Schoenberg: 5 Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16 - 1949 Revision: 1. Vorgefühle (Premonitions) YouTube video by Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - Topic

Hell yeah, let's get this day rolling

Arnold +
Riccardo +
Amsterdammers =

Magic

René Magritte (1898-1967), “The Therapist”: 1) 1936, 2) 1937, 3) 1941, and 4) 1962.

“America has the greatest road network in the world … [and] includes 10 of the 25 most congested cities.“ Someone in Sean Duffy’s office is both so close and so far from getting it.

A mass shooting that took the lives of eight children should stop this country in its tracks. Instead, the Shreveport tragedy disappeared from the headlines in a day. We cannot allow this level of violence to fade into background noise. Ending America’s gun‑violence epidemic is a moral oblligation.

"Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it."
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
#BookSky Wake TFU

Man, when you compare the bravery of every day Minnesotans to the overpaid cops it’s astounding

Suspect dead after 8 children killed, 2 women wounded in Louisiana shooting The suspect, who was the father of seven of the children, was killed after a vehicle chase, police said. The slain children were 3 to 11 years old, authorities said.

This "president" has said nothing-- NOTHING-- about eight kids killed in a mass shooting in Louisiana today. Ages range from 1 year to 14 years. Children.

And they rate not a single comment.

I detest that bucket of filth and the way he's lowered the bar for all.

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Looks like the prosecutors couldn’t make it stand up in court

Salonen leads Bruckner's Fourth and Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante Join us on Sunday, April 19 at 1 p.m. on WRTI 90.1 and Monday, April 20 at 7 p.m. on WRTI HD-2 as The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert brings you Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 and Mozart’s Sinfonia Conce...

Giving this October 2025 concert a relisten, with Philly's wind principals:

The Philadelphia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Philippe Tondre, oboe
Ricardo Morales, clarinet
Daniel Matsukawa, bassoon
Jennifer Montone, horn

Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4

Ohhh I am so calling them the Liquor Cabinet from now on. Priceless.

This must be a Twin Cities first

This - every time I would coordinate a street closure I made sure we had sign that said "Street Open for People"

From source: View predominately showing the yard of the complex built circa 1812-1813 for the earliest American white lead manufactory founded by Samuel Wetherill Jr. in the 1780s. Factory workers labor between a horse-drawn cart, and rows and stacks of crates, barrels, and vats, which cover the yard that is surrounded by buildings. Several smoke stacks adorn the roofs of the shops. Following the circa 1812 fire of the Wetherill white lead manufactory at Broad and Chestnut streets, the new factory was built at the northeast corner of 12th & Cherry streets, including the addition of a chemical manufactory. In 1847, the factory enlarged and relocated to West Philadelphia at 30th Street below Chestnut.

Wetherill & Brothers, Philadelphia (1831)
Image: William L. Breton / Library Company of Philadelphia

Three smiling friends, sitting at an open air restaurant, in the sunshine.

Joan Miró, Marc Chagall & Jacques Prévert at La Colombe d'Or restaurant, St. Paul de Vence
📷 Philippe Halsman, 1955

Luxemburg und gratis-ÖPNV, ein Erfolg nach fünf Jahren Vor fünf Jahren führte das Großherzogtum die kostenlose Nutzung von Bussen, Zügen und Straßenbahnen ein. Diese außergewöhnliche Maßnahme hat den öffentlichen Verkehr attraktiver gemacht, ohne dass das...

Free public transport in Luxembourg.
Within five years, tram passengers increased fivefold, from 6.2 to 31.7 million between 2019 and 2024. Passenger numbers rail: from 25 to 31.3 million, bus increased by 20,000 passengers per day to 145,000 daily commuters.

www.voisins-nachbarn.eu/de/raumordnu...

This new bridge in downtown Helsinki is already my favorite spot in town.

You can have phone conversations, and hear people talking and kids laughing as they pass by.

The silence is astonishing, despite being so close to city centre.

Because there are no cars.
#Kruunuvuorensilta

'Sleepers Awake' at Opera Phila, and 'Contact' with Time For Three Whether you like the intimacy of chamber music, the radiance of a choir, the promise of a new opera, or the surge of a full orchestra, this week has something for you.

“She initially sees no reason why she should marry the prince who woke her from her slumber, and only agrees to walk down the aisle after much persuasion.”

~ scholar Valerie Heffernan on Robert Walser's take on Sleeping Beauty, which inspired "Sleepers Awake," the new opera by Gregory Spears

Concerto Digital: A atmosfera de Ligeti e a apoteose de Beethoven YouTube video by Osesp — Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

From earlier today — thank goodness for archived streams. Come for the Ligeti, stay for Seth Parker Woods

Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
Elena Schwarz, conductor
Seth Parker Woods, cello

Ligeti: Atmosphères
Nathalie Joachim: Had to be (2024)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

literally every day my wife or I go outside with our daughter people go out of their way to be friendly, offer aid or a kind word, no matter where we've traveled. it's nice to remember that hostility as default mode of interaction is not destiny, much as it benefits some to pretend it is

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama read a picture book to a group of children.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh with a group of children.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh.

Children hug Mayor Mamdani.

Today, President Barack Obama and I read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx. 

In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration’s vision for this City — one where New York’s Cutest have the strongest start possible.

Six days ago this Budapest building was plastered with Fidesz campaign attack ads claiming Péter Magyar can't say no to Brussels & Zelensky.

Today only blue panels remain.

Election cleanup, Hungarian style.

🙏🏼🇭🇺

📷 @444.hu

I love Chicago anyhow, but one of the main reasons I wanted to move there (it wasn’t in the cards) is because a reasonably affordable, house-sized prewar condo in a walkable neighborhood near mass transit is pretty much the best housing option America has. Long live the three-flat!

King William home for sale that once belonged to famous composer gets major price cut An 1890 King William home that was once the residence of renowned Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas has just experienced a deep price cut. When the

Vintage homes in San Antonio can be .... a tad overdone. Mexican cantina paint schemes, barn doors, walls of crosses, bad decisions. 🤭

But this one, a famous composer's home in King William, is lovely.

www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...

Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92

It’s hard to express how important Iris was to ACT UP’s scientific development. She was the catalyst who started it all. Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...

People picnic in Central Park

Things so bad in Mamdani’s socialist hellscape that upper east side can no longer afford restaurants- must now eat in the park like squirrels

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Live La Edad de Oro 1984 YouTube video by Manu Guinarte

Been listening to Will Sergeant’s two excellent autobiographies, Bunnyman & Echoes, & was reminded of what a tight & electric live act Echo were in 1984 as seen in this gig.
The much missed Pete de Freitas was a brilliant drummer.
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Green-Wood Cemetery Opens Long-Awaited Visitor Center The Green-House at Green-Wood invites visitors to learn about Green-Wood Cemetery’s history while exploring a restored Weir Greenhouse.

I love Green-Wood Cemetery. I chose it as the spot for my first date with my now-wife. It makes me very happy that Weir Greenhouse has not only been saved, but turned into the cemetery’s new visitor center.

A large crowd as always at the weekly march in Tbilisi. Georgians have been protesting in 8+ cities every day for the last 507 days.

LIVE: Resonanzen - Hadelich & Schostakowitsch | WDR Sinfonieorchester YouTube video by ARD Klassik

Right now, one of my favorite violinists in (probably) my favorite violin concerto, live from Cologne

Sibelius: Pohjola's Daughter
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

Augustin Hadelich, violin
WDR Sinfonieorchester
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor

Mark Twain foresaw a blight on the Republic like the one who occupies the White House:
"He's an invertebrate without a country. He hasn't any more passion for his country than an oyster for its bed, and in fact not so much, and I apologize to the oyster."