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Veterans and Our Gift of Freedom
On Friday, November 11, I went to a grocery store in my neighborhood. Outside sat a Korean War veteran, with a card table full of poppies—a traditional symbol in honor of those who died in service to their country, usually seen on Memorial Day.
The veteran had a picture of himself wearing a Navy dress blue uniform from his service during World War II. He shared a bit about his experience with me and proudly displayed a picture of the ship on which he served.
Though Veterans Day was celebrated last month, I was moved to write about those heroes and heroines who have given selflessly of their time and their talents to keep our nation free.
My passion comes from my father and five brothers, each of whom served in some branch of the military. Dad was a Marine.
At Aging and Disability Services, we have a heroine and a hero. I would like to share their stories with you.
Lorraine Sanford
Lori Sanford's uncle, Paul, a Green Beret (U.S. Army Special Forces) in Vietnam, inspired her to serve her country. Lori signed on and became a Sergeant (E5). She served over six years in active duty in the U.S. Army, three years in the Air Force Reserve, and a year and a half in the Army National Guard. When offered three choices of jobs—cook, administrative staff, or helicopter mechanic—Lori chose helicopter mechanic. Though the going was tough with only a few women among the men in the Army, she persevered. Lori worked on an aircraft and was a helicopter crew chief, doing all the maintenance of the helicopter. She served in Virginia and Colorado, and spent a year in South Korea. Lori shared with me that she is most proud of working as a female in aviation and earning her Air Crew Member wings—quite an achievement for anyone, but particularly for a woman in the 1970s.
Daniel Widner
Daniel Widner comes from a military family and he also wanted to serve his country. He became a Staff Sergeant (E6) in the Army, serving from 1998–2006, including time in Iraq (2004–2005). Daniel was a Transportation Management Supervisor. In 2014, he was hired by Aging and Disability Services as a counselor for the Program to Encourage Active and Rewarding Lives (PEARLS). In that role, he meets with veterans, veteran spouses, and spouse survivors. He offers understanding and a listening ear to older veterans, particularly those who are isolated by chronic conditions, immobility issues, and depression. Meeting one-on-one with veterans helps them to feel heard. As a veteran, Daniel understands service as well as honor.
As we gather this month for holiday celebrations, may we remember to offer our gratitude to all men and women who have served or are serving our country. Whether in times of peace or times of war, let us not forget our loved ones close and afar who valiantly preserve our freedom.
Contributor Mary Pat O'Leary, RN is a planner at Aging and Disability Services who helped to develop the PEARLS for Veterans program. Learn more in her November 2014 article, Veterans Benefits and Support Services Can Change Your Life.
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Britten: Death in Venice - Tim Mead, Leo Dixon - Royal Opera
((c) ROH 2019 photographed by Catherine Ashmore)
2019 seems to have been a good year for rarities, particularly French opera. We caught both Verdi's Don Carlos (in French) and Halevy's La Juive in Flanders, Berlioz' Benvenuto Cellini exploded onto the stage at the BBC Proms, Offenbach's fantastical Fantasio received its first UK staging at Garsington, Berlioz La Damnation de Faust was done in concert in Strasbourg, the London Handel Festival performed Handel's Berenice at Covent Garden, Chelsea Opera Group gave us a chance to see Boito's Mefistofele in London, Welsh National Opera performed Prokofiev's War and Peace, Opera North staged Martinu's The Greek Passion and English Touring Opera toured Kurt Weill's Silverlake.
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini - Duncan Meadows, Monteverdi Choir - BBC Proms (Photo BBC / Chris Christodoulou)
Small-scale Wagner made its mark too, with Fulham Opera's memorable Die Meistersinger and Das Rheingold at Grimeborn, whilst on a larger scale Tony Cooper visited Bayreuth and caught The Ring at the Berlin Staatsoper. Striking Britten productions included Death in Venice and Billy Budd at Covent Garden, and The Turn of the Screw marked the last ever production at Bury Court Opera, they will be sorely missed.
Offenbach: La belle Helene - Catherine Backhouse, Anthony Flaum - New Sussex Opera
Photo Robert Knights
Our 2019 opera selection:
Posted by Planet Hugill at Monday, December 30, 2019 No comments:
2019 in CD reviews
2019 seemed a year for scholarship and rarity in recordings. Retrospect Opera gave us the first recording of Ethel Smyth's Fete Galante, whilst John Butt and the Dunedin Consort recorded every note of Handel's Samson as the composer originally wrote it, and the Academy of Ancient Music recorded a new edition of Handel's Brockes Passion. Palazzetto Bru Zane's new recording of Gounod's Faust explored many variants not usually performed, and their new recording of Spontini's Olimpie gave us a new view of the opera. Opera Rara reconstructed Donizetti's L'Ange de Nisida, an opera thought lost, whilst Vladimir Jurowski recorded the original version of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.
Contemporary discs included a terrific recital from pianist Adam Swayne, whilst the symphonies of the Scottish composer Thomas Wilson (1927-2001) made you wonder why his music is still relatively neglected.
Posted by Planet Hugill at Sunday, December 29, 2019 No comments:
Dramatic Elgar and rare Chadwick from BBC National Orchestra of Wales & Andrew Constantine on Orchid Classics
Elgar Falstaff, Chadwick Tam O'Shanter; BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Timothy West, Samuel West, Andrew Constantine; Orchid Classics
Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 20 December 2019 Star rating: 3.5 (★★★½)
A dramatic version of Elgar's symphonic study alongside music by his New England contemporary
Do we actually need another recording of Sir Edward Elgar's symphonic study, Falstaff? Well, considering how the work seems to be still somewhat under appreciated when compared to the composer's other symphonic works, then perhaps we do, particularly one as vivid as this one. But there is twist.
Conductor Andrew Constantine and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales have recorded Elgar's Falstaff for Orchid Classics, but it is on the discs twice. The second time as Elgar imagined it, as a purely orchestral work, the first time as a more dramatic entity with Elgar's music interleaved with scenes from Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 1 and Part 2 performed by Timothy West and Samuel West. The companion work is a piece by Elgar's American contemporary George Whitfield Chadwick, Tam O'Shanter.
British conductor Andrew Constantine was a name new to me. He won the first Donatella Flick Conducting Competition and studied at the Leningrad State Conservatory. Since 2004 he has been based in the USA and is currently music director of the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra and of the Reading Symphony Orchestra.
Judging by this vividly detailed account of Elgar's 1913 work Constantine has a great love of the piece and understanding of Elgar's late style, and the BBC NOW responds brilliantly to him. The performance moves between the grandiloquence of Prince Hal's theme to the pawky humour, but still a gentleman, of Falstaff. And vividness of the orchestral detail very much reminds one of Richard Strauss' tone poems, and of course Elgar's music was much admired on the continent by admirers of Strauss', and the two are somewhat akin.
The first time that someone has written something major on composer Roger Sacheverell Coke since the 1990s: I chat to pianist Simon Callaghan about his forthcoming disc and his academic research into the neglected composer
Labels: feature article, interview, preview
Simon Callaghan recording in Glasgow with Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
(Photo Oscar Torres)
Pianist Simon Callaghan has been devoting a lot of time recently to the music of Roger Sacheverell Coke (1912-1972), in fact Simon has just submitted a Ph.D thesis to the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) on the subject and has his viva later this year. The latest in Simon's sequence of recordings of Coke's music, his and Raphael Wallfisch's recording of Coke's Cello Sonatas, is released on Lyrita this month. Simon and I recently met up to talk about his work on Coke's music, both finding, editing and recording it, and how he came to make it the subject of academic study.
The Ph.D came about because, whilst Simon was recording music by Coke he met the director of research at the RNCM who suggested the idea. It wasn't something that would have normally occurred to Simon to do, but he would be able to do a Ph.D in performance. And so he has submitted recordings and editions of Coke's music, along with a dissertation of 20,000 words. And given that Coke's manuscripts have been rather scattered, and in sometimes in poor condition, the result is definitely a unique contribution to knowledge.
Simon has submitted four CDs of Coke's music as well as typesetting five or six pieces, thus making them available for further performances. On 3 January 2020, Simon and cellist Raphael Wallfisch's disc of Coke's Cello Sonatas will be coming out on Lyrita, whilst Simon's editions of the sonatas are being published by Nimbus Music Publishing.
Roger Sacheverell Coke was born into a wealthy family in Derbyshire, [and was inspired to take up music after hearing pianist Benno Moiseiwitsch performing. [there is an interesting sequence of early family photos and photos of their home, Brookhill Hall, on the House and Heritage website]. Coke's family had a strong military background and his father, who died during the first Battle of Ypres, has his name on the Menin Gate in Ypres. Coke's love of music was indulged by his mother, and he studied music privately, including piano lessons from a pupil of Theodor Leschetizky and composition with Alan Bush. Independently wealthy, but homosexual, a heavy smoker (100-a-day), a sufferer from depression and struggling with schizophrenia, he worked in a studio in the grounds of the family home and created a significant body of music. Never completely mainstream, he counted Rachmaninov as a friend and Coke's piano music can often seem influenced by this composer and is the complete antithesis of much of the music being written in the 1940s and 1950s. Despite performances and broadcasts during his lifetime, Coke and music effectively disappeared from view after his death.
Roger Sacheverell Coke's Music Room in the converted stables at Brookhill Hall.
It was later converted into a seven-bedroom property. (Photo Derbyshire Countryside)
And it seems that Simon's dissertation is the first time that someone has written something major on Coke since an article in the British Music Society Journal in the 1990s!
Posted by Planet Hugill at Saturday, December 28, 2019 No comments:
Happy Christmas from Planet Hugill
The view from the Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere in December 2018
and all at Planet Hugill
Thank you to everyone for their support during 2019, and we look forward to a musical 2020 on Planet Hugill, with Verdi in Cardiff, Weill in Leeds, Meyerbeer in Berlin and much more.
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Mahogany Opera's Various Stages Festival will be returning to the ICA on 19 March 2020.
Labels: music news
Audience and chorus at Mahogany Opera Group's
Various Stages Festival 2017
Mahogany Opera's Various Stages Festival will be returning to the ICA on 19 March 2020. The festival provides the opportunity for five new operatic projects, all at various stages of development, to showcase material from the work-in-progress and receive feedback from the audiences and from industry professionals.
Featured will be five entries chosen from an open call, which received over 150 applications from across the country and internationally, alongside two projects from long-term Mahogany Opera collaborators, Rolf Hind and Gwyneth Herbert.
The artistic advisors on the project will include Jessica Walker, singer, writer and educator, Martin Berry, head of learning & participation, Nottingham Playhouse and Frederic Wake-Walker, artist director of Mahogany Opera. They will collaborate with the selected artists and bring their knowledge into the development of the project they are working on; representing a range of disciplines from across the sector, they will share their thoughts, observations and knowledge about how new work is developed.
Read my article about the works presented at the 2017 festival.
Further details about Various Stages 2020 from the Mahogany Opera website.
The third instalment of the Leeds-based DARE Art Prize is now open for applications
Labels: music news, Opera North
Samuel Hertz recording source material for Gunslinger 2 (Photo Reba West Fraser)
The DARE Art Prize, awarded by the University of Leeds and Opera North, challenges artists and scientists to collaborate on new approaches to the creative process. Previous winners' work as a result of the prize has included a musical transcription of a glacier melting, and employing an algorithm to process musical scores. The third instalment of the prize will be awarded to an innovative, ambitious artist who is motivated by the opportunity to work in partnership with leading scientific researchers at the University of Leeds.
The DARE Art Prize is now open for applications with a prize of £15,000, closing date 30 January 2020. The winners of the two previous Prizes each spent a year working on strikingly different, but equally inventive projects, both of which established shared vision between artists and scientists, bridging the gap between two fields that are often seen as mutually exclusive.
Winner of the inaugural prize, composer Samuel Hertz [see my interview with Samuel] worked with low-frequency infrasound, delving into climatology, the environment and the paranormal, with outcomes including a musical transcription of a glacier melting and a piece of music featuring sounds inaudible to the human ear.
Artist and researcher Anna Ridler, who won the 2018-19 Prize, has spent her tenure investigating the points at which artificial and human intelligence intersect, teaching a machine to draw, and employing an algorithm to process musical scores.
Further information from the DARE website.
A hugely rewarding journey: I and Silence, Marta Fontanals Simmons & Lana Bode in Aaron Copland, Dominick Argento, Peter Lieberson, Samuel Barber, and George Crumb
Labels: cd review, video
I and Silence: Women's voices in American song - Copland, Argento, Barber, Lieberson, Crumb; Marta Fontanals Simmons, Lana Bode; Delphian
Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 20 December 2019 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★)
A hugely imaginative and ambitious debut disc, which combines two major contemporary American song cycles
This imaginative disc takes its title, I and Silence, from a phrase in one of Emily Dickinson's poems set by Aaron Copland. The disc gives us music by five 20th century American male composers, but also embodies the disc's subtitle, Women's Voices in American Song. Three of the women so embodied are writers, Emily Dickinson whose work is set by Copland in Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, Virginia Woolf whose work is set by Dominick Argento in From the diary of Virigina Woolf, and Sara Teasdale who is set by George Crumb in one of his Three Early Songs.
Two of the women embodied are singers. Peter Lieberson's cycle Rilke Songs was written for his wife, the mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, with her voice completely in mind, and Hunt Lieberson was very much identified with the cycle. Dominick Argento's cycle, From the diary of Virginia Woolf, was written for the mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker, who gave the work's first performance and again, Argento had Baker's artistry in mind when creating the work.
On this Delphian disc, I and Silence: Women's voices in American song, we have the British-Spanish mezzo-soprano Marta Fontanals Simmons and American-British pianist Lana Bode performing three of Aaron Copland's Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, Dominick Argento's From the Diary of Virginia Woolf, Samuel Barber's Nocturne, Peter Lieberson's Rilke Songs, and George Crumb's Let it be forgotten from Three Early Songs.
I have to confess that the disc was released in August 2019, and Marta Fontanals Simmons is very much a singer whose career I have followed, [I interviewed her in 2018, saw her as Hel in Gavin Higgins' The Monstrous Child at Covent Garden, and caught her recently in Handel's Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall], but, rather embarrassingly this disc somehow got pushed to the side.
Prayer of the Heart: the Brodsky Quartet & the Gesualdo Six in a sequence of music from Tavener to Panufnik (father and daughter)
Labels: concert review, Kings Place
Gesualdo Six (Photo Ash Mills)
Prayer of the Heart - Tavener, Morales, Esenvalds, Hildegard von Bingen, Rimkus, Kraggerud, Gesualdo, Roxanna Panufnik, Andrzej Panufnik; THe Brodsky Quartet, Gesualdo Six; Kings Place
Marking the end of Venus Unwrapped this sequence of music for voices and strings proved a powerfully concentrated and sophisticated evening.
It made a rather lovely change that the final concert in Kings Place's Venus Unwrapped series, which took place on Friday 20 December 2019, had nothing to do with Christmas. Instead, we had a sequence of music from the Gesualdo Six (Owain Park, Guy James, Andrew Leslie Cooper, Joseph Wicks, Josh Cooter, Michael Craddock, Samuel Mitchell) and the Brodsky Quartet (Gina McCormack, Ian Belton, Paul Cassidy, Jacqueline Thomas) which played without an interval and took us from John Tavener, through Cristobal de Morales arranged by Eriks Esenvalds, Hildegard von Bingen, Owain Park, Sarah Rimkus, Henning Kraggerud and Andrzej Panufnik, with the music of Roxanna Panufnik at its centre including her Dante setting, This paradise.
The Brodsky Quartet (photo Sarah Cresswell)
The pieces flowed continuously, with no applause between, and lighting was low-ish and atmospheric. The quartet was on stage at all times but the singers came and went, starting in the balcony, and for some later items standing with the instrumentalists including, rather memorably, interleaving themselves amongst the players. The sheer logistics of the evening were impressive, as the music flowed naturally, people moved yet you were never aware of a hiatus or a need to shuffle. All beautifully done.
My main gripe was in the low lighting level, which rendered the printed words unreadable so we were left to simply listen with our ears. This worked for many of the pieces, but for Roxanna Panufnik's large-scale Dante setting this was a problem. Roxanna had provided a lucid printed explanation of the piece, which of course we could not follow and none of the singers' words were very comprehensible, and I felt I could have appreciated the work more if I had been able to follow the programme notes.
We started with John Tavener, his Prayer of the Heart where the Brodsky Quartet provided quiet sustained chords over a recorded heart-beat, as individual members of the Gesualdo Six, placed half out of sight in the balcony, intoned a sequence of quasi chant-like passages. This is one of those pieces which rather divides people, on the one hand Tavener creates something profoundly contemplative and rather magical from quite simple materials, yet his very willingness to repeat meant that the work felt longer than it needed to be with the musical material over stretched.
But Tavener would have argued that that was not the point, his own programme note says 'Then you are singing no longer with your own emotion or your own intellect, but with the eye of the heart in the intellective organ of the heart. This can save millions of souls, and change the world.'
Bach, Feery, Maconchy, Beamish, Imogen Holst: music for solo viola from Rosalind Ventris
Labels: concert review
Imogen Holst
Bach, Feery, Maconchy, Beamish, Imogen Holst; Rosalind Ventris; City Music Foundation at the Church of St Bartholomew the Less
An imaginative programme of music for unaccompanied viola by British and Irish women composers, works which all deserve to be better known.
As part of the City Music Foundation's lunchtime concert series at the church of St Bartholomew the Less, on Wednesday 18 December 2019, viola player Rosalind Ventris gave a solo recital, performing JS Bach's Cello Suite No. 3 in C major (in a version for solo viola) alongside music for unaccompanied viola by Amanda Feery, Imogen Holst, Sally Beamish and Elizabeth Maconchy; four women composers, two contemporary and two writing in the mid-20th century.
We started with the Bach, and of course his unaccompanied cello music works well on the viola because the viola's strings are tuned to the same pitches, but an octave higher, as the cello so that where Bach is working with the natural resonances and open strings of the cello, this carries over into the viola. Of course, it helps that Ventris has a lovely mellow tone with a nice depth to it. In the 'Prelude' we could appreciate her sense of line in the long sequences of descending scales, whilst the 'Allemande' was very much a perky dance, albeit with elegance too. The 'Courante' was full of brisk energy, and the 'Sarabande' slow and thoughtful. The first 'Bourree' was an elegant dance with lively rhythms, whilst the second was more haunting with somewhat veiled tone. Finally, we had a 'Gigue' full of rhythmic energy.
A striking voice revealed: piano music by Janet Graham spanning nearly 40 years
Janet Graham Piano Music; Aleksander Szram; Prima Facie
A striking voice revealed on this disc of piano music spanning nearly 40 years from contemporary composer Janet Graham
Janet Graham is not a well known name, and the music on the disc of piano music may well be entirely unfamiliar to listeners, but is well worth getting to know. Under the title North East Hauntings on the Prima Facie label, pianist Aleksander Szram has put together a programme of Graham's music spanning nearly 40 years from Persephone from 1980 to Sonata from 2017.
Graham is a further example of a woman composer whose career changes mid-life, and then who comes back to composition and you think of other women composers like Erika Fox [see my review] whose music has been rediscovered recently.
Janet Graham studied composition with James Iliff at the Royal Academy of Music (1966-1971), and with Elizabeth Lutyens, and then had a promising career as a young composer. In 1989, after working voluntarily in a psychiatric hospital, she re-trained as a music therapist. It was only after retiring from music therapy in 2013 that she started to compose regularly again. In an article in the CD booklet, Graham talks about the way, in music therapy, she was encouraged to explore music beyond the standard syllabus and to improvise, so that other influences have crept into her more recent work. That said, Graham's music remains atonal and remarkably bold and confident.
Many of the pieces on the disc were written for the pianist Anthony Green, who played Graham's music regularly since the mid-1970s and in fact Aleksander Szram is a former student of Green's. Szram, who is a senior teaching fellow at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, makes something of a speciality of contemporary repertoire, having recorded music by Daryl Runswick, Douglas Finch [see my review], Kenneth Hesketh [see my review], Edward Gregson [with recorder player Jill Kemp, see my review] and David Lumsdaine [see my review].
Listening to the disc, despite the wide time span covered by the music, we can hear a consistency of approach from Graham. She thinks that her more recent work has become 'softer-edged' and indeed the Sonata of 2017 includes a folk-song from the North-East (Graham was born in County Durham and currently lives there).
Posted by Planet Hugill at Friday, December 20, 2019 No comments:
Writ large: a remarkably satisfying performance of Handel's masterpiece at the Royal Albert Hall, demonstrating that large-scale accounts of Messiah work well in the right hands.
Labels: concert review, Handel
Grand opening of the Royal Albert Hall in 1871
Handel Messiah; Natalya Romaniw, Marta Fontanals Simmons, Egan Llŷr Thomas, William Thomas, Christoph Altstaedt, Philharmonia Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Albert Hall Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 18 December 2019 Star rating: 3.5 (★★★½)
A large scale Messiah with a young cast of soloists proves full of surprises
For those of us who live in a metropolitan bubble, where performances of Handel's Messiah by small professional ensembles are common, it is easy to forget that for many people, Handel's masterpiece remains a large-scale choral work. My own experiences of Messiah include singing the work in a choir of 150 at the Royal Albert Hall, and the venue's tradition of performing the work annually dates back to the 19th century.
Perhaps, somewhat in the spirit of inquiry we went along to this year's performance of Handel's Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday 18 December 2019. Christoph Altstaedt conducted the Philharmonia Chorus and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with soloists Natalya Romaniw, Marta Fontanals Simmons (replacing an ailing Katie Bray), Egan Llŷr Thomas and William Thomas.
The chorus numbered some 130, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra fielded only a moderate size team, with just two oboes and one bassoon, with continuo provided by a portative organ and harpsichord. The fine team of young soloists are perhaps best known for their operatic roles, Natalya Romaniw recently made her debut as Puccini's Tosca with Scottish Opera and will be appearing as Puccini's Madama Butterfly with English National Opera in 2020. Marta Fontanals Simmons sang the lead role of Hel in Gavin Higgins new opera The Monstrous Child at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [see my review], Egan Llŷr Thomas is currently a Harewood Artist at English National Opera, and despite still being on the opera course at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, William Thomas has already made his debut with Vienna State Opera.
Conductor Christoph Altstaedt [whom we heard in 2017, conducting Opera North's Hansel and Gretel], took a modern, period-performance inspired view of the work. The days seem long gone when modern orchestras could completely ignore the historically informed approach, and nowadays performing Baroque music requires the delicate navigation through a tricky field. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra played with admirable crispness and lightness, and I very much enjoyed their performances throughout the evening. Their two solo spots, the overture and the Pifa, were finely done with plenty to enjoy. Altstaedt's tempos were on the fast side, and he certainly took no prisoners, yet his performers, both soloists and choir, we well up to the task and throughout the evening we had some admirably fleet passage work.
In the early 1980s, I worked with a veteran choral conductor in Edinburgh who commented that the overall timing of Messiah could be gauged from the speed at which the choir could sing the semi-quaver passages. In the case of the wonderfully admirable Philharmonia Chorus that seemed to be at whatever speed Altstaedt wanted, and sung with a nice lightness and unanimity too.
What let the performance down, for me, was the issue of balance, which is an area where many modern instrument performances go wrong.
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Posted by Planet Hugill at Wednesday, December 18, 2019 No comments:
Mass for Christmas Morning: the richly imaginative music of Michael Praetorius performed by an ensemble ranging from nine-year-olds to seasoned professionals
Labels: concert review, SJSS
Schloss Wolfenbüttel, where Michael Praetorius lived and worked; copperplate engraving by Matthäus Merian, 1654
Michael Praetorius Mass for Christmas Morning; Gabrieli Consort & Players, DREt Youth Choir, DRET Primary All Stars, Paul McCreesh; St John's Smith Square
Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 17 December 2019 Star rating: 5.0 (★★★★★)
Venetian poly-choral techniques combined with Lutheran chorales in Praetorius' richly imaginative music in a reconstruction performed by Gabrieli and young singers from the David Ross Educational Trust
Michael Praetorius
The richly inventive choral music of the German composer Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) is not as well known as it deserves to be. Yet Gabrieli's 1994 recording of Mass for Christmas Morning, based on Praetorius' music, remains the group's best-selling disc. I have to confess that it is recording that I have long treasured, so it was a great pleasure to be able to appreciate the music live as Paul McCreesh and Gabrieli performed their reconstruction. They are undertaking a tour, and their Polish performance was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Sunday, and they will be off to Versailles and Rotterdam.
But lucky for us, on Tuesday 17 December 2019, Paul McCreesh conducted the Gabrieli Consort and Players, the DRET Youth Choir and DRET Primary All Stars (two groups drawn from the David Ross Educational Trust) in Mass for Christmas Morning at St John's Smith Square as part of the Christmas Festival. The reconstruction featured music by Michael Praetorius including the Kyrie and Gloria from his Missa ganz Teudsch in the 1619 publication Polyhymnia caduceatrix et panegyrics, with other material coming from the same publication and also from Praetorius' Musae Sioniae V and Urania. The Creed was in a version by Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654), whilst we also heard the Padouana a 5 by Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630)
Michael Praetorius spent most of his working life at Wolfenbüttel, working for the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. But a great influence in Praetorius' music in later life was the period that he spent in Dresden between 1613 and 1615, when he met Heinrich Schütz and was introduced to Venetian poly-choral music. Praetorius was notable for the way he developed musical forms based on Protestant hymns, and his earlier music had had a strong Italian influence and the most elaborate works from his later period include spectacular poly-choral works. Yet Lutheran congregational singing was also a significant factor in the music and most of Praetorius pieces, even the most elaborate, are skilfully written so that various groups can be included, the Town Waits, the school children, the Collegium Musicum of amateur musicians as well as the professional Kantorei. This was real inclusive music making, on a grand scale as befitted the Ducal court, yet allowing full congregational participation.
At St John's Smith Square we heard a reconstruction of a Lutheran mass as it might have been staged in Wolfenbüttel in around 1620, using the 1595 Wolfenbüttel Order of Service, which owes much to Martin Luther's Wittenberg liturgies. This is a communion service, with Kyrie, Gloria, Creed and Sanctus (though the texts are not necessarily literal translations of the Latin), with the usual consecration, interspersed with the congregational hymns, four in all, and motets during communion. Around 80 minutes of music in all, and what impressed was the way the Praetorius could move from a gloriously elaborate poly-choral, multi-instrumental piece such as the four-choir version in In dulci jubilo with its use of trumpeters and drums (where McCreesh took advantage of Praetorius' suggestion that the material be re-arranged to suit performance needs, and here included all his performers in a final flourish), to profoundly simple pieces such as the touching (and still well-known) harmonisation of Es is ein Ros entsprungen.
The Sixteen at Christmas: A Ceremony of Carols
Labels: Cadogan Hall, concert review, The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, The Sixteen
Britten A Ceremony of Carols, William Walton, Elizabeth Poston, Gustav Holst, Matthew Martin, Jan Sandstrom, James Burton, Cecilia McDowall, Medieval carols; The Sixteen, Harry Christophers; Cadogan Hall
Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 5 November 2019 Star rating: 5.0 (★★★★★)
Britten's glorious carol sequence complemented by ancient and modern settings of related Medieval texts
A remarkable number of early English carols survive, giving us a window onto a form which underwent significant changes in the 19th century. And these texts have provided an endless source of inspiration to 20th century and contemporary composers as the contemporary carol has developed a lively new life. In fact, new carols were very much the thing in the first half of the 20th century, Peter Warlock's Bethlehem Down (from 1927) was published by the Daily Telegraph, and William Walton's Make we joy now in this fest (from 1931) by the Daily Despatch.
Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols (from 1942) had no such direct inception, it was inspired by a book of medieval carol texts which he bought in Nova Scotia on the journey back to wartime Britain from voluntary exile in America that he and Peter Pears made in 1942, uncertain of their reception on arriving. The work is a 20th century masterpiece, but what to programme with it?
For The Sixteen at Christmas: A Ceremony of Carols at Cadogan Hall on Monday 16 December 2019, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen performed a sequence of carols (some for Christmas, some for other times of the year) all based on Medieval texts, giving us surviving Medieval carols alongside carols to Medieval texts by 20th century composers, William Walton, Elizabeth Poston, Gustav Holst, and contemporary composers Matthew Martin, Jan Sandstrom, James Burton and Cecilia McDowall, all culminating in Britten's A Ceremony of Carols, performed with harpist Frances Kelly.
We started with Walton's 1931 Make we joy now in this fest, a setting of a macaronic text which was somewhat unfamiliar, and for all its liveliness has subtle moments too.
There followed a sequence of Medieval carols, the trick with these is how to present them. Christophers chose to give the carols quite plainly without too much additional arrangement, which made them all the more effective with their bold harmonies.
Barbican Presents: Beethoven, Bach, contemporary opera and more
Not surprisingly, Beethoven looms large in the Barbican's programme for the first half of 2020 in Barbican Presents, its curated classical music season. Sir Andras Schiff will be completing his performances of the Beethoven Piano Concertos with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, conductor Ivan Fischer, whilst Sir John Eliot Gardiner will be presenting the complete Beethoven symphonies with his Orchestra Revolutionnaire et Romantique and Anne-Sophie Mutter will be performing violin sonatas, accompanied by Lambert Orkis
The Beethoven Weekender will present a whole weekend of Beethoven-related events, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia and Halle Orchestra sharing the symphonies, the Carducci Quartet in the quartets, plus chamber music and more. The Beethoven-Haus Bonn's exhibition BTHVN on Tour will be at the Barbican in the Spring, combining artefacts from the composer's life with contemporary views of the composers
Bach is also a feature, and Mahan Esfahani will be exploring Bach's The Musical Offering, whilst Accademia Bizantina will be performing The Art of Fugue, baritone Benjamin Appl joins the Academy of Ancient Music for Bach cantatas, Masaaki Suzuki conducts Bach Collegium Japan in Bach's St John Passion, Jeremy Denk performs Book One of The Well Tempered Clavier and Lang Lang performs the Goldberg Variations. Cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras will perform Bach's cello suites alongside contemporary responses by Ivan Fedele, Jonathan Harvey, György Kurtág, Gilbert Amy, Misato Mochizuki and Ichiro Nodaira.
David Lang's new opera prisoner of state, a contemporary re-working of the story from Beethoven's Fidelio, will receive its premiere when Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, with Claron McFadden, Jarrett Ott, Alan Oke and Davone Tines. Max Richter's new piece Voices, co-commissioned by the Barbican, will receive its world premiere by 'an orchestra featuring a radically reimagined instrumentation'. We are intrigued already. The BBC Symphony Orchestra is also presenting Joby Talbot's 2015 opera Everest, with Nicole Paiment conducting.
Handel's Rodelinda receives a concert performance from the English Concert, conductor Harry Bickett, with Lucy Crowe, Iestyn Davies and Joshua Ellicott. Whilst Arcangelo, conductor Jonathan Cohen, will be performing Haydn's Creation with Lucia Richter, Toby Spence and Thomas Bauer.
Trumpeter Alison Balsom will be Milton Court Artist in Residence, exploring a repertoire which varies from Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain (arranged by Gil Evans) with the Guildhall Jazz Orchestra, director Scott Stroman, to John Woolrich's Hark! The Echoing Air with the Britten Sinfonia.
The third visiting orchestra is the New York Philharmonic which, under music director Jaap van Zweden, will be performing Mahler's Symphonies No. 1 & 2, and the orchestra's relationship with the composer goes right back to when Mahler was music director in the early 20th century.
Other artists featured include Yuja Wang, who will be performing chamber music with cellist Gautier Capucon and also giving a solo recital. And Igor Levitt will be performing Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues, rarely played as a full set, and then will be joined by friends for Messiaen's Visions de l'Amen, a chamber version of Shostkovich's Symphony no. 15, Beethoven's piano duet version of the Grosse Fuge, and Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion. Soprano Lise Davidsen will be giving a recital performing lieder accompanied by James Baillieu, in Brahms, Strauss, Sibelius, Grieg and Schumann.
Richard King's book The Lark Ascending, about the relationships between the people, the music and the landscape of Great Britain, comes out in paperback in the Spring and to coincide with this there is a special evening which will feature a seamless blend of music, specially-commissioned audio-visual content, spoken word and dance and will offer Barbican audiences an opportunity to experience an alternative reimagining of the book's narrative, including appearances by many of the artists mentioned in the text. If you have enjoyed the recent performances of Britten's Death in Venice at Covent Garden [see my review], then Internationaal Theater Amsterdam's presentation of a dramatic version of Thomas Mann's novella may appeal. Adapted by former Dutch poet laureate Ramsey Nasr, who performs the role of Aschenbach, the work is based both on the novella and on Mann's live, and the performance features music by Nico Muhly alongside Strauss and Schoenberg, performed by the Britten Sinfonia.
Full details from the Barbican website.
An intriguing journey: with Soledad, baroque violinist Jorge Jimenez takes us from Biber's intense Catholicism, through Bach to the vibrancy of Spanish baroque
Soledad - Biber, Bach, Lorca, Scarlatti; Jorge Jimenez
Baroque violinist takes us on an intriguing journey from the Catholic intensity of Biber, through Lutheran Bach to vibrant Baroque Spain
The Spanish violinist Jorge Jimenez might be a name known to British listeners as his Baroque violin playing some times pops up with period instrument groups in the UK (he was recently performing Beethoven with the Hanover Band). Jimenez has released a new disc Soledad on his own label, which is available on CD, as a download or via a limited edition vinyl. The word Soledad means loneliness in Spanish, though Jimenez disc does not give much away as to how we might apply this to the music. Perhaps it refers to the loneliness of the violinist, playing music unaccompanied, or perhaps to the feelings engendered by the music on the disc, much of it soulful and melancholy.
The programme takes us on an intriguing journey from Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, through Johann Sebastian Bach to Domenico Scarlatti, via Federico Garcia Lorca. Not all the music was originally for solo violin, but then again much Baroque music existed and can exist in multiple versions. Jimenez' programme includes an organ work by JS Bach, which may not be by Bach and may not originally have been written for organ!
On Bethlehem Down: Chamber Choir of London & Dominic Ellis-Peckham at St George's Church, Bloomsbury
Chamber Choir of London, Dominic Peckham - St George's Church, London
On Bethlehem Down; The Chamber Choir of London, Dominic Ellis-Peckham; St George's Church, Bloomsbury
Christmas music old and new in engaging performances from this young chamber choir
The Chamber Choir of London is a relatively new ensemble under the artistic directorship of Dominic Ellis-Peckham. A group of 18 young professional singers who finished a busy 2019 with a Christmas concert on Friday at St George's Church, Bloomsbury.
Now, I have to confess that I am somewhat resistant to the traditional Christmas concert, and the prospect of traditional carols is not one that delights. But the combination of intelligent programming (including a significant number of contemporary pieces and many unfamiliar works) and a freshness of approach from the singers was enough to weaken the heart of the grumpiest of critics.
Bethlehem Down at St George's Church, Bloomsbury on Friday 13 December 2019 featured music by Cecilia McDowall, Richard Allain, Kerry Andrew, Jonathan Rathbone, Adrian Peacock, Peter Wishart, Judith Weir, Bob Chilcott, Toby Young, Sally Beamish, John Rutter, Sir William Walton, Imogen Holst and Herbert Howells, as well as arrangements by Sir David Willcocks, Andrew Carter, Henry Walford Davies, Charles Wood and Wolfgang Lindner.
The concert was billed as being by candlelight and so lights were low and there was a stylish arrangement of candles on the floor. The singers generally performed in a single arc or two lines, but for some items they surrounded the audience in a single arc, and in others they made full use of the many different spaces of the church.
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Tamsin Waley-Cohen & James Baillieu recording CPE Bach at Snape
Violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen and pianist James Baillieu have just recorded CPE Bach's complete works for violin and keyboard, a set 10 sonatas and fantasias which span a significant portion of the composer's life. And the disc has just been released on Signum Classics. Whilst CPE Bach's keyboard works are moderately well known, his music for violin and keyboard is less so, and for both artists it was very much an exploration of new territory. I recently met up with Tamsin and James to find out more.
Born in 1714, Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach was the fifth child and second (surviving) son of Johann Sebastian Bach and his first wife Maria Barbara Bach, and the composer Georg Philipp Telemann was the child's godfather. Having studied with his father, in 1738, CPE Bach entered the service of Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia (later King Frederick the Great), becoming a member of the royal orchestra on Frederick's accession, and CPE Bach remained in post in Berlin until 1768 when he succeeded his godfather, Telemann, as music director in Hamburg. It is from these Berlin years that the sonatas for violin and keyboard date, covering a period of 30 years up to the 1760s. The earliest ones pre-date the composer's time in Berlin, but he revised them in the 1740s. And we can imagine CPE Bach performing them with a member of the court orchestra.
For Tamsin, a lot about CPE Bach is interesting, whilst his music is affectionate and human. She started to come across his music more and was intrigued by his influence on Mozart and later composers, Mozart said of him, "Bach is the father, we are the children." He was a noted keyboard player, and James pointed out that Beethoven was heavily influenced by CPE Bach's notable treatise on keyboard technique. This sparked their interest in CPE Bach's own music. The solo piano music is well-known and there are some lovely flute pieces, but much of his output is beautiful yet not recorded much.
They found it valuable to put him into historical context, as the sonatas date from the most liberal years of the Enlightenment and CPE Bach was involved with key writers and thinkers such as Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Moses Mendelssohn and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. This was a period which put great value on the individual and on free will, all of which can be detected in CPE Bach's music, and which still felt pretty relevant to our own world.
A Place to Call Home: Sing for Shelter
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The young composer Alex Woolf (the premiere of whose Requiem we noted in 2018) has created a new song A Place to Call Home as part of the Sing for Shelter project, to bring awareness of Shelter and is work in helping to combat the widespread problem of bad housing and homelessness in the UK. In October, 2000 singers from across the country descended on English National Opera and joined the ENO Chorus and Orchestra, as well as such luminaries as Sir Bryn Terfel, Lesley Garratt and Alice Coote (who attended with her brother, who has himself experience homelessness) to record the single. Choirs included Fire Service personnel, Shelter service users, schoolchildren and signing choirs for deaf and hearing singers.
There is a taster video above, but the resulting single is available now from all major digital retailers, including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, Google Store, YouTube Music and more. All proceeds from the single will go to supporting Shelter's work over this winter period, fighting homelessness and helping families get back to living in safe housing with ongoing support.
Debut with BBC Now, the London premiere of Judith Weir's Oboe Concerto - Gergely Madaras' week
Gergely Madaras (Photo Marco Borggreve)
This is a busy week for conductor Gergely Madaras, as on Tuesday (10 December 2019) he made his debut with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducting Tchaikovsky's First Symphony 'Winter Daydreams' and Variations on a Rococo Theme, with Anastasia Kobekina as soloist, and 'A Winter Landscape' from Glazunov's The Seasons. Then tonight (Friday 13 December 2019) he conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Centre (replacing Rafael Payare) in the London premiere of Judith Weir's Oboe Concerto with Nicholas Daniel as soloist, Brett Dean's Amphitheatre and Mahler's Symphony No. 1. (further details from the Barbican website).
Judith Weir's Oboe Concerto was premiered in 2018 by soloist Celia Craig with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, conductor Douglas Boyd. Craig gave the UK premiere of the work in September 2019 when she performed it in Cardiff with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Andrew Gourlay. In her programme note, Judith Weir says of the work, 'Having played the oboe myself as a young person (for about 20 years, starting at age 11) the composition of an Oboe Concerto had an almost autobiographical significance for me. It was also a memory exercise, as I recalled in detail some of the music I had learned so carefully during those years. One important work, the Strauss Concerto, was helpful with my choice of accompanying instruments; just a wind octet plus strings.'
In 2012, Gergely Madaras was the inaugural Sir Charles Mackerras Fellow at English National Opera, a relationship which culminated in Madaras conducting Simon Burney's new production of Mozart's The Magic Flute. In September 2019, Madaras took over as music director of the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège in Belgium, with concert series in Liège and in Brussels. On 26 January 2020 he conducts them in Bach, Kurtag and Haydn's Symphony No. 104 'London' (further details from the orchestra's website)
A bleakly haunted journey: Alice Coote and Julius Drake in Schubert's Winterreise at Wigmore Hall
Franz Schubert: Winterreise - autograph manuscript courtesy of The Morgan Library & Museum
Schubert Winterreise; Alice Coote, Julius Drake; Wigmore Hall
A performance of mesmerising intensity, as we experience the disintegration of the haunted protagonist in the superb partnership of Alice Coote and Julius Drake
We heard mezzo-soprano Alice Coote and pianist Julius Drake performing Schubert's Winterreise at the Wigmore Hall in 2012 [a performance issued on Wigmore Live, see my review]. The two returned on Thursday 12 December 2019 for a repeat performance which was also being recorded by BBC Radio 3 for future broadcast.
In fact, the programme was radically different from that first advertised for the concert, which had been billed as including Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte, a selection from Schoneberg's Das Buch der hangenden Garten and songs by Berg and Weill. But encountering Alice Coote and Julius Drake in Winterreise is always a mesmerising experience, and there was certainly noting stale or repetitive about Coote and Drake's performance, quite the opposite. This was very much a performance in the moment, as Coote brought a haunted intensity to Schubert's great song-cycle. Throughout Coote showed superb technical control and was brilliantly partnered by Drake, so that the two charted a very distinct path through the Wanderer's journey. Speeds were on the slower side, Coote took her time and allowed herself moments to savour the intensity of the emotion, but it never felt over done.
Throughout there was a sense of intense emotion bottled up, and for all the eruptions of climaxes it was a very tense, interior performance. Not so much a young man living his experiences as an older protagonist recalling strong emotions. Perhaps a key to the musical and emotional arc was that Der Wegweiser (The Signpost) felt the emotional heart of the work, starting with haunted melancholy and moving towards bleak intensity. Yet there were moments of real power, as the Wanderer girded themself up, so that the simple melancholy of the opening of Das Wirtshaus (The Inn) grew into a powerful conclusion which led directly into Mut! (Courage).
Migrating Sounds: Rebecca Saunders, Richard Causton, Vito Žuraj, and Shiori Usui at BCMG
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Rebecca Saunders
On Sunday (15 December 2019) the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG) will be presenting a pair of new works by Rebecca Saunders and by Richard Causton as part of its Migrating Sounds programme at the CBSO Centre in Birmingham. The concert features the UK premiere of Rebecca Saunders' Scar and the world premiere of Richard Causton's Transients, both works commissioned via the BCMG Sound Investment scheme, plus Tension by Vito Žuraj, and Shiori Usui's Deep.
Saunders' Scar is inspired by the idea of residual marks and the way in which paper is physically marked, left to right, by annotated music. Written for 15 soloists, the work is based on a left/right-hand axis of two grand pianos, two percussionists, a button accordion and electric guitar. The rest of the ensemble is added to this, bass clarinet, trumpet, horn, trombone, violin, viola, cello and 5-string double bass. In the video below, Stephan Meier, BCMG's artistic director, introduces Saunders' manuscript.
Scar is the latest in the on-going relationship between Saunders and BCMG which began in 2017 (including a piece by Saunders at BCMG's 30th birthday concert) and Scar will be the fifth work by Saunders that BCMG has performed this year, though in fact BCMG first performed a work by Saunders back in 2010! And in November this year, BCMG gave a repeat performance of Stirrings Still at Conservatoire à rayonnement regional de Paris.
Vito Žuraj's Tension will be performed in a new version for two ensembles with NEXT musicians side-by-side. Shiori Usui's Deep was written in 2014 as part of BCMG's Apprentice Composer-in-Residence Scheme run in partnership with Sound and Music. The work takes the listener on a musical journey to the very bottom of the ocean, and was inspired by the BBC TV series, Blue Planet
Rebecca Saunders is the recent recipient of the Ernst Von Siemens Music Prize, an award sometimes known as the 'Nobel Prize for Music'; previous recipients include Yehudi Menuhin, Leonard Bernstein and Daniel Barenboim. Richard Causton is Reader in Composition at the University of Cambridge and recently became an Honorary Patron of the Centre for Young Musicians.
BCMG's NEXT Music Study Programme in Contemporary Performance, created in partnership with the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire supports early career musicians who want to dedicate their professional career to contemporary music. It is the only programme in the UK providing intensive, year-long training in contemporary music performance practice.
BCMG's Sound Investment scheme is an innovative way of supporting the commissioning of new music by giving BCMG's patrons and supporters the ability to become part of the commissioning process for a modest investment. Thus making the audience members the real owners of new pieces.
Full details from the BCMG website.
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Pictures of a Commodore C65 prototype. The project was canned, but the prototypes were sold in Autumn 1993 when Commodore liquidated one of its warehouses. The pictures are scanned from the German 64'er magazine, issue 3/94. Read the article and also the interview of a chief engineer Fred Bowen in issue 4/94 to get more information. Note that these pictures have poor quality, since they were scanned from the magazine.
Pictures of custom computers or hacks.
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Pictures of George Page's Commodore collection, part 2.
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S: CHANGES AND CHALLENGES IN MY LIFE!
1: INFORMATION ABOUT MY LIFE! | Andrew achkar1999 may 17 and I'm 12 i was born in Lebanon in a village called zahle.My family includes my two brother's Joey and Paul and also me parents Maurice and Paula.In my spair time i like to go and take my dog for a walk, talk to my other friends also my hobbies are riding dirt bikes and listen to music. Im also a really big fan of Lil Wayne so as my brother..I used to play football but i had to stop because at i got into high school i stared getting more homework so i had to leave.
4: Father My dads name is Maurice Achkar and he is 47 years old, and he is born on 2/12/1964. He is a very hard working man, he works as a fencer 6 days a week, he was born in Lebanon in the same village as me called zahle. He used to work as the body guard of the president till we moved to Australia.
5: Mum My mums name is Paula Achkar and she work for clinic in David Jones City as a counter manager. She is 38years old and she was born on the 31/1.1974 in Australia.She used to be a tattoo artist when she was younger.
6: Brother I have two brother and one of them is called Joey Achkar and he is 18 years old and was born on the 21/8/1993 and now studies at university and works at my uncles shop which is called Onfire, and is now on his greed p plates.
7: Brother My second brother is called Paul Achkar and he is 17 year old, he was born on th 24/8/1994 and now studies at tafe and works as a builder.He also use to work at onfire too, and he is on his red p plates.
8: My dog I have a dog called Rocky and he is almost two years old and i got him when he was the size of my hand and now every day i have to take him for a walk because he gets really bored all day in my backyard.
11: BEST FRIENDS I GET TO SEE MY BESTFRIENDS ALMOST ^ TIMES A WEEK AND WE ALWAYS GO PLACES TO GETHER LIKE MOVIE PEOPLES HOUSE AND ALSO BANKSTOWN AND EVEN WHEN WE ARE NOT GETING TO SEE EACH OTHER MUCH MY ALWAYS CALL EACH OTHER AND THE PAEOPLE ARE SANDRA KAZZI, PARIS ELCHAAR ANTHONY KHALIL< ANTHONY MELHEM, JUSTIN ACHI AND ALSO CHRISTIAN KARAM.
12: Challenges | During my 6 weeks of high school i have had 1 very hard challenge, my challenge was trying to get to school earlier but now i have dealt with that by finding out how long it takes it get from my house to school. lately i have been sleeping earlier so that now i can get up earlier, that i have time to have breakfast and have my shower in time and that worked perfectly.
13: On the other hand iv also had two good challenges and those are knowing my teachers well and knowing the school good. As i first met my teachers i would say good morning/good after noon, then id ask them if they have ever teached any of my two brothers, THen there is my other challenge which is knowing my classes and that was really easy i just would go and ask any of my brothers friends or even one of my friends.
14: Advice to the year 6 | I have been through many challenges since iv been in year 7 and i would tell the year 6's some strategies when they are moving to year 7. Id recommend they should always keep there locker nice and tidy because while you are moving classes they do not get to much time and they cant look for something to long when it is messy.
15: Another thing is they should always try to finish there homework as soon as possible because for almost every class you will be getting work and your will have no time to do it the last second. For my last one id like to say that it is good to come school early because if you do you will have more time to prepare and not only that, if your late three time you will get a after school detention.
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17: and getting all my right books to class because im usually always forgetting my book at the locker ore at home. For my last goal i would like to finish it before the end of the year and it is trying no to get in trouble a lot because i have really been getting in trouble by teachers.
18: Changes in the next 5 years In my next 5 years there will be a few of changes such as changing friend because maybe you find another group of people who like to study and get good mark, changing teachers, you might loose the teachers that you really like.
19: You will also be changing subject because in year 10 you will have to drop some subject , you will change behavior because now you are the youngest in high school but in 5 years time you will be eldest in high school.


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Akshay Kumar wraps up 'Ram Setu' shoot in Diu
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England v Croatia Predictions, Betting Tips and Previews
Wembley - Nations League
Croatia's last-gasp victory over Spain on Thursday means we're in for a Group A4 decider as England face their World Cup conquerers at Wembley. The Nations League has added to the continued revived interest in international football, and this game could be a cracker.
A stadium ban for Croatia meant last month's meeting between the teams was played behind closed doors. It petered out into a goalless draw, in a completely different environment to their World Cup semi-final which Croatia won 2-1 in extra-time.
Gareth Southgate made sweeping changes to his team to have a look at various players on Thursday, which became a testimonial for Wayne Rooney once England's record goalscorer took to the pitch. The likes of Harry Kane, Raheem Sterling and Marcus Rashford should all return to the starting XI.
There's no more Mario Mandzukic to break English hearts after the Juventus forward retired from international duty following the World Cup. Ivan Perisic got Croatia's equaliser in the semi and will start here, ahead of an ominous midfield that contains Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic.
England v Croatia Preview and Predictions
Before their defeat to Croatia at the World Cup, England last played the Vatreni at Wembley in 2009. The Three Lions recorded an impressive 5-1 win in qualifying for South Africa 2010, after also winning 4-1 away from home. A similar scoreline here would be just the ticket for the Three Lions.
Victory for either team on Sunday will send them through to the finals of the Nations League next year, after Croatia scored an injury-time winner to beat Spain 3-2 on Thursday. England also beat La Roja by the same scoreline in their last competitive fixture, before the 3-0 win against the United States in the week.
The Three Lions should be full of confidence, and the new additions to the squad are adding even more vibrancy and competition for places. Progressing to the last four of this inaugural Nations League would be a great achievement to add to their World Cup performance, and England are priced at evens to do just that.
Croatia are 3/1 for the win, which would take them from bottom to top in one fell swoop. The Blazers have won back-to-back games after going four without a victory, including the World Cup final against France. A draw in this game would mean Spain finish top and Croatia are relegated, and that's priced at 14/5.
England to win and BTTS
The Three Lions are on a high and should have the fresher legs, and you can back them to exact a measure of revenge on Croatia with this bet.
Second half to be highest scoring at 11/10
This game could be a little cagey to start with considering what's at stake, before opening up as both teams go for broke in the second period.
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Die Liste der Biografien führt alle Personen auf, die in der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia einen Artikel haben. Dieses ist eine Teilliste mit 194 Einträgen von Personen, deren Namen mit den Buchstaben "Ston" beginnt.

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Stona
 Stonawski, Maria (1861–1944), Mäzenin und Schriftstellerin

Stonb
 Stonborough-Wittgenstein, Margarethe (1882–1958), Bauherrin des Hauses Wittgenstein in Wien

Stonc
 Stončaitis, Algirdas (* 1962), litauischer Manager und Beamte

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 Stone, Alfred P. (1813–1865), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, Allan (* 1945), australischer Tennisspieler
 Stone, Andrew L. (1902–1999), US-amerikanischer Filmregisseur
 Stone, Andrew, Baron Stone of Blackheath (* 1942), britischer Politiker (Labour Party), Mitglied des House of Lords
 Stone, Angie (* 1961), US-amerikanische Sängerin
 Stone, Angus (* 1986), australischer Singer-Songwriter
 Stone, Arnold (1910–2004), kanadischer Skispringer
 Stone, Arthur Harold (1916–2000), britischer Mathematiker
 Stone, Audrey, englische Badmintonspielerin
 Stone, Barton (1772–1844), US-amerikanischer christlicher Geistlicher
 Stone, Benjamin (* 1987), britischer Schauspieler
 Stone, Biz (* 1974), US-amerikanischer Unternehmer, Mitbegründer und Creative Director von Twitter
 Stone, Brad (* 1971), US-amerikanischer Journalist und Autor
 Stone, Carl (* 1953), US-amerikanischer Komponist
 Stone, Charles Warren (1843–1912), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, Claude U. (1879–1957), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, Cliffie (1917–1998), US-amerikanischer Country-Musiker, Moderator und Produzent
 Stone, Cody (* 1987), deutscher Zauberer
 Stone, Curtis (1922–2021), US-amerikanischer Mittelstrecken-, Langstrecken- und Hindernisläufer
 Stone, Curtis (* 1975), australischer Fernseh-Koch und Kochbuchautor
 Stone, Dan (* 1971), britischer Neuzeithistoriker
 Stone, David (1770–1818), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, David (* 1966), US-amerikanischer Theaterproduzent
 Stone, David (* 1972), französischer Zauberkünstler
 Stone, David E. (* 1947), US-amerikanischer Tontechniker
 Stone, Doug (* 1956), US-amerikanischer Country-Musiker
 Stone, Eben F. (1822–1895), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, Edward (1702–1768), Geistlicher der Church of England in Chipping Norton und erster neuzeitlicher Forscher
 Stone, Edward C. (* 1936), US-amerikanischer Physiker, Planetologe und Weltraumforscher
 Stone, Emma (* 1988), US-amerikanische Schauspielerin
 Stone, Evan (* 1964), US-amerikanischer Pornodarsteller
 Stone, F. Gordon A. (1925–2011), britisch-US-amerikanischer Chemiker
 Stone, Fred (1935–1986), kanadischer Flügelhornist, Trompeter und Komponist
 Stone, Frederick (1820–1899), US-amerikanischer Jurist und Politiker
 Stone, Genevra (* 1985), US-amerikanische Ruderin
 Stone, George Cameron (1859–1935), US-amerikanischer Metallurge und Ingenieur für Bergbau, Waffensammler
 Stone, George E. (1903–1967), polnisch-amerikanischer Schauspieler
 Stone, George Lawrence (1886–1967), US-amerikanischer Schlagzeuger und Schlagzeuglehrer
 Stone, Glenn Davis, US-amerikanischer Anthropologe
 Stone, Gregory (1900–1991), russisch-US-amerikanischer Pianist und Komponist
 Stone, Hal (* 1927), US-amerikanischer Psychotherapeut und Autor
 Stone, Harlan Fiske (1872–1946), US-amerikanischer Jurist, Justizminister und Präsident des Obersten Gerichtshofes
 Stone, Harold J. (1913–2005), US-amerikanischer Schauspieler
 Stone, Harold S. (* 1938), US-amerikanischer Informatiker
 Stone, Henry (1616–1653), englischer Porträtmaler
 Stone, Howard A. (* 1960), US-amerikanischer Chemieingenieur
 Stone, I. F. (1907–1989), amerikanischer Investigativjournalist
 Stone, Irving (1903–1989), US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller
 Stone, Irwin (1907–1984), US-amerikanischer Chemiker und Autor
 Stone, Isabelle (1868–1966), US-amerikanische Physikerin
 Stone, Jaeger (* 1990), australischer Windsurfer
 Stone, James M., US-amerikanischer Astrophysiker
 Stone, James W. (1813–1854), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, Jamie (* 1954), schottischer Politiker und Mitglied der Liberal Democrats
 Stone, Jeff, amerikanischer Autor
 Stone, Jenna (* 1993), US-amerikanische Schauspielerin
 Stone, Jennifer (* 1993), US-amerikanische Schauspielerin
 Stone, Jesse (1836–1902), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, Jesse (1901–1999), US-amerikanischer Jazz- und R&B-Musiker
 Stone, Jessica D. (* 1990), US-amerikanische Theater-, Film- und Fernsehschauspielerin sowie Synchronsprecherin
 Stone, Joanna (* 1972), australische Speerwerferin
 Stone, John (1888–1961), US-amerikanischer Filmproduzent und Drehbuchautor
 Stone, John Benjamin (1838–1914), britischer Industrieller, Politiker, Mitglied des House of Commons und Fotograf
 Stone, John Hoskins († 1804), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, John M. R., kanadischer Klimatologe
 Stone, John Marshall (1830–1900), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, John Stone (1869–1943), US-amerikanischer Mathematiker, Physiker und Erfinder
 Stone, John W. (1838–1922), US-amerikanischer Jurist und Politiker
 Stone, Jon (1931–1997), US-amerikanischer Autor, Regisseur und Produzent
 Stone, Joseph (1914–2001), kanadisch-amerikanischer Drehbuchautor, Box-Schiedsrichter und Professor für Englisch
 Stone, Joseph Champlin (1829–1902), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, Joseph, Baron Stone (1903–1986), britischer Arzt
 Stone, Joss (* 1987), britische Soulsängerin
 Stone, Julia (* 1984), australische Singer-Songwriterin
 Stone, Julius (1907–1985), britischer Rechtstheoretiker und Internationalist
 Stone, Kate (1841–1907), Tagebuchschreiberin
 Stone, Kathryn (* 1988), kanadische Biathletin
 Stone, Lara (* 1983), niederländisches Model
 Stone, Lawrence (1919–1999), englischer Historiker
 Stone, LeRoy (1894–1949), US-amerikanischer Filmeditor
 Stone, Lew (1898–1969), britischer Orchesterleiter
 Stone, Lewis (1879–1953), US-amerikanischer Schauspieler
 Stone, Lucy (1818–1893), US-amerikanische Frauenrechtlerin und Abolitionistin
 Stone, Marcus (1840–1921), englischer Maler und Illustrator
 Stone, Marianne (1922–2009), britische Schauspielerin
 Stone, Mark (* 1992), kanadischer Eishockeyspieler
 Stone, Marshall Harvey (1903–1989), US-amerikanischer Mathematiker und Hochschullehrer
 Stone, Mason S. (1859–1940), US-amerikanischer Erzieher und Politiker
 Stone, Matt (* 1971), US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, Drehbuchautor, Produzent und Regisseur
 Stone, Melanie (* 1988), US-amerikanische Schauspielerin
 Stone, Merlin (1931–2011), US-amerikanische Theologin, Kunsthistorikerin und Bildhauerin
 Stone, Michael (1922–1993), österreichisch-britischer Journalist, Schriftsteller, Literaturkritiker, Theaterkritiker und Übersetzer
 Stone, Michael (* 1955), britischer, militanter und protestantischer Extremist (Loyalist)
 Stone, Michael (* 1990), kanadischer Eishockeyspieler
 Stone, Michael J. (1747–1812), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, Michael L. (1949–2005), US-amerikanischer Kameramann, Kameraassistent und Kameraoperateur
 Stone, Michael P. W. (1925–1995), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, Milburn (1904–1980), US-amerikanischer Schauspieler
 Stone, Misty (* 1986), US-amerikanisches Model und Pornodarstellerin
 Stone, Nicholas (1583–1647), englischer Bildhauer und Architekt
 Stone, Nick (* 1966), britischer Schriftsteller
 Stone, Nikki (* 1971), US-amerikanische Freestyle-Skisportlerin
 Stone, Norman (1941–2019), britischer Historiker
 Stone, Oliver (* 1946), US-amerikanischer Regisseur
 Stone, Ormond (1847–1933), US-amerikanischer Astronom und Mathematiker
 Stone, Peggy (1907–2009), deutsch-US-amerikanische Jazzpianistin
 Stone, Peter (1930–2003), US-amerikanischer Drehbuch- und Musicalautor
 Stone, Peter (* 1957), britischer Prähistoriker
 Stone, Peter (* 1971), US-amerikanischer Informatiker
 Stone, Philip (1924–2003), britischer Schauspieler
 Stone, Randy (1958–2007), US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, Casting Director und Produzent
 Stone, Raymond E. (1915–2004), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, Richard (1913–1991), britischer Ökonom, Nobelpreisträger
 Stone, Richard (1928–2019), US-amerikanischer Politiker (Demokratische Partei)
 Stone, Robert (* 1958), US-amerikanischer Dokumentarfilmer
 Stone, Roger (* 1952), US-amerikanischer Politikberater und -stratege (Spin-Doctor)
 Stone, Ryan (* 1985), kanadischer Eishockeyspieler
 Stone, Samuel Hanson (1849–1909), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, Samuel John (1839–1900), anglikanischer Geistlicher und Kirchenlieddichter
 Stone, Sandy, US-amerikanische Akademikerin, Medientheoretikerin, Autorin und Performance-Künstlerin
 Stone, Sarmīte (* 1963), sowjetische Ruderin
 Stone, Sasha (1895–1940), russischer Fotograf
 Stone, Sean (* 1984), US-amerikanischer Regisseur, Produzent und Schauspieler
 Stone, Shane (* 1950), australischer Politiker
 Stone, Sharon (* 1958), US-amerikanische Filmschauspielerin
 Stone, Sheldon Leslie (1946–2021), US-amerikanischer Physiker
 Stone, Shepard (1908–1990), US-amerikanischer Journalist und Gründer des Berliner Aspen-Instituts
 Stone, Simon (* 1984), australisch-schweizerischer Regisseur, Autor und Schauspieler
 Stone, Sly (* 1943), US-amerikanischer Funk-Rock-Sänger
 Stone, Spencer (* 1992), US-amerikanischer Soldat
 Stone, Steve (* 1971), englischer Fußballspieler
 Stone, Stuart (* 1980), kanadischer Schauspieler, Synchronsprecher, Fernseh- und Filmproduzent, Drehbuchautor, Filmkomponist, Filmregisseur und Sänger
 Stone, Thomas (1743–1787), britisch-US-amerikanischer Jurist und Plantagenbesitzer, einer der Gründerväter der USA
 Stone, Ulysses S. (1878–1962), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, W. Clement (1902–2002), US-amerikanischer Unternehmer, Philanthrop und Autor
 Stone, William († 1660), Gouverneur der Province of Maryland
 Stone, William (1791–1853), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, William A. (1846–1920), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, William Henry (1828–1901), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, William J. (1848–1918), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, William Johnson (1841–1923), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, William M. (1827–1893), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Stone, Witmer (1866–1939), US-amerikanischer Zoologe und Botaniker
 Stone, Yael (* 1985), australische Schauspielerin
 Stöneberg, Tim Olrik (* 1973), deutscher Schauspieler
 Stonebraker, Michael (* 1943), US-amerikanischer Informatiker
 Stoneham, Ben, Baron Stoneham of Droxford (* 1948), britischer Peer, Journalist und Politiker
 Stoneham, Harry (1930–2018), britischer Musiker (Orgel, Keyboard)
 Stonehammer, Dwayne (* 1995), US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Sänger
 Stonehill, Randy (* 1952), US-amerikanischer Sänger und Komponist
 Stonehouse, John (1925–1988), britischer Politiker, Mitglied des House of Commons und Staatssekretär
 Stoneking, C. W. (* 1974), australischer Blues-Musiker
 Stoneking, Mark (* 1956), US-amerikanischer Genetiker
 Stoneley, Crew (1911–2002), britischer Sprinter
 Stoneman Douglas, Marjory (1890–1998), US-amerikanische Journalistin, Autorin, Verfechterin des Frauenwahlrechts und Naturschützerin
 Stoneman, Bertha (1866–1943), US-amerikanische Botanikerin und Hochschullehrerin
 Stoneman, Dean (* 1990), britischer Automobilrennfahrer
 Stoneman, Ernest (1893–1968), US-amerikanischer Countrymusiker
 Stoneman, George (1822–1894), US-amerikanischer Offizier und Politiker
 Stoneman, Richard (* 1951), britischer klassischer Altertumswissenschaftler
 Stonequist, Everett V. (1901–1979), US-amerikanischer Soziologe
 Stoner, Alyson (* 1993), US-amerikanische Schauspielerin, Sängerin und Tänzerin
 Stoner, Casey (* 1985), australischer Motorradrennfahrer
 Stoner, Clayton (* 1985), kanadischer Eishockeyspieler
 Stoner, Edmund Clifton (1899–1968), englischer theoretischer Physiker
 Stoner, Eugene (1922–1997), US-amerikanischer Ingenieur und Unternehmer
 Stoner, Frank (1894–1966), US-amerikanischer General
 Stoner, Rob (* 1948), amerikanischer Rockmusiker und Songwriter
 Stones, Cam (* 1992), kanadischer Bobfahrer
 Stones, Dwight (* 1953), US-amerikanischer Leichtathlet
 Stones, Edgar L. (1900–1974), US-amerikanischer Techniker
 Stones, John (* 1994), englischer Fußballspieler
 Stonestreet, Eric (* 1971), US-amerikanischer Schauspieler
 Stoney, Bindon Blood (1828–1909), irischer Astronom
 Stoney, Casey (* 1982), englische Fußballspielerin
 Stoney, Edith (1869–1938), irische Physikerin
 Stoney, Florence (1870–1932), irische Ärztin
 Stoney, George C. (1916–2012), US-amerikanischer Dokumentarfilmer und Hochschullehrer
 Stoney, George Johnstone (1826–1911), irischer Physiker
 Stoneyisland-Mann, irischer Moorleichnam

Stong
 Stong, Robert (1936–2008), US-amerikanischer Mathematiker

Stoni
 Stonie, Matt (* 1992), US-amerikanischer Wettesser
 Stonier, Matthew (* 2001), britischer Leichtathlet
 Stonier, Tom (1927–1999), deutscher Biologe, Philosoph und Informationswissenschaftler
 Stoning, Henry, englischer Komponist der Renaissance

Stonk
 Stonkutė, Gabrielė (* 2001), litauische Boxerin

Stonn
 Stonner, Anton (1895–1973), deutscher römisch-katholischer Geistlicher, Hochschullehrer

Stono
 Stonor, Francis, 4. Baron Camoys (1856–1897), britischer Peer und Politiker
 Stonor, Thomas, 7. Baron Camoys (1940–2023), britischer Peer und Politiker
 Stonor, William († 1494), englischer Ritter

Stony
 Stonys, Rimandas (* 1953), litauischer Unternehmer

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Representatives from the Whitecourt and District Public Library were present during the scheduled Whitecourt Policies and Priorities meeting on Nov. 19.
Acting director, Joseph Kubelka, and library board treasurer, Serena Lapointe, presented the Library's proposed 2019 budget. This is an annual occurrence with the upcoming budget deliberations by council.
Whitecourt Mayor Maryann Chichak has in the past researched donation sources from other libraries and is curious if the Whitecourt library has looked into other methods of sponsorship.
Kubelka responded that they have looked into those types of donations and will be looking "towards those types of opportunities" once they have completed the process of obtaining a federal 501(c)(3) tax status which will allow them to accept donations that are tax deductible to the donors.
Chichak believed there are many opportunities to reflect donations and sponsors within the budget.
Council is hoping that more corporate volunteers will step forward in order to help the library with sponsorships and donations.
"We're not talking a lot of money, but if we had 10 or 12 volunteers sponsoring one thing, that would make a big difference in terms of the bottom line," said Coun. Derek Schlosser.
"I really appreciate the service of the library, I think you guys do a fantastic job and I applaud the chair of the committee and the committee for doing some really tough work," he added.
That policies and priorities committee moved to defer the Whitecourt and District Public Library's proposed 2019 budget to 2019 budget deliberations.


Ambedkar University, Delhi invited applications for Recruitment to the Post of Controller of Finance. The candidates eligible for the post can apply through online on or before 31 July 2015.
• Educational Qualification: Candidates should be Post Graduate with minimum 55% marks or an equivalent grade of B in the 7 point scale and 15 years administrative experience.
• Age Limit: The maximum age of the candidates shall not exceed 56 years as on the closing date for receipt of applications.
Candidates are required to apply online through AUD website www.aud.ac.in on or before 31 July 2015. The hard copy of the online application along with photocopies of all relevant certificates, 'NOC' from the present employer, if applicable, may be sent by post to the "Registrar, Ambedkar University Delhi, Lothian Road, Kashmere Gate, Delhi-110006" latest by before 31 July 2015.


If you do write anything based on these, we'd love to hear it. Send your favourite ones to lies dot dreamingpodcast at gmail dot com by the end of May, and we'll put a podcast out. We prefer poems to be under five minutes long and be vocals only.
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Guidelines for the clinical use of electronic mail with patients. The AMIA Internet Working Group, Task Force on Guidelines for the Use of Clinic-Patient Electronic Mail.
Kane B, Sands DZ. Guidelines for the clinical use of electronic mail with patients. The AMIA Internet Working Group, Task Force on Guidelines for the Use of Clinic-Patient Electronic Mail. J Am Med Inform Assoc 1998;5(1):104-11.
Guidelines regarding patient-provider electronic mail are presented. The intent is to provide guidance concerning computer-based communications between clinicians and patients within a contractual relationship in which the health-care provider has taken on an explicit measure of responsibility for the client's care. The guidelines address two interrelated aspects: effective interaction between the clinician and patient, and observance of medicolegal prudence. Recommendations for site-specific policy formulation are included.


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7 Best West Palm Beach RV Parks for Fabulous Florida Camping
Categories Campground Review, Florida, RV Travel Destinations
Many RVers venture south for the winter. These snowbirds may come from Michigan, New York, or Minnesota to escape the frigid temperatures and blizzards that last for months. Other RVers are looking for a fun family vacation in Florida where they can escape the day-to-day routine and relax and make memories together. Whatever your reason for traveling to the Gold Coast, let's look at a few of the best West Palm Beach RV parks and campgrounds available so that your stay is sunny and comfortable.
Why West Palm Beach Is Great to Visit in Your RV
Located in southeast Florida, West Palm Beach is a little over an hour north of Miami. It sits just north of Boca Raton, where Highways 710 and 98 intersect with Interstate 95 from the west.
COOL THINGS TO DO IN WEST PALM BEACH
One reason West Palm Beach is great to visit in an RV is because of its accessibility and convenience. The Florida Turnpike (or I-95) runs right by West Palm Beach, and numerous other highways also criss-cross throughout the city.
Plus, there are so many things to do. You can stay at the beach all day long if you want to relax and enjoy the view of the Atlantic Ocean. If you'd like to go shopping one day, there are plenty of outlets and shopping centers in West Palm Beach. At night, if you want to go out and enjoy downtown, there are opportunities for nightlife and drinks. If you need to entertain the kids, there are several fun water parks, animal centers, and excursions for the whole family.
West Palm Beach is a great location to access other parts of Florida. If you're traveling down to the Keys, it's the perfect stop for a couple of weeks before you head farther south. Or, if your travels are taking you over to the Gulf Coast side of Florida, it's easy to hop on Highway 98 to Highway 80 to get to Fort Myers and Cape Coral.
Top Things to Do in West Palm Beach
The South Florida Science Center and Aquarium, the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society, Manatee Lagoon, and McCarthy's Wildlife are great attractions for the whole family with various activities and educational opportunities about the wildlife in Florida. Book a sunset cruise and enjoy a romantic evening on the water if you're traveling with your spouse.
Check out Northwood Village for unique shops, souvenirs, and specialty foods. Downtown West Palm Beach also offers summer outdoor concerts with entertainment for all ages. And, of course, you have beautiful white sandy beaches and stunning blue water to enjoy all day long.
Pro Tip: Traveling with your furry friends? Check out these 7 Most Dog-Friendly Beaches in Florida.
Head out in your RV to West Palm Beach, Florida for some sun and sand.
7 Best RV Parks Near West Palm Beach for Fabulous Florida Camping
When planning to visit West Palm Beach, there are several RV parks worth considering. They offer great amenities, convenient locations, and superior customer service. Depending on your budget and what type of experience you're looking for, these West Palm Beach campgrounds are excellent choices.
There are many luxurious West Palm Beach campgrounds to camp at.
#1 West Palm Beach/Lion Country Safari KOA
Address: 2003 Lion Country Safari Road, Loxahatchee, FL 33470
Amenities: This KOA features RV sites with full hookups, cabins and tent sites, shower facilities and restrooms, laundry facilities, a heated pool, a playground, horseshoes, and more.
Pet-Friendly: Yes
Why You'll Love It: If you want a unique experience where you can camp with African animals roaring in the distance, Lion Country Safari KOA is a one-of-a-kind campground.
Adjacent to the 320-acre drive-through wild animal preserve and adventure park, this West Palm Beach RV park is just minutes from the beach. In 2022, it received the KOA President's Award and Founder's Award.
Morton Road Trip Rating: 9.5/10
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#2 West Jupiter RV Resort
Address: 17801 130th Ave N, Jupiter, FL 33478
Amenities: This campground features RV sites with full hookups, cable TV and Wi-Fi, laundry facilities, restrooms, a heated swimming pool, country line dancing, bocce ball, and more.
Why You'll Love It: If you're looking for a quiet, relaxing West Palm Beach RV park, West Jupiter RV Resort is it. It's a gated over 55 community situated on over nine acres in the beautiful coastal town of Jupiter in Palm Beach County.
The campground has a small-town feel with big city benefits. You'll enjoy sitting outside on the concrete or gravel pads with patios. Or try reeling in a big one in the catch-and-release pond on-site.
Morton Road Trip Rating: 9/10
CampgroundViews.com - West Jupiter Camping Resort Jupiter Florida FL
#3 Vacation Inn Resort
Address: 6500 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL 33407
Amenities: This West Palm Beach RV park features RV sites with full hookups, two swimming pools, a rec hall, and an owner's clubhouse. It also has tennis/pickleball courts, bathhouse facilities, laundry facilities, a playground, and more.
Why You'll Love It: The community and security are two of the best features of Vacation Inn Resort. Vacation Inn Resort is a gated, 5-star luxury resort with more than 32 acres. It's also a Homeowners' Association with 400 ownership lots.
Because of the community, there's a calendar full of events from December to April. They include Thursday night bridge games, weekly golf games, non-denominational church services, karaoke, yoga, movie night, and more.
Vacation Inn Resort
#4 Aztec RV Resort
Address: 1 Aztec Blvd, Margate, FL 33068
Amenities: This campground features RV sites with full hookups, two heated swimming pools, two spas, a fitness center, a library, laundry facilities, a putting green, and two tennis courts.
Why You'll Love It: If you own a Class A RV, Aztec RV Resort is the place to stay. Only permitting Class A motorhomes, this luxurious RV park near West Palm Beach has lots available for purchase.
You can also rent sites for daily, weekly, or monthly use. Pompano Beach, Seminole Casino Coconut Creek, and Sawgrass Mills shopping centers are all nearby. If you want luxury, Aztec RV Resort delivers.
Aztec RV Resort- Fort Lauderdale Florida Luxury Class A Motorcoach Resort Tour
#5 Paradise Island RV Resort
Address: 2121 NW 29th Ct, Oakland Park, FL 33311
Amenities: This resort features RV sites with full hookups, a heated swimming pool, a billiards room, a game room, a fitness center, laundry facilities, and more.
Why You'll Love It: If you're looking for a more affordable yet comfortable stay, check out Paradise Island RV Resort. It's just minutes from Sawgrass Mills shopping center and the Los Olas Riverfront, where you can enjoy dining and shopping.
Catch a horse race or try your hand at the slot machines at the nearby Gulfstream Park. The location of Paradise Island RV Resort is second-to-none, with convenient access to plenty of entertainment and activities.
Paradise Island RV Resort tour
#6 John Prince Park Campground
Address: 4759 South Congress Avenue, Lake Worth, FL 33461
Amenities: This campground features RV sites with full hookups and a picnic table, rustic campsites, a boat ramp, and bathhouse facilities. It also has four campfire pits, two playgrounds, a petanque court, laundry facilities, an on-site dump station, and more.
Why You'll Love It: Staying in a county park makes you feel like you're diving into the local life. If you like to live like the locals when you travel, the campground at John Prince Park may be the best fit.
This 48-acre campground is in the 726-acre Palm Beach County park. With access to a boat ramp, you can spend a day on Lake Osborne's water while birding and viewing wildlife. It's simple living here while close to area attractions, dining, and shopping activities.
John Prince Park Campground Review Lake Worth, Florida
#7 Palm Beach Traveler Park
Address: 6159 Lawrence Rd, Lantana, FL 33462
Amenities: This West Palm Beach campground features RV sites with full hookups, an indoor pool, laundry facilities, bocce ball court, shuffleboard court, dog walk area, and more.
Why You'll Love It: If you want an RV site near the beach, you'll find it at Palm Beach Traveler Park. Although not directly on the beach, it's easy to access to both the pristine beaches of West Palm Beach and the entertainment and attractions of downtown.
This campground also offers RV and boat storage if you want to hop on a plane to visit family or if you want to bring your boat along with you to Florida.
Pro Tip: Go for a swim in one of these 6 Most Beautiful Waterfalls in Florida You Should Visit.
CampgroundViews.com - Palm Beach Traveler RV Park Lake Worth Florida FL
Where Will You RV Camp Near West Palm Beach?
West Palm Beach is a great destination along the east coast. When planning your winter trip to Florida, consider these West Palm Beach campgrounds to make your stay comfortable, relaxing, and enjoyable.
Take note of the special requirements like 55+ or Class A only. But no matter what your age or your RV type, you'll find a great location to set up camp and enjoy all that West Palm Beach has to offer.
Where will you camp when you visit the Gold Coast? Tell us which RV park stands out the most to you!
Enjoy pools, spas, fitness centers, and more at some of West Palm Beach's most luxurious RV resorts.
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Background: This eight year-old girl was having difficulty focusing in class and during homework. She often rushed through her work and made careless mistakes as a result. She would forget instructions from her parents and teachers, and had a lot of trouble staying on task to complete her assignments. In addition, the girl had trouble controlling her emotions. It was when the girl was diagnosed with ADHD and the family had started her on medications that the girl's mother came across Cogmed.
The mother, who is a teacher, was well aware of the importance of helping a child with ADHD as early as possible, so she started her daughter on Cogmed with the hope of turning some of her attention issues around. The daughter cheerfully attended to the Cogmed training program with unusual eagerness for her age. Within a short period of time, the daughter showed improvement in her ability to control her emotions and frustration. She also has improved significantly in school. Having done Cogmed training in the summer, the daughter got off to an excellent start in the new school year. She is improving in all subjects and getting A's and B's on all of her tests. She has also been writing in her planner every day to stay organized, which had never happened before.


Nemetschek North America, the makers of the popular Vectorworks 2009 CAD application series, has announced Service Pack 3 for immediate release. Service Pack 3 addresses several issues such as the user origin shift problem and several smaller issues related to the stair tool, viewports, framing member objects, IFC export and interactive drawing operations.
Vectorworks 2009 was released back in September of 2008 and is the first Vectorworks product based on the latest Parasolid modeling kernel. Service Pack 3 is available for download for all licensed users. To install the Service Pack, go to the About Vectorworks dialog box in the Vectorworks 2009 application and click Check for Updates.