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Month: March 2025
The final reflections on PANDEMIC ↑OR↓ PLANDEMIC
https://youtu.be/t2Byi_38nFc?si=_LfOH2sgYeK0ngSg / 2025 / … It’s been over five years since COVID-19 began spreading across the U.S. The virus killed more than a million Americans and reshaped our entire society. Our new series will bring reflections from people, in their own words, who lived and worked through the pandemic. We start with Dr. Colleen Bridger,…… Continue reading The final reflections on PANDEMIC ↑OR↓ PLANDEMIC
The best of Georg Friderich Handel
https://youtu.be/X5BDDzvQctI?si=UKFDr1eWRumizMz4 What Makes HANDEL the Greatest of All Time? Royal Baroque Music Treasures
A la via!
Street music from XIII to XVI century – Ensemble Anonymous & Strada https://youtu.be/pT2bo03onUY?si=2JoUkDMnSGEOsACU / 2020 / … Album: A la Via! – Street music from XIII to XVI cent. Ensemble: Anonymous & Strada / musicamedievale • For many years now, ensemble Strada has been exploring Mediterranean music which continues to draw from medieval tradition. Strada’s rendition…… Continue reading A la via!
J. S. Bach Passacaglia in C minor | Leopold Stokowski, Et al…
https://youtu.be/x9Sbk3E8-ws?si=ggbs7SOlhUJ85w6a / 1969 / … During one of his annual trips to Europe, Leopold Stokowski gave a televised performance of his own orchestration of Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor with the Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra. Incidentally, Stokowski was the only conductor to encourage “free-bowing” in the string sections. He felt that string players…… Continue reading J. S. Bach Passacaglia in C minor | Leopold Stokowski, Et al…
World without money
https://youtu.be/GbECT1J9bXg?si=iUv1dYWPfPt6LmS1 / 2018 / … How cash is becoming a thing of the past | DW Documentary (Banking documentary).Cashless payments are on the rise. They are fast, easy and convenient. Worldwide, cashless transactions have become the norm. But Germany’s central bank and government are still clinging on to cash. Can they stop the move towards…… Continue reading World without money
Canadian Armed Forces to help Alberta deal with COVID-19 surge ←OR→ Napkin instead of mask?
https://www.youtube.com/live/crTg8RdYsbc?si=dTJirQ32ccHzRtXP / 2021 / … On Friday, Canadian ministers, followed by the country’s top doctors, delivered an update on the country’s COVID-19 situation and vaccine rollout, as Saskatchewan and Alberta face a surge in cases and strained health-care systems. Health Minister Patty Hajdu said the government is providing offers of assistance to Saskatchewan and Alberta…… Continue reading Canadian Armed Forces to help Alberta deal with COVID-19 surge ←OR→ Napkin instead of mask?
Corona virus funny way ←OR→ maybe less amusing
https://youtu.be/IuVo4fnpLC8 / 2025 / … Trump & the Coronavirus: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)John Oliver takes a look at how the Trump administration has handled the coronavirus outbreak in the US, from lack of preparation, to mangled coordination, to harmful communication. Connect with Last Week Tonight online… Subscribe to the Last Week Tonight…… Continue reading Corona virus funny way ←OR→ maybe less amusing
Bryn Terfel
https://youtu.be/-aFrzox84jk?si=PlbHbmurWCtcJmvG / 2022 / … ST DAVID’S HALLBryn Terfel performing “Non più andrai” from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro during the final of the 1989 BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World competition. The phenomenal showdown with contemporary Dmitri Hvorostovsky during the Main Prize final soon became known as the ‘Battle of the Baritones’ and, until…… Continue reading Bryn Terfel
Alison Balsom | Sound the Trumpet (Royal Music of Purcell & Handel)
https://youtu.be/Wa2vzx-aNrw?si=cXqYEdCFf1vk8Xqh / 2012 / … ALBUM AVAILABLE HERE: http://smarturl.it/soundtrumpet In the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, Alison Balsom celebrates the heroic era of the Baroque trumpet in works by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) and Henry Purcell (1658 or 1659-1695), whose anthems, odes, sinfonias and operas have provided the music for numerous royal celebrations…… Continue reading Alison Balsom | Sound the Trumpet (Royal Music of Purcell & Handel)