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Franz Liszt - Piano Sonata in B minor - Autograph Score
Claudio Arrau, piano
Studio Philips recording 1970
history
'i stood on a hill in jerusalem today, looking over the border, the arab-israeli border. there is really something frightening about it. there is something insane about it, something which breaks the heart.'
i love james baldwin - today & every day. he is so necessary.
#botd #art #history #literature #palestine #jamesBaldwin
(meanderings about james, below.)
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Giuseppe Verdi "Simon Boccanegra"
Theatre d'Avignon
20th February 1983, Avignon
Amelia: Ghena Dimitrova
Simon Boccanegra: Renato Bruson
Gabrielle: Beniamino Prior
Fiesco: Bonaldo Giaiotti
Paolo: Felice Schiavi
Chorus and Orchestra of the Theatre d'Avignon, Avignon
Conductor..........Alain Guingal
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Richard Strauss "Die Frau ohne Schatten"
Wiener Staatsoper
9th May 1982, Vienna
Kaiserin: Sabine Hass
Kaiser: James King
Barak: Walter Berry
Farberin: Birgit Nilsson
Amme: Helga Dernesch
Falke: Lotte Rysanek
Geisterbote: Peter Wimberger
Huter der Schwelle: Lotte Rysanek
Junglings: Thomas Moser
Stimme von Oben: Gertrude Jahn
...
Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna
Conductor - Christof Perick
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Opernabend
8. August 2026, 20:00 Uhr
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Le Nozze di Figaro
Graf Almaviva: Bo Skovhus
Gräfin Almaviva: Cheryl Studer
Susanna: Sylvia McNair
Figaro: Lucio Gallo
Cherubino: Cecilia Bartoli
Marcellina: Anna Caterina Antonacci
Bartolo: Ildebrando D´Arcangelo
Basilio: Carlo Allemano
Don Curzio: Peter Jelosits
...
Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker
Leitung: Claudio Abbado
1994.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Emil Gilels, piano
Orchestre National de la RTF
André Cluytens, conductor
Live rec. Paris, 1960
#OnThisDay, 18 Mar 1979, the first National Black Women’s Conference started in Brixton, London, arranged by the Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent (OWAAD). Over 300 women attended.
OWAAD was founded by Stella Dadzie and Olive Morris in 1978 to bring a black feminist perspective to political action.
Morris died in July 1979 of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In 2024, she was recognised for her work with a blue plaque.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #BritishHistory #London #Histodons
“Once, with hand-grenades in my shopping bag, I travelled in a train so full that I had to stand against a German NCO.”
#OnThisDay, 18 Mar 1943, Francine Agazarian arrives in Nazi-occupied France to be a courier in the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French Resistance.
#WomenInHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #History #WorldWar2 #Histodons
RFK Jr. is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market.
History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back when trust in shots — or access to them — falters.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-vaccine-agenda-childhood-plagues?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Health #PublicHealth #Vaccines #Children #History #Science #RFKJr
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10. August 2026, 22:00 Uhr
Klaviermusik am Abend
Artur Schnabel
Beethoven: Mondschein-Sonate
(23. April 1934)
Chopin: Etüde, op. 10/5 (1905)
Schubert: Impromptu D 935/1
(8. und 9. Juni 1950)
Beethoven: Klaviersonate, op. 111
(21. Jänner & 21. März 1932)
#StormerArchive #DailyStormer
Looking at Christianity Objectively
Andrew Anglin
Total Fascism
April 10, 2013
Tor link:
http://stormer5v52vjsw66jmds7ndeecudq444woadhzr2plxlaa...
PDF uploaded.
Tags: #AndrewAnglin #Christianity #History #Race #Religion #Spirituality
Looking at Christianity Objectively
Andrew Anglin
Total Fascism
April 10, 2013
Tor link:
http://stormer5v52vjsw66jmds7ndeecudq444woadhzr2plxlaa...
PDF uploaded.
Tags: #AndrewAnglin #Christianity #History #Race #Religion #Spirituality
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⏳ Times up. Sadly, this historical place is about to disappear forever.
Demolition work is underway on the site, progressing steadily at this 1940s aircraft research facility. Once at the cutting edge of aerodynamics R&D, the site's 8x8ft supersonic tunnel tested flight components at Mach 2.5.
Already the smaller 3x3 tunnel facility and control room have been levelled; this one looks to be set to be next.
#Aerodynamics #History #ColdWar #England #Abandoned #UrbanExploration #Urbex
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Amilcare Ponchielli "La Gioconda"
Metropolitan Opera House
11th December 1966, New York
La Gioconda: Renata Tebaldi
Enzo: Richard Tucker
Laura: Mignon Dunn
Barnaba: Cornell MacNeil
Alvise: Bonaldo Giaiotti
La Cieca: Belén Amparan
Zuàne: Russell Christopher
Isèpo: Robert Schmorr
Monk: Norman Scott
..
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Conductor.....................Fausto Cleva
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Giacomo Puccini - "La fanciulla del West"
Carol Neblett - Minnie
Plácido Domingo - Dick Johnson
Sherrill Milnes - Jack Rance
Francis Egerton - Nick
Robert Lloyd - Ashby
Jonathan Summers - Sonora
John Dobson - Trin
Malcolm Rivers - Sid
Tom McDonnell - Bello
Paul Crook - Harry
Robin Leggate - Joe
William Elvin - Happy
Malcolm King - Larkens
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Zubin Mehta
1977
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Friedrich von Flotow "Martha"
Metropolitan Opera House
21st February 1961, New York
Lady Harriet Durham (Martha): Victoria de los Angeles
Nancy/Julia, her companion: Rosalind Elias
Plumkett, a prosperous farmer: Giorgio Tozzi
Lyonel, his foster-brother: Richard Tucker
Lord Tristram Mickleford: Lorenzo Alvary
...
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Conductor - Nino Verchi
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Peter Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
András Schiff, piano
Moscow Radio Symphony orchestra,
Dmitry Kitaenko
Moscow, 1974
Painting Restoration, Regional Museum of Messina, Sicily, Italy
Restoration Work at the Museum
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/09/24/restoration/
#art #museum #history #restoration #repair #sicily #italy #photography #travel
Restoration Work at the Museum
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/09/24/restoration/
#art #museum #history #restoration #repair #sicily #italy #photography #travel
Painting Restoration, Regional Museum of Messina, Sicily, Italy
Restoration Work at the Museum
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/09/24/restoration/
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In 1993 Brenda and Wanda Henson bought land outside Ovett, Mississippi, and opened a feminist, lesbian-run retreat and food bank in a county that made its feelings clear immediately. Somebody left a dead dog on their mailbox.
They didn't leave. They ran the pantry. They kept the gate open, and over years the temperature around them changed — which is the least dramatic and most difficult kind of victory there is.
Nobody photographs the long middle. That's the part where the root goes down.
This runs on readers, not an ad network — no oligarch upstairs getting nervous about a sentence. If it's worth a morning to you: https://thistleandmoss.com/upgrade?utm_source=PixelFed&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS
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They didn't leave. They ran the pantry. They kept the gate open, and over years the temperature around them changed — which is the least dramatic and most difficult kind of victory there is.
Nobody photographs the long middle. That's the part where the root goes down.
This runs on readers, not an ad network — no oligarch upstairs getting nervous about a sentence. If it's worth a morning to you: https://thistleandmoss.com/upgrade?utm_source=PixelFed&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS
#QueerHistory #LesbianHistory #Mississippi #MutualAid #LGBTQ #QueerNews #History #Solidarity #TransRights #Feminism #Photography #DailyGathering
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Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
Jascha Heifetz, violin
the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
William Steinberg
Rec. June 16, 1951
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Francesco Cilea "Adriana Lecouvreur"
1963, New York
Adriana Lecouvreur: Renata Tebaldi
Maurizio: Franco Corelli
Principe di Bouillon: William Wilderman
Principessa di Bouillon: Biserka Cvejic
Michonnet: Anselmo Colzani
Quinault: Norman Scott
Poisson: Andrea Velis
Mlle. Jouvenot: Laurel Hurley
...
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Conductor - Silvio Varviso
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Vincenzo Bellini "La Strainera"
Teatro Massimo “Bellini” di Catania
25th February 1971, Catania
Alaide: Elena Souliotis
Isoletta: Elena Zilio
Arturo: Veriano Lucchetti
Valdeburgo: Ugo Savarese
Montolino: Enrico Campi
Il Priore: Antonio Zerbini
Osburgo: Nino Valori
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Massimo “Bellini” di Catania, Catania
Conductor..............Oliviero De Fabritiis
Local stone carved with Greek letters from 300 BC, Regional Museum of Messina, Sicily, Italy
I found it difficult to imagine some stone carver carving these letters so many centuries ago. It doesn’t seem possible that we can still read their work today.
Unknown local stonemason of the Hellenistic age, 3rd century BC
Fragment of a Stone Inscription in Oscan Language and Greek Alphabet
Local engraved sandstone from a building in Cardines Street
. – Regional Museum of Messina
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/09/28/ancient/
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✨Cyrene ✨
This #MosaicMonday we celebrate the princess Cyrene who leant her name to the Greek colony in Libya. In myth she is known as the daughter of Hypseus, king of the Lapiths and the Naiad Chlidanope. Her sons by Apollo were Aristaeus and Idmon. Aristaeus sounds like the kind of god we’d love to met as he was the god of animal husbandry, bee-keeping and cheese making. Idmon became a famed seer. Cyrene herself was famous as a huntress, and reputedly called ‘lionkiller’, and was at times a companion of Artemis.
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Opernabend
11. August 2026, 20:00 Uhr
Wagner, Richard - Das Rheingold
Wotan: George London
Fricka: Kirsten Flagstad
Freia: Claire Watson
Loge: Set Svanholm
Froh: Waldemar Kmentt
Donner: Eberhard Wächter
Mime: Paul Puen
Erda: Jean Madeira
Alberich: Gustav Neidlinger
Fasolt: Walter Kreppel
Fafner: Kurt Böhme
...
Wiener Philharmoniker
Leitung: Sir Georg Solti
1958