Romana
 Мозаїка двобою мірмілона та фракійця, знайдена в Помпеях у 2019 році
Гладіатори

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Commencement Week is a week-long celebration leading up to both Autumn and Spring Commencement. A series of events will occur to recognize graduates' achievements. For Fall Commencement Week, these events include Planetarium Shows, Grad Cap Craft Night, and Candlelight Ceremony and Dessert Reception at Performance Hall, Ohio Union. For Spring Commencement Week, these events include Planetarium Shows, Orton Bell Tower Tours, Grad Cap Craft Night, and Candlelight Ceremony in the Ohio Union. All undergraduate, graduate, and professional students are encouraged to participate and invite their family and friends along.
What is the Buckeye Bucket List?
The Buckeye Bucket List includes locations on campus that we think graduating students would like to visit before they attend Commencement. We realize that it is possible to attend Ohio State for three or four years without appreciating the hidden gems that Ohio State has to offer. The list of places on this list tries to bring those hidden gems to the attention of students so that they can experience all Ohio State has to offer before graduation.
Is it possible to help out with the planning of Commencement Week?
Yes! If you are interested in helping out with Commencement Week, please contact Kimani Robinson. We would love to get you involved with Major Campus Events Committee!
Language interpretation in Mandarin and Spanish will be available for the 2019 Spring Commencement in Ohio Stadium. Participants will be required to use a personal cell phone to dial in for the service. Please note that conference lines are limited and the large audience size also may cause limited cellular connectivity and service. Please visit the website to complete an online registration. You will receive an email with more details if a conference line is available. The deadline to register is Friday, April 19, at 5:00 p.m.


Louise, Naomi and Emily are three beautiful girls who just can't hold a boyfriend. Jamie cooks them up some great meals like Risotto, Seared Tuna Steaks, and a simple Chocolate Tart. Then Jamie gives them some advice on how to catch the perfect boy.


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Towering Strauss ends BPO season, Mary Kunz Goldman, Buffalo News
Posted on June 6, 2016 by Kate Mockler - BPO in the News
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra is ending this season with a blast of triumphant, Romantic music. The final Classics concert features Richard Strauss' "Alpine Symphony," a work that, because of its scope and intense demands, is heard only rarely.
It's a first for the BPO's Classics series, and to up the ante that much more, the complex music is being accompanied by photographs depicting panoramic views of the Alps as Strauss must have known them. Saturday's concert drew a very big crowd. You got the sense it was quite the event.
The concert begins with "Sanctuary of the Soul," a brief piece written as a gift to the BPO by Lackawanna composer Ronald Gardner Jr.
Gardner, born in 1972, has a wonderful sense for rhythm. He gets this breathless riff going in the strings, and everything builds on that. The orchestration had a thin and spare sound and the music had a horizontal feel, like Copland. There is a lovely solo for cello. Roman Mekinulov, the BPO's principal cellist, did the honors.
The composer intended the piece to create "a unique energy of celebration with the concert listeners," and it did achieve that. When it was over, Gardner came forward and took a bow, to great audience acclaim. Everyone enjoyed the tremendous good feeling.
Vitezslav Novak's "In the Tatra Mountains," which came next, was enchanting. The BPO has explored Novak's music in the recent past, and anyone lucky enough to have heard any of it before knows what to expect: great, rich Romanticism. Novak knew how to use the orchestra and he filled this piece with great effects: declamatory passages in the brass, hearty thundering with the brass and the timpani, and soaring strings – sometimes all together. In contrast to that bombast, there were miniature, charming touches, including arresting silences and a violin solo with caressing melodies, played by Dennis Kim, our new concertmaster. The piece also spotlighted the virtuosity of Valerie Heywood, principal violist. The music is full of detail, and the orchestra rose to the challenge.
It was inspiring to choose that piece to set the stage for the Strauss. Both are mountainous works, with mountain themes. And yet they are not very alike.
The Strauss is thrillingly overblown, calling for a wind machine, extra horns and a sort of super-sized oboe called a heckelphone. The music doesn't really need a complicated introduction. Just sit back and absorb it all, would be my suggestion.
It's exciting, being present for this performance. Not only is it a Classics series premier, but the music is accompanied by those photographs, splashed on a big screen. Falletta and the orchestra deserve praise for making it all work. The photos went smoothly with the music. From the opening shots of the pre-dawn moon to the closing vistas of sunset and ultimate darkness, it all fit together with a stunning kind of choreography.
All the same, I had conflicting feelings about it. However pretty the pictures, they couldn't match the music, which can by dizzying in its grandeur.
Music plays on your imagination, and Strauss was the master of portraying in music what cannot be seen. While there were witty touches, his bittersweet harmonies and rapturous cascades of sound can't be equaled by pictures of peaks and rainbows. Maybe he said he was writing about a hike through the Alps but in reality, his music says something greater.
You might just want to lean back your head, close your eyes, forget the pictures and bask in it. The storm scene, with the wind machine (look for it in the percussion section) is more thrilling that way. It goes without saying that the BPO, with its affinity toward this kind of hedonistic sound, pours heart and soul into it. Our orchestra sounds magnificent these days. Enjoy.
The concert repeats at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Kleinhans Music Hall.
email: mkunz@buffnews.com
A star-spangled salute from the BPO, Mary Kunz Goldman, Buffalo News
Posted on May 31, 2016 by Kate Mockler - BPO in the News
You got a paper bag with your program at the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra's Friday morning Coffee Concert. And no, it wasn't so you could take one of those yummy doughnuts to go.
It was so you could pop it during Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture."
It's not giving away too much to tell that. The real surprise is how it sounds. All those loud bangs, all over the hall – you can't believe how effective it is. You really have to be there.
Bravo to Stefan Sanders, the associate conductor, for that rare touch. A Memorial Day concert, perhaps inevitably, has certain constants. A Sousa march. "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." The Armed Forces Salute, always a highlight, when veterans rise and acknowledge thanks and applause.
But it's nice to have a few surprises, too. Friday's performance, which drew a big crowd, had several.
One high point was an a cappella turn by the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, led by its director, Adam Luebke. The singers sang the hymn "Unclouded Day," by Josiah Alwood, a 19th century Midwestern preacher. It's an uplifting, up-tempo song – Willie Nelson has sung it – and the choral arrangement has tremendous bounce and good feeling. Looking it up on YouTube, I wasn't surprised to read that a listener wrote: "One of my favorite songs to listen to on a loop."
The chorus' singers, clearly enjoying their time in the spotlight, took this gem at a good clip and gave it their all. Their performance was joyous and crisp. One of these Memorial Days, maybe we could let them do a whole set of songs by themselves. This one song made me want to hear more.
Speaking of spirited songs, it's always fun to hear "Over There" in the jaunty arrangement by Capitol Records' Carmen Dragon. It rang out with elan. "God of Our Fathers," our national hymn, crescendoed until it could remind you of a theme from an epic movie. "America the Beautiful," beginning sedately, also rose gradually into something thrilling.
One new listener told me that several times during the concert, she got tears in her eyes. That is high praise.
I found a lot to savor, too. Having been to more patriotic pops concerts than I can count, though, I occasionally wondered if we could switch things up a little more. Morton Gould's "American Salute," Richard Rodgers' "Victory at Sea" – we hear these pieces, and a few others on the program, almost every year. Though not everyone goes every year the way I do, I don't see the down side of giving these selections a break and giving the concert a few more twists. Maybe have the chorus sing more. I hate to see the singers sitting there idle.
At the same time, I was impressed, as I often am, by the energy and enthusiasm that Sanders and the musicians poured into the music, novelties and old chestnuts alike. The trombonists threw themselves into "Rolling Thunder," which had circuslike sparkle. Their colleagues matched their zeal. Assistant concertmaster Ansgarius Aylward gave color and flair to the violin solo in "Victory at Sea," damn the torpedoes.
"Star-Spangled Pops" repeats at 8 p.m. Saturday in Kleinhans Music Hall.
Porgy and Bess and … Brahms? You bet, Mary Kunz Goldman, Buffalo News
Think it's a mistake to pair Brahms' Symphony No. 3 with songs from Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess"?
It ain't necessarily so.
This weekend's concert by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus is a dandy. We've got a majestic Metropolitan Opera diva, Angela Brown. She is paired with the fine baritone Kevin Deas. Buffalo heard Deas last year, in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, when he rose to the Herculean challenge of introducing the "Ode to Joy." And on the podium is guest conductor Carl St. Clair, a live wire from the word go. A lithe, restless figure, St. Clair crackles like lightning. He filled his unorthodox program with passion, immediacy and humor.
I was so charmed that I began to see sense in the juxtaposition. Brahms fans would admire the Gershwin, with its operatic virtuosity. And folks there solely for the Gershwin, obliged to sit through the Brahms, would have to enjoy it.
A lot of people at Friday morning's Coffee Concert were clearly there for the Gershwin and new to the Brahms. You could tell by the applause between movements. I never mind this applause. What an experience it must be to hear this magical music for the first time. St. Clair did not mind it, either. He even turned and bowed once to acknowledge it.
He did a fine job of presenting the music, both to newcomers and seasoned fans.
With his Lisztian long hair and dramatic gestures, St. Clair came out of the gate running, and he infused the start of the symphony with a more forceful tone than expected. But as he continued – conducting from memory, it appeared – he rode the waves of the music well, and brought out its soft, luminous qualities.
The orchestra musicians filled the piece with their own emotion, as a group and as individuals. As professionals, they are always involved and alert, but there was something extra here. You heard it in the lavish attention the strings put into the heart-melting Andante, accompanying the woodwinds – and in the woodwinds themselves, so eloquent. In the tender Allegretto, it was breathtaking to observe the cellos and basses crafting that quiet pizzicato pulse.
St. Clair's fire returned in the concluding Allegro. The journey ended superbly, as he and the orchestra lingered long on the glowing, serene final chord. If you're new to the BPO, this is why you go – for a moment like this, with nobody breathing, everyone basking in this harmony as you would bask in a sunset.
After intermission, minds cleared, we were ready for something new.
Brown set a haunting tone with her soaring take on "Summertime." Her voice was rich and powerful. She is the real deal, a diva who has portrayed Aida at the Metropolitan Opera, and it shows.
In a drop-dead red gown, she commanded the stage. She was in character, and gave the music great intensity. You might want to bring a Kleenex: The mournful "My Man's Gone Now" brimmed with real sorrow. And you will never hear a better rendition of the great love duet "Bess, You Is My Woman Now." Pouring out the song, she and Deas embraced and held hands.
Deas, who has sung this opera many times, matched her perfectly. He was singing the songs of both Porgy and the no-good Sportin' Life, and he alternated easily between the two characters. The Sportin' Life songs brought the house down, as baddies' songs do. A banjo joined in on "I Got Plenty of Nuttin'."
Deas, enjoying himself, gave the music his own spin. "Jonah, he lived in the wha-a-a-a-le," he sang, patting his stomach. My one regret was that, at least from the balcony, people could not catch every word. When you're dealing with lines like "He made his home in/That whale's abdomen," you don't want to miss a syllable.
The Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, God love it, became its own character. The singers mimicked Deas to great comic effect, similar to the way choruses do in Gilbert and Sullivan. Deas added to the fun, egging them on. In "A Woman is a Sometime Thing," Brown joined in the laughter and the shenanigans.
The chorus showed its virtuosity in this music, and also featured a number of impressive soloists. St. Clair never missed a beat, and the show never dragged. It repeats at 8 p.m. Saturday in Kleinhans Music Hall.
Mozart, Mahler spark rousing response at Kleinhans, Mary Kunz Goldman, Buffalo News
Posted on May 9, 2016 by Kate Mockler - BPO in the News
Two fabulous Fifths are filling Kleinhans Music Hall this weekend. The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Music Director JoAnn Falletta, is performing Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 and the huge Symphony No. 5 of Gustav Mahler.
This is a real apples-and-oranges program. And I am overjoyed to report that at Saturday's concert, both pieces brought down the house. That is a tribute not only to the orchestra but to the audience – a full house, by the way. Out in the parking lot a minute or so after the Mahler reached its thrilling conclusion, I could hear the crowd inside cheering and yelling. The Bills aren't the only team around here that makes people want to shout. The BPO does, too.
The young violinist Mayuko Kamio is the soloist for the Mozart concerto. The piece is nicknamed the "Turkish" for the exotic centerpiece of its last movement. Otherwise it is a delicate piece, with wistful touches and, in its Adagio, shades of Romanticism.
Kamio made it sing. She plays a priceless violin on loan from the Stradivarius Society of Chicago, and her heartfelt performance made you appreciate the instrument's mellow resonance. Modest in appearance – she wore a lovely, ladylike gown, and did nothing flashy – Kamio nevertheless has assertiveness. The moment she entered in the first movement, she changed the entire feel of the piece.
She articulated every phrase with great delicacy but it was clear her heart was in it, and her playing had an impromptu feel. The cadenza to the first movement ended in a stunning double-stop passage, then melted smoothly and flawlessly back into the main theme. The Adagio had heart-melting romance and the last movement had both grace and guts. The crowd loved it and let her know. A Bravo should also go to the BPO. Pared down for the occasion, the orchestra matched her with tenderness and style.
So fervent was the applause that Kamio gave us an encore, and it was nothing anyone would have expected. She played a take-no-prisoners arrangement of Schubert's famous song "Erlkoenig." To transcribe a Schubert song for piano is bold enough. To play one – particularly this one, with its galloping pace and constant change of voice and mood – on violin is dizzying. Kamio pulled it off with fire and a tremendous attention to detail. Brava.
From the single trumpet that starts it, the Mahler held the crowd's attention. It was paced well and the musicians played with overt passion, individually and as a group.
A work like this is the reason you go to Kleinhans instead of listening at home. I can't imagine what this music sounded like from the front row. Even from the balcony the various solos jumped out at you in sharp relief. There was low, deeply satisfying bass and bright flashes of sound from the brass. At one point there was barely audible timpani, like muffled thunder.
Hearing this music live, you also see what is going on as you could not just from a recording, or even a DVD. To see the horns all raised in a row – and the flutes, too, all in sync – gives you a unique perspective on what is going on. It had a theatrical intensity, all the crazy thundering, whistling and crashing. The scherzo was expertly handled, with a rustic, klezmer sound.
The Adagietto, famous from movies, was a highlight. Falletta knew how to frame it, preceding it with a prolonged, perfect silence. The hushed strings and delicate harp created a sacred atmosphere. The finale was like a roller coaster, with crisp counterpoint from the cellos and violins and expert solo work all around, from such players as Jacek Muzyk, principal horn, and Dennis Kim, our new concertmaster.
The ending, one of the great endings in music, was tremendous – hence the shouting. There are no words to describe it, really. If you have a Flexpass sitting around you need to use up, this could be the time to cash it in. Don't miss this.
Native son Eric Jordan Young revives happy memories with Sammy Davis Jr. tribute, Mary Kunz Goldman, Buffalo News
At Kleinhans Music Hall on Saturday night, before the show started, a gentleman shared with a few of us a boyhood memory of Sammy Davis Jr.
Apparently Sammy was playing at the Glen Park Casino in Williamsville and he accepted an invitation to play bingo in his off hours. Not being a native Buffalonian, he had trouble mastering the subtleties of the game, and he was always losing. Then, with a little help, he finally won.
He yelled "Bingo!" louder than anyone ever had. Then he leapt up and began tap dancing. That the prize was small, tiny compared with his pay at the Glen Park, did not bother him one bit. He was celebrating, and he made sure everyone joined in.
That is the great spirit to whom the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and guest artist Eric Jordan Young were paying tribute. They had their work cut out for them, that was for sure.
Happily, it worked. Young, a Western New York native son with a big voice, dapper look and loose limbs, was up to the challenge. Confident from the word go, he threw himself into the Anthony Newley classic "Once in a Lifetime." Other challenging numbers Sammy Davis Jr. used to tackle also appeared on the program, including "What Kind of Fool Am I" and the Porgy and Bess anthem "There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York."
It was an evening full of glitz and show biz. Young, a Broadway award winner and seasoned Las Vegas draw, was impeccably prepared and ready for anything. He tossed in snappy, slap-happy dance moves. He whirled around in place. In "The Rhythm of Life," from "Sweet Charity," he pulled the mic stand down, to the left and to the right.
That was a novel number. Young had clearly given the evening a lot of thought. This was not just a portrait of Sammy Davis Jr. Though he talked a lot about Sammy Davis' life, his challenges and triumphs, he also sang songs that figured in his own journey.
"April in Paris" was a highlight. Young took it slow and gave it a lot of weight, so it sounded almost like something out of an operetta. "Home," from "The Wiz," was sweet. Introducing "Where or When," Young talked about how he recalled being here in Kleinhans before. "I sat there," he said, pointing – "and there, and there, and there…" The crowd cracked up.
The hall was jammed. Everyone loves to welcome back a local boy made good. Young, beaming, returned the love.
"There's always been such a great sense of community here," he said. "Such a loving community. Having been around the world, I have to say, Buffalo is a really great place."
He gave a shout-out to his parents, who were in the audience. And he talked about his boyhood in Mill Middle School, where he starred in "Peter Pan."
Then he sang "Never Never Land." It was kind of an overworked arrangement, and the orchestra sometimes smothered him, but the sentiment came through loud and clear.
A few of the arrangements could have been dialed back. Young has a terrific, strong voice, but he wasn't miked perfectly. And while Associate Conductor Stefan Sanders, on the podium, did a great job of keeping it all together, the complexity of some of the orchestrations rolled over Young like a wave, drowning him out.
Young held his own, though, with his big-hearted elan.
It was poignant when he confessed that not long ago, suffering from heartbreak, he thought of walking away from show business. His emotion lent soul to numbers like "Bye Bye Blackbird" and "At the Crossroads."
Also affecting was the Sammy Davis Jr. signature tune "Mr. Bojangles." Young sings the lyrics to every song with passion. He feels what he sings. You could not help getting misty watching him.
It was also sweet to hear him reminisce about a childhood trip to New York City, where Broadway fascinated him. He said that when he passed the theater were "The Wiz" was showing, he peered through the crack between the closed doors.
"I thought I would see the actors in there," he said. "I thought they lived there. I thought they would be home."
How nice to have him home, for such a memorable night.
JoAnn Falletta joins founding fathers, Nobel winners in American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Mary Kunz Goldman, Buffalo News
Posted on April 26, 2016 by Kate Mockler - BPO in the News
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, established in 1780, has a distinguished new member.
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director JoAnn Falletta has been elected to the historic group. The induction ceremony will take place on Oct. 8 in Cambridge, Mass.
The academy's purpose, according to its charter, is "to cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honor, dignity, and happiness of a free, independent, and virtuous people."
Previous members have included John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington as well as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Maria Mitchell and Alexander Graham Bell. Recent arts honorees have included singers Audra McDonald and Judy Collins; Fresh Air producer Terry Gross, and the actor Christopher Plummer.
The current membership includes more than 250 winners of the Nobel and Pulitzer prizes, as well as mathematicians, social scientists, journalists and philanthropists.
"As individuals, in your respective fields, you have each extended the limits of what we can do as a people, a nation, and a world," said Jonathan F. Fanton, president of the academy. "When considered as a group, you allow us to envision future possibilities – discoveries that, years hence, will improve health, help us explore the universe, contribute to technology that strengthens our economy, advance our understanding of fair and decent communities, and cause our spirits to soar through the power of music and the arts."
Falletta, acknowledging the honor, gracefully pointed to the bigger picture.
"I am delighted and deeply honored to join such illustrious colleagues at the Academy," she said in a news release. "The election is a resounding expression of the validity of classical music and symphony orchestras in our country."
BPO Musician Seeks Return of Stolen Contrabassoon, Stephen Watson, Buffalo News
Posted on April 4, 2016 by Kate Mockler - BPO in the News
There are obvious reasons why thieves steal money, jewelry, smartphones, cars or prescription drugs.
But Martha Malkiewicz has no idea why anyone wanted to take her contrabassoon. It's a woodwind that is twice the size of, and produces a lower sound than, a bassoon, with 16 feet of tubing curved around on itself into a 5-foot-long instrument.
Malkiewicz, who plays the contrabassoon for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, leaves the instrument at Kleinhans Music Hall when she's not using it to practice or perform.
The 25-pound instrument – it weighs 50 pounds when it's in its case – went missing while the orchestra was on a weeklong break.
Malkiewicz alerted a national and international community of musicians, local music and pawn shops and Buffalo Police of the likely theft, which she discovered Wednesday.
Her instrument is 32 years old and worth $36,000. But Malkiewicz doesn't believe whoever took it knew the value of the contrabassoon – or, for that matter, even what it was.
Instead, she believes it was a crime of opportunity, and one that is unlikely to lead to a big payoff.
Now, she is enlisting the public's help in seeking the contrabassoon's safe return.
"You can imagine my amazement that someone would take it," Malkiewicz said in an interview several hours before playing in Saturday night's orchestra concert with a contrabassoon borrowed from a friend. "I'm sorry, but this is not your normal thing to even consider taking. But somebody did. I'm still blown away by it."
Malkiewicz, who is from the Town of Tonawanda, went to Indiana University and studied in Vienna before earning masters' degrees at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester.
She has performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra since 1984 and she bought her contrabassoon right after getting the job for $7,000. It was made by Mollenhauer-Lindsay, a German maker of musical instruments, and has the serial number 723.
Only one person in an orchestra plays the contrabassoon, also known as a double bassoon, which makes a low sound comparable to a tuba.
"It's the grandfather of the bassoon," with its larger size and a sound that is an octave lower than a bassoon, said Malkiewicz.
The reeds that Malkiewicz blows into it to produce the contrabassoon's sound are larger than bassoon reeds, as well.
The instrument is so big and ungainly that Malkiewicz rarely ever takes it out of Kleinhans unless she needs it to perform somewhere else.
She leaves the contrabassoon in its case on top of a row of lockers in a hallway that is backstage at the concert hall. The musicians and Kleinhans staff are allowed back there, but the general public is not and security guards control access to the space.
"It's safe," Malkiewicz said.
The orchestra was off for a week late last month, and Malkiewicz left the contrabassoon in its usual spot. During that time, other groups were using the concert hall, but the standard security measures were in place, she said.
On March 26, Richard George, Kleinhans' master property person, noticed that a stand Malkiewicz uses was on the floor in front of the lockers, and the contrabassoon case wasn't on top of the lockers. But he assumed she was using the instrument and didn't think anything of it.
Then, last Wednesday, Malkiewicz came in to practice with her contrabassoon, and didn't find it in its usual spot. When she asked George about it, "He said, 'I thought you had it. You don't have it?' And then he and I started a search."
At first, Malkiewicz said she hoped it had just been moved and misplaced somewhere in the concert hall, but the contrabassoon didn't turn up. George told her he had last seen it the morning of March 24.
Malkiewicz sent out word about its loss on Facebook and through her circle of musician friends, and reported it through an online link that reaches an international audience.
She said the BPO's executive director, Dan Hart, and its music director, JoAnn Falletta, have sent notes of support.
She planned to use the borrowed contrabassoon for Saturday night's and Sunday afternoon's performances, but likely will rent one for future concerts.
She also has called music and pawn shops locally one by one to be on the lookout for the contrabassoon, though she doubts anyone trying to sell it will get very far.
"I think the people who take things like this don't have much thought process to it. I think they go on instinct," she said. "I have a feeling they may think they can fence it quickly, get a few bucks for it. This does not seem to me to be thoughtful theft."
Malkiewicz said she reported it to Buffalo Police but hasn't received a call back from officers. Police spokesman Michael J. DeGeorge said the incident is under investigation and authorities are following a few leads.
Malkiewicz said the instrument is insured but she still hopes to get it back. She is offering a reward for its safe return and asks anyone with information to email her at martmalk2@mac.com or to call Lisa Gallo at the orchestra at 885-0331, Ext. 302.
Her message to whoever took the instrument is, she said, "Turn it in. Take it to the police. Take it back to Kleinhans. I'm more concerned that they will trash it. And then the instrument will be gone for good. And that will be sad."
RECORD KEEPING | Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta: Florent Schmitt, Paul E. Robinson, Musical Toronto
The city of Buffalo is only 100 miles from Toronto, and as I mentioned in a previous article, it has an excellent orchestra with a distinguished history. Its conductors have included such luminaries as William Steinberg, Josef Krips, Lukas Foss, Michael Tilson Thomas, Semyon Bychkov, and the present music director, JoAnn Falletta. Steinberg and Krips brought authority in the German and Austrian classics, and Foss brought his compositional genius as well as a dedication to the newest developments in contemporary music. Tilson Thomas was a young conducting phenomenon when he went to Buffalo – a protégée of Leonard Bernstein, no less – and reveled in exploring a wide repertoire. Semyon Bychov was exemplary in Russian music – I remember vividly a great performance of the Shostakovich Fifth – and Falletta has shown a great affinity for lesser-known music. It is also noteworthy that, along with Marin Alsop in Baltimore, Falletta is one of the few female conductors of a major orchestra in North America.
Over the years, I have heard many concerts in Buffalo's Kleinhans Music Hall, and I have rarely been disappointed. I urge Toronto music-lovers to do the same. The combination of a Buffalo Philharmonic in fine form and Falletta's imaginative programming makes for satisfying music-making.
Naxos' ongoing program with the Buffalo Philharmonic has new releases coming at the rate of one or two each year. Among the most important are two discs devoted to the music of Austrian composer Marcel Tyberg (1893-1944), who died in Auschwitz at the age of 51. Tyberg's music, which was championed by Rafael Kubelik, who performed it often, deserves to be better-known.
This latest Naxos release features little-known music by French composer Florent Schmitt (1870-1958), who studied with Massenet and Fauré and was one of his Maurice Ravel's closest friends.
Schmitt's incidental music for Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra dates from a 1920 production of the play at the Paris Opéra. What a production that must have been. Can you imagine a production of the play with over one hundred musicians in the pit? Our own Stratford Festival mounts first-class Shakespeare productions year in and year out, but it rarely hires more than half a dozen musicians to play the incidental music. Schmitt's music is truly symphonic and seethes with emotion, but it surely must have overwhelmed the play. To my ears, the music is not particularly memorable in itself but would have been ideal for silent films of the period.
Schmitt's Study for "The Haunted Palace", composed in 1904, is more of the same. In this case, the music was inspired by a poem by Edgar Allan Poe and vividly conveys the fantastical elements of Poe's conception. Again Schmitt uses a very large orchestra, and his highly chromatic and impassioned music recalls Schoenberg's symphonic poem Pelleas und Melisande Op. 5 from the same period. Falletta and her performers are totally into the music, and the sound quality is rich and full.
Time to shuffle off to Buffalo? Check out the orchestra's website at www.bpo.org. Still to come this season are several well-planned programs, including a pair of concerts combining Novak's In the Tatra Mountains and Richard Strauss' Alpine Symphony (June 4/5). The recently announced 2016-17 season includes concerts honouring the friendship between Canada and the United States, featuring Quebec pianist Alain Lefèvre playing works from both countries. Elsewhere in the season, Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt appears playing Bach concertos, and JoAnn Falletta conducts two Scriabin symphonies.
BPO promotes music education to school leaders , Eileen Buckley, WBFO
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra hosted a Western New York Symposium for educators. WBFO's Focus on Education reporter Eileen Buckley says the event feature a welcome and call to action from BPO Music Director JoAnn Falletta.
"They're going to play together. They're going to learn about how we make music and how young people can actually exercise their brains through music and become better at everything they do," said Falletta.
Falletta encourages local educators to make sure arts remain at the top of their curriculums. The audience was made up of school administrators, superintendents, principals and some music educators from across the region.
"I know that our educators are brilliant people and they have very difficult decisions to make and sometimes they are working with limited resources. I just want them to realize at the top has to be the arts. That's not what we put to the bottom and they will see the results in their students in everything they do," explained Falletta.
The symposium started with a Druminar, developed by the BPO.
Educators actually try their hand at a percussion orchestra, providing them with a hands on exercise providing team building and learning what a student feels as they learn music.
"Many of them already understand what we are trying to help with and that's the arts can create the full person. The full, young person who then learns discipline and respect and success. So I think it is just a continuation of what we already see in the schools," said Falletta.
The symposium encouraged collaboration, diversity and communication and self-expression. They learned how music and playing an instrument benefits a student's brain and learning. Educators also had a chance to exchange their ideas.
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From Mozart to Strauss, Jan Jezioro, Artvoice
This weekend, Buffalo Philharmonic music director JoAnn Falletta will be on the podium in Kleinhans this Saturday at 8:30pm, and on Sunday at 2:30pm for a BPO program featuring the Austro-Germanic composers Mozart, Franz Schreker and Richard Strauss. Making his welcome BPO return engagement, pianist Eldar Nebolsin will be the featured soloist in Mozart's sublime final concerto for piano, the Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, K.595.
Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Nebolsin started studying piano as a five year old. At the age of 17 he moved to Madrid, continuing his studies with the Russian pianist Dmitri Bashkirov. Nebolsin rapidly developed a career as an international soloist, appearing with top flight orchestras such as the Orchestre de Paris, the Orchestra di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, as well as with leading American orchestras like the New York Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony. In 2012 Nebolsin moved to Berlin where he is now professor of piano at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule für Musik.
Nebolsin previously appeared with the BPO in 2009 as soloist in Ernst von Dohnányi's Variations on a Nursery Song. The performance was recorded and later released on an all-Dohnányi Naxos CD which garnered universal critical approval, such as this from Classics Today: "JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic play this music really well, and they are lucky to have a piano soloist in Eldar Nebolsin more than up to the formidable task that Dohnányi sets for him".
When interviewed, Nebolsin recalled that "working with JoAnn and BPO was a truly enjoyable experience. She is a great musician but what also has impressed me was her warmth as a person, a quality which could be felt on stage as well. For me as a soloist, the human connection, the 'chemistry' with a conductor, is not less important than his or her musical quality."
Mozart composed his last piano concerto without a commission, less than a year before his death, without even knowing if he would ever have the chance to perform it in public, at a time when his personal financial situation was dire, yet the influence of none of these factors is apparent in the introspective Concerto No. 27. Although Nebolsin has not yet recorded any Mozart, he says "I have played quite a few Mozart concertos, in fact, almost all of the important ones. Mozart, for me, reveals his most incredible genius in his operas and to me it has always been very important to approach his music and particularly his concertos from operatic spring board. You must use a lot of imagination to transform a piano concerto in an exciting interaction between different characters, just as it happens in Mozart's operas".
Nebolsin has developed an enviable reputation as an interpreter of the music of Chopin which comes through on the pair of all-Chopin CD's that he recorded for Naxos. When asked if there are similarities between the ways that he approached Chopin, and the way that he approached the music of Mozart, Nebolsin replied "It's an interesting question. Of course, we need to know the peculiarities of each composer, his or her own language, the pianos they played on, the influences they absorbed and so on. For instance, when you play Mozart on the instrument of his time, you immediately understand the importance of the clarity of articulation, perhaps even more than the singing quality. His music not only sings but more often speaks to you. But in a way there is something similar in all music. No matter if we speak of Chopin, Mozart, Ligeti or Beatles, music is a succession of sounds organized harmonically, rhythmically and motivically. If we take a seventh diminished chord, it will always convey the idea of tension. If, on the contrary, after a dominant we play a harmonic resolution, it will naturally sound as a relaxation. If we play a dotted or double dotted rhythm it will convey more energy than a simple triplet, for example. This is of course a simplification. But, basically, when I practice any piece of music, I try to understand and grasp this inner logic of harmony, rhythm and motives which go beyond the style and language of any composer."
Nebolsin is an active chamber music player, and he acknowledges its importance for his career as a soloist: "Chamber music is sublime. Take Beethoven – his best pieces of music were written for chamber ensembles. There is a certain magic in chamber music playing, when you can create on stage, spontaneously change something, and feel that your partners immediately reacted to your impulse or vice-versa. Chamber music is the best antidote to artistic ego. Everybody should regularly play chamber music. And yes, if you have a good chemistry with a conductor and orchestra, sometimes you have chamber music making with 80 musicians. When this occurs, it's indescribable!" Nebolsin also observed: "I have some projects in the near future to play and possibly record Mozart conducting from the keyboard"; BPO audience members this weekend will have an excellent opportunity to hear a preview.
A few years back JoAnn Falletta programmed and then recorded a critically acclaimed all-Strauss CD that in addition to the popular Der Rosenkavalier Suite include two rarities, Symphonic Fragment from Josephs-Legende and Symphonic Fantasy on Die Frau ohne Schatten. Building on that winning tradition, this weekend's program will include the BPO premiere of a new arrangement of music based on a Strauss opera, the Ariadne auf Naxos Symphony-Suite. According to D. Wilson Ochoa, then the music librarian of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, when he "discovered the breathtaking music from Adriane auf Naxos" he "began a search to see if an orchestral suite of this music had been made so that the NSO could play it in concert, and was shocked to discover that this had never been done". Assembling a suite of symphony length from elements of both the 1912, and the revised 1916 versions of Strauss' opera, Ochoa retained the same instrumentation as the opera while adding an English horn to portray some vocal lines.
The program also includes selections from The Birthday of the Infanta, a brilliantly orchestrated 1908 ballet score composed by the little-remembered Franz Schreker. Inspired by Oscar Wilde's novella of the same name, the work neatly captures the hothouse atmosphere of fin-de-siècle Vienna.
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After years of planning , I finally got an opportunity for a trip to Rameswaram. Since it was not possible to see everything that we wanted to see, we decided to focus our trip on three places - Madurai, Rameswaram and Dhanushkodi. We finally left for Rameswaram from Kochi on the evening of November 23rd.
It was around 9 am, when we reached Madurai. After refreshment and breakfast, we reached the South Gopura of Madurai Meenakshi temple. The temple was surrounded by shops and hotels. The temple has four towers or 'gopurams, with entry gate each and are engraved with beautiful sculptures of demons and gods. You are restricted from carrying cameras, mobile phones, bottles and food. The temple provides free cloak/footwear room near to the South Gopura.
I have explored Munnar in many trips. But this time, the feeling was different. The road ahead to Munnar had been further narrowed, following the recent floods and landslides. At many places, all along the road, safety barriers have been constructed. Vehicles were moving in one line in most of the places. The remains of landslides will make you feel uncomfortable. The recent floods has consumed literally the whole of Kerala state. But people had begun to travel to Munnar to view and enjoy the Neelakurinji bloom in Munnar hills.
It was in 2006 that the Neelakurinji bloomed in Munnar hills. Neelakurinji season arrive only once in 12 years. This year the flowers bloomed a bit late and rains, flooding and week long fog also affected the longevity of the flowers.
We started our journey at around 6 am to Munnar which is around 117 km from Kochi. Along the way we stopped at Cheyappara Water Falls.
After more than a month of busy schedule, I happened to travel through Thrissur and Palakkad districts in the Indian State of Kerala. The recent floods has caused untold damages to roads and houses. It was saddening to see the places affected by landslides which took the lives and livelihood of many people. On my way to Ottapalam from Shoranur, I stopped at Varikkasseri Mana. It is situated just one kilometer from Manisseri. Visitor car parking inside the compound is not allowed. I parked my car on the road side. Entry ticket is Rs.20. The entry is actually through the back side of the building.
I was walking towards the house which I had seen only in Malayalam cinema till date. 'Theertham' was the first Malayalam film shooted here. But director IV Sasi's Malayalam film 'Devasuram' made this house an important location in Malayalam cinema.
For the last two months I could not make any travel. Some unprecedented events in my life made it hard to just pick up and take off. After arriving at Chelakkara, a village in Thrissur district, in the Indian state of Kerala, for two weeks, I had been looking for an opportunity to visit some places nearby. At last, one of my relatives took me to Poolakund waterfalls, in his motorbike.
Poolakund falls is around 3 kms from Pangarapilly Junction, on the way to Elanad. The road deviated to Poolachodu from the main road. The road was muddy when you are close to Poolachodu and was no less than a foot-path. From the road, walk along the water stream into woods. There was nothing spectacular about the place. When you walk, stop and enjoy the sound of nature. The path is generally easy to walk and the walk is pleasant as you stroll through the forest.
Monsoon is the best possible time for trekking. But there is another reason for selecting the less talked about Mankulam. The caves have a lot of interesting stories which gives us lot of curiosity. One such interesting unexplored caves are found at Mankulam. Moreover the climate is turning more pleasurable by the passing days and forest streams are now gurgling with crystal clear water.
Mankulam is just 126 kms from Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala.
We were informed that our base camp was at Chinnar Chappath ( also named as Chinnar Kuthu ) which is just one km before reaching Mankulam town. We parked our car near one of the road side house and started climbing through coffee plantations towards our base camp. A huge waterfall amidst the forest and plantations welcomed us. There was a huge rock structure which was fenced and a metal ladder was placed to reach the top.
Its name, as it turns out, is the most dramatic thing about Bhoothathankettu. The dense forest cover of this place, shrouded in myth and reality, starts appearing as soon as you cross the Periyar Barrage in the new Bhoothathankettu Dam. The dam is a vantage point from where you can spot the turbulent water rushing from the dam towards the Old Bhoothathankettu. It is situated 50 km away from Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala.
Explore : Old Bhoothathankettu & Reserve Forest If you like to walk, trekking to old Bhoothathankettu is a great experience crossing small springs by the side of the Periyar river. The walk starts from the end of the Periyar Barrage. This is also the entrance of the Edamalayar hydroelectric project. The walk is conducted by Bhoothathankettu ecotourism. This place is under Malayattoor Forest division, Thundathil Range. Since this is a guided walk, you will get an opportunity to know the forest and nature.


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Q: Battlestar Galactica Resurrection How do Cylons "upload" their consciousness to be downloaded into a new body upon death?
Some models are identical in every way to humans bar a reaction to a certain type of radiation (i.e. from Gaius Baltar's machine)
I would have assumed this requires a transmitter of some kind, which would probably be detectable as it would provide a difference between humans and the "skin-jobs".

A: This may not fully answer your question, but the process seems to be wireless and may rely on facilities whether planet-based or with ships like the Resurrection Hub and data-stream.

For resurrection to occur, the dying Cylon must be close to a
  resurrection ship or hub, otherwise his or her consciousness risks
  being permanently lost. The transmission method of a Cylon's
  consciousness has not been explained, but a form of wireless is
  probable. Resurrection points identified include the Cylon homeworld,
  the central Resurrection Hub, Resurrection Ships, and planet-based
  facilities. A rebirthing facility may have existed on occupied
  Caprica. Within each resurrection point is at least one rebirthing
  tank, where a duplicate body is immersed in a thick opaque substance
  to await download (Downloaded).

In addition some of the pre-fall ers of the 12 Colonies' technology is featured in the prequel TV series Caprica. In that series viewers learn through the accomplishments of Zoe Greystone, Daniel Greystone, Lacey Rand, and Sister Clarance Willow that there is a link between a virtual reality with an ability to create a virtual avatar, whose information can also be downloaded into a robot body and can sustain said information transfer via MCP Chip.
But it should be noted that despite these accomplishments, that the final-five (No Exit, Final-Five Comic series, & comments from EPs about Caprica season 2) still made a deal with the Robot Cylons and possibly Zoe A, that resulted in the end of the first cylon war and the creation of the 8 new models, 7 of which are featured in Battlestar Galactica

A: Keep in mind Cylons use frequencies the Colonials can't detect. As evidenced by them finding the tracking device in the middle of Galactica's CIC, without knowing it was there for weeks.
Thus it stands to reason they are using one or more of these frequencies to transmit consciousness "files" to new bodies.
The Cylons are LightYears ahead of the Colonials technologically.

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Q: Custom CSS for agent bios in IDX Broker I'm pretty much a novice when it comes to coding, so your patience is greatly appreciated. Please forgive me if I haven't worded my question properly.
The website I'm working on uses Wordpress; it's a real estate website, so IDX Broker is tied into it (the Wordpress theme used is SiteOrigin Corp, and the Wordpress plugin used is IMPress for IDX Broker).
IDX Broker is where I'm running into problems with the CSS - I've created a "test" agent profile in IDX Broker, and I'm trying to do the following things:
1) Change the labels for "Office Phone: " and "Cell Phone: " to display as "O: " and "C: ", respectively. Custom CSS was written for the 'main' Roster page that shows all of the agents (https://gatewayrealtynp.idxbroker.com/idx/roster), but I can't get the CSS to work on the individual agent pages/bios.
2) Remove the "Expand/Collapse" option on the individual agent page so that all of the text in the bio displays as soon as you click on the individual. The CSS for this was working a few days ago, but suddenly quit working. A 'live' example of this is Sheri Bourne. My "test" profile is this: https://gatewayrealtynp.idxbroker.com/idx/agent/143971/hope-richardson?agentHeaderID=143971
I would like to note that I have inspected the live pages of the website, and tried to make sure that I was using the correct class tags/attributes. I have searched IDX Broker's knowledgebase and their tutorials, with no luck since they don't do anything with custom CSS. Additionally, I have spent days searching the internet, looking for a solution, including W3schools.
This is the custom CSS that was used on the Roster page, in regards to #1 above:
/* Remove Blank Left Column */
.site-main {
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}
/* Change "Cell Phone: " */
.IDX-roster-agentCellPhone .IDX-rosterLabel {
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}
.IDX-roster-agentCellPhone::before {
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}
/* Change "Office Phone: " */
.IDX-roster-agentOfficePhone .IDX-rosterLabel {
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}
.IDX-roster-agentOfficePhone::before {
  content: "O: ";
}
/* Smaller Display Name */
.IDX-rosterDisplayName {
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}
/* Smaller Email or wrap if needed */
.IDX-rosterAgentEmailLink {
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}
.IDX-rosterAgentEmailLink a,
.IDX-rosterStaffEmailLink a {
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}
/* Less padding around Agents */
.IDX-rosterAgentWrap {
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}
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}
.IDX-wrapper-standard .IDX-actionLinks > li > a > i {
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This is the CSS & HTML I wrote to try to address both 1 & 2 above:

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Podcast Ep. 159: How Lawyers Can Improve Their Virtual Presentations
by Guy Alvarez | Apr 21, 2022 | Podcast
In this episode of the Legal Marketing 2.0 podcast, Guy is joined by Marsha Redmon to discuss how to master virtual presenting. Marsha is the CEO of Marsha Redmon Communications. For over 20 years Marsha has helped lawyers and executives communicate more effectively in order to get more business through presentations, public speaking workshops, business development, and law firm video marketing coaching. She is also a former Gibson Dunn attorney and a TV news reporter.
1. What's the major difference, in your mind, between virtual presenting for thought leadership and then doing the same thing in person?
I'd say right now the most important thing to know is that there's a huge opportunity for lawyers right now and law firms who get good at virtual presenting and there are two reasons for that. The first one is when you're on camera in a virtual scenario. You can leverage what I like to call the talking-head video advantage, so if you're properly framed with good lighting and the right camera angle you get to essentially borrow the presumption of credibility that comes with looking like a talking head expert. The second thing is each person on the other end of the zoom, they feel like they're having a one-on-one conversation with you. You're right there on their screen, you're big. They feel connected to you, so if you can be engaging and conversational in that scenario your audience can feel like they know you. Now let's compare that to an in-person presentation for thought leadership. You may be 10 or 20 feet away, maybe 50 feet away at a big conference. That's a much more distant communication and that distance reduces the connection.
2. What are the challenges in a hybrid presentation, as opposed to a purely virtual or purely in-person presentation?
So hybrid is when you have audience members that are in the room in person and you also have other folks that are joining remotely by zoom or some other platform. And it's a very complex scenario for anyone and it's new for all of us so think about it, you may have speakers who are in the room and some speakers who are remote. Then you have audience members who are in the room and other audience members who are remote, so it's very difficult. Again, the lawyers and the firms that can learn to really connect in this new hybrid scenario will have a huge advantage now and going forward. Imagine your firm is doing a hybrid pitch or a hybrid client seminar. And the clients, on the other end, are feeling marginalized or forgotten because you're focusing on the people who are in the room. That's going to hurt your relationship and that's really the number one problem we're seeing.
3. What are some mistakes you've seen lawyers make when they're presenting virtually?
They do not make eye contact and I realize it's hard. I went to broadcast television school as an undergrad and we spent months learning how to make eye contact with a giant camera as though we were looking at a single real person. So I get that it's hard, but we have to learn how to do it. The clients and the prospective clients and other audience members on the other end of zoom will only feel like you're secure and authoritative and comfortable if they feel like you're looking at them, so you have to look at the actual camera, especially in the beginning. The other reason is just being boring. There are two reasons for it, the first one is low energy, and on zoom and other virtual platforms, we don't feel comfortable. We've been on zoom for years, and so the thing to know is how to communicate energy over a virtual platform. It's through your voice and your body. When you're standing in front of a room, at the top of the stage with 100 people, a lot of the energy that you communicate is with your body.
4. You've been working with lawyers for over 20 years on their communication skills. What would you say is one of the most important things you teach many lawyers that they still need to learn?
Lawyers often miss their audience, they may not always know who is in their audience, and they certainly may not give attention to how they can start their communication to get the attention of their audience and how much detail should be included based on who the audience is. Funny story, I started this business 23 years ago when I was working as a TV reporter, the second time because I noticed that really smart people like lawyers, doctors, scientists, and technologists had the hardest time giving a decent interview on a consumer or an investigative stories and I finally figured out, it was because they didn't get who their audiences was. Those really smart people didn't know. And so with lawyers, I really help them to focus and ask the question what will have an impact on my audience about this topic?
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In the digital age, virtual presentation skills are more vital than ever. Understanding how to communicate confidence and expertise through virtual means can be a challenge, but any lawyer looking to thrive and be seen as a source of thought leadership must hone their virtual speaking, body language, and overall communication skills.
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