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The visitors arrived late following a protracted five hour journey from Walsall necessitating a 3.15pm kick off on Saturday.
Nevertheless they made light of their traffic problems to deservedly gain a point at Bloomfields in front of 283 spectators.
The game opened brightly for Richard Wilkins side but, in a disappointing second half performance, they failed to impose themselves sufficiently, particularly in the final third, to rarely threaten 'The Pics'.
Indeed the visitors, in 16th position and three points behind 'The Marketmen', were well organised throughout and nobody could begrudge them their point.
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You think you're looking at a behind the scenes pic of a historical movie? You're not far off. Mister Davids, on the left, calls himself historisch figurant (historical supporting actor). His whole lifestyle, from his interior to his etiquette, is based on 1880-1945 traditions. To find suitable clothing and design he goes from flee market to flee market, looking for only genuine historical pieces. In the picture he and his friend, both members of a self-proclaimed nostalgics club, are dressed in thirties style. On his website www.thetruegentleman.nl mister Davids offers his expertise, teaching you the know-how of being a historical character.
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How to build a platform bed for $30. Simple step by step plans with diagrams and shopping list and cut list.
Build the matching headboard with these plans.
- 3 – 2x4 @ 8 feet long
- 1 – 2x3 @ 2 feet long (or use 2x4)
- 2 – 2x2 @ 8 feet long
- 3 – 1x3 @ 8 feet long
- 1x2 or 1x3 slats or box spring (about 6 boards, 8 feet long - can also use various scraps as long as the thickness matches)
- 2 1/2" screws or 2 1/2" pocket hole screws
- 2 – 2x4 @ 76 1/2"
- 2 – 2x4 @ 39"
- 4 – 2x3 @ 5 1/2" (can use 2x4s here as well)
- 2 – 2x2 @ 70 1/2"
- 2 – 1x3 @ 75"
- 1 – 1x3 @ 44"
- 1x3 @ 39" for slats (not accounted for in cut list)
Please read through the entire plan and all comments before beginning this project. It is also advisable to review the Getting Started Section. Take all necessary precautions to build safely and smartly. Work on a clean level surface, free of imperfections or debris. Always use straight boards. Check for square after each step. Always predrill holes before attaching with screws. Use glue with finish nails for a stronger hold. Wipe excess glue off bare wood for stained projects, as dried glue will not take stain. Be safe, have fun, and ask for help if you need it. Good luck!
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
It is always recommended to apply a test coat on a hidden area or scrap piece to ensure color evenness and adhesion. Use primer or wood conditioner as needed.
We apologize if there was an error in this plan. Please help us out and report any errors here.
Mon, 02/04/2013 - 04:11
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Your site contains useful information on this topic as I am working on a school project. Thank you posting relative information and its now becoming easier to complete this topic.
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Thu, 03/07/2013 - 11:53
Dimensions for a Full bed?
Did anyone ever get dimensions for a full sized bed? I'd love to make this for my daughter but she has a full.
Sat, 04/20/2013 - 15:26
king size dimensions
New to your site, love all the plans! Are you able to post the dimensions for a king size version of this. Thank you so much.
Mon, 06/03/2013 - 11:08
great plan!
I made three of these this past Saturday with no problems. I modified the plans a little bit on two of them as they were both going in the same room and were going against opposite walls, so I removed the trim rails on the wall sides so the beds would sit flush against the wall. Super easy to build and great instructions. I was even able to make a small table with the scraps. The table wasn't from any specific plans on the site, but it's construction was definitely informed by everything I've seen here.
Mon, 06/03/2013 - 11:11
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Wed, 08/21/2013 - 18:17
Full/Double Size for this plan?
if anyone managed to get the full size/double dimensions for this plan, I'm desperate for a copy at email@example.com.
Thank you all so much.
Tue, 09/03/2013 - 06:47
Making this bed in a full/queen
I received an email from a community member asking if I found the plan to convert this bed to a full, so I thought I would share my reply to the rest of the people on here as it was something I had been looking for.
Basically what I did was took a pencil and went through each page of the twin bed plan and added 15" to the width. The length when converting from twin to double stays the same.
Mattress Dimensions:
Full 54x75
Twin 39 x 75
Queen 60 x 80
I didn't build the headboard, but the same rule applies...every width measurement/cut you add 15" and the height ones stay the same. I build two of these beds on the weekend, one twin and one full. They are great and really low. I did them for about $40 each but I didn't use project pine, I used construction grade SPF (spruce-pine-fir, home depot) which is much cheaper wood but more straight and solid. It usually has a stamp which I like. I did come into some trouble when one of my boards was warped. Usually it is hardest to keep the 2x2's straight, and it is important to countersink them to keep them from cracking and drill them every 16" or so with good screws to help fend off the warp.
If you are like me, you will love these projects and never look at ikea furniture the same way again. I did invest in a Kreg Jig for pocket holes. I bought the one that is about $30 but I definitely want one that I dont have to move for every hole for the next project. One thing I learned there was to get a perfect square, your cut lines have to be straight, and your kreg jig screws should go in at the furthest possible space away from the other. My mitre saw really helps me with cutting my wood clean and square--I got it used for $50. I trust myself better than the home depot guys now.
Your cut list should basically look like this:
Cut List:
2 – 2x4 @ 76 1/2"
2 – 2x4 @ 54" (add 39" +15", making it 54)
4 – 2x3 @ 5 1/2" (can use 2x4s here as well--I did use 2x4 for a chunkier foot base and more places to get a good screw hold)
2 – 2x2 @ 70 1/2"
2 – 1x3 @ 75"
1 – 1x3 @ 59" (was 44 but I added 15")
I also cut 1 - 1x2 @ 54" to trim out the top but the plan doesn't call for it
1x3 @ 54" for slats (not accounted for in cut list) I used 1x4 strapping which are 1.83 a piece at my local home depot. I think 12-13 is a safe number if you are using 1x3 or 1x4.
When I made the queen I cut a middle support from 2x3' at 70.5" and pocket hole screwed it into the frame for extra support. Make sure you recess it 1/2 inch to be in line with legs so it wont get in the way of your slats. I would always recommend doing legs first. They were the trickiest part for me.
Tue, 01/14/2014 - 00:22
King size
I'm just like a few people on here. Love this bed would love to build it for my wife and I. Was hoping to get shopping and cut list for king size bed. Was also wondering about what modifications you'd recommend on raising the bed a bit. My wife likes the style of platform beds but likes beds to be a little higher off the ground than most platforms. Anything will help!
Sun, 03/02/2014 - 14:45
I found your trundle bed plans first, would it be reasonable to just add longer legs to this bed platform and make the trundle to use with it. I want something reasonably priced to make for my kids so that they are set up for sleepovers yet save space.
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attaching headboard
I assume this headboard is light enough that it can be attached to the bead with lag bolts correct?


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- Our Guitar Amplifier Buyer's Guide
- History Of The Guitar Amplifier
- Technical Considerations When Buying A Guitar Amplifier
- Types Of Guitar Amplifiers
- Which should I get, a combo amplifier or a head and cabinet?
- Which is best, solid-state or tube?
- Does Speaker Size Matter?
- Using This Guitar Amplifier Buyers Guide
Our Guitar Amplifier Buyer's Guide
Just what is a guitar amplifier?
Simply put, it is an electronic device that strengthens the signal from a pick up on an electric guitar, bass guitar or acoustic guitar so that it can produce sound through one or more loudspeakers. The speakers usually are housed in a cabinet made of wood. There are basically two types of guitar amplifiers. It may be
- A stand-alone wood or metal cabinet containing only the power amplifier and preamplifier circuits requiring the use of a separate speaker cabinet
- A combo amplifier which contains both the amplifier and one or more speakers in its cabinet.
There are plenty of size variations and power ratings in guitar amplifiers. They range from
- Small "practice amplifiers" with a single 6" speaker and a 10-watt amp
- Heavy combo amplifiers with four 10-or 12-inch speakers and a powerful 100-watt amplifier which is loud enough to use in a large room.
Why amplify?
Besides the obvious, a good guitar amplifier can also modify the guitar's tone by emphasizing or de-emphasizing certain frequencies. This is accomplished using equalizer controls which function like bass and treble knobs on a stereo system, and by adding electronic effects, distortion (also called "overdrive"), and reverb. These are commonly available as built-in features on a guitar amplifier.
Modern guitar amplifiers have an input ¼" jack. It is fed with a signal from an electromagnetic pickup (from an electric guitar), or a piezoelectric pickup (usually from an acoustic guitar) using a patch cord or wireless transmitter.
The choice of a guitar amplifier and the settings they use on it are key factors for creating a guitarist's signature tone. Guitarists also use external effects pedals to alter the sound of the tone before the signal from the guitar reaches the amplifier.
History Of The Guitar Amplifier
What is the history of guitar amplifiers?
Way back in the 1920's it was not easy for a guitarist playing the guitar with a pick up to find an amplifier and speaker that would produce enough volume. The only sort of amplification available was with speakers which were designed for radio broadcasting with a limited frequency range and low acoustic output. The cone speaker, that is still used today, was not invented until 1925. Powering these speakers back then could only be done by using large batteries, thus making the amplifier unreasonably heavy.
The first loud, powerful amplifiers were invented for PA systems in movie theaters. They were expensive and enormous so were out of the question for touring musicians.
After 1927, when the AC-mains-powered amplifiers came on the scene, they were readily used to make musical instruments of all sorts louder. These were much more efficient and could be plugged into a regular wall socket. Some guitarists, notably Leon McAuliffe and Bob Willis, used a carbon mic and a portable PA as late as 1935. During the late 1920s and mid-1930s, small portable PA systems and guitar combo amplifiers were very similar. They had a single volume control and one, maybe two, input jacks, field coil speakers and thin wooden cabinets. They did not have any tone controls or even an on-off switch.
In 1928, the first company to sell an electric stringed instrument and amplifier package was the Stromberg-Voisinet Firm. Although musicians didn't like it very well because of its not so great tone, volume, and dependability, it launched a new idea: a portable electric instrument amplifier with a speaker together in an easily transportable wooden cabinet. Then in 1929, Vega Electronics launched a portable banjo amplifier.
The 1930s
In 1932, Electro String Instruments and Amplifier introduced a guitar amplifier claiming high output and a string-driven magnetic pickup. They set the standard template for combo amplifiers, a wooden cabinet with the electronic amplifier mounted inside, and a convenient carrying handle.
In 1933, a big year for amplifier advancements, Vivi-Tone amplifier set-ups were used both for live performances and for radio shows. Also, Dobro released an electric guitar and amplifier package. It had two 8 Lansing speakers and a five-tube chassis. It was on the market for more than 12 years before Fender came along with its two-speaker Duo Professional/Super combo amplifier. That same year, Audio-Vox was founded by Paul Tutmarc, the inventor of the first electronic bass. Also, Vega sold a pickup and amplifier set for musicians to use on existing guitars. Volu-Tone sold a pickup/amplifier that used dangerously high voltage power to sense string vibration.
Then in 1934, Rickenbacker launched a similar combo amplifier but added metal corner protectors for protection when moving about. Gibson developed combo amplifiers that same year.
By 1935, Dobro and National were selling combo amps for Hawaiian guitars and Electro/Rickenbacker was the top seller of all amplifiers and electric guitars.
Electronic amplification of guitars, although used for acoustic amplification, came of age during the 1930s and 1940s craze for Hawaiian music. This music extensively used amplified lap steel guitars.
Enter The Era Of Effects
Early effects were very simple, with treble control at best. Fender labeled early amplifier tremolo as "vibrato". They called the vibrato art of the Stratocaster a "tremolo bar'. Later amplifier models included an onboard spring reverb effect, one of the first being the Ampeg Reverberocket amplifier.
In the 1950s, several guitarists deliberately overdrove their amplifiers causing distortion. You may recognize the names of some of them:
- Goree Carter
- Joe Hill Lewis
- Elmore James
- Ike Turner
- Willie Johnson
- Pat Hare
- Guitar Slim
- Chuck Berry
- Johnny Burnette
- Link Wray
The Rock And Roll Era
Then in the early 1960s, surf rock guitarist, Dick Dale worked with Fender to produce custom made amplifiers. These included the first 100-watt guitar amplifier. Dick helped to develop new equipment using amplification technology that was capable of producing "thick, clearly defined tones at previously undreamed-of volumes".
Mid 60's guitarists got more heavily into distortion. In the 1960s we have the Gibson Lancer GA-35 guitar amplifier and U2 guitarist The Edge's 1964 Vox AC30 combo amplifier.
Dave Davies of The Kinks connected the already distorted output of one amplifier into the input of another. Shortly after, most guitar amplifiers had preamplifier distortion controls and 'fuzz boxes" as well as other effects built in that produced these sounds safely and reliably. This same overdrive and distortion is still used in the 2000s and is pretty much taken for granted. It works in many genres ranging from blues, rock, to heavy metal, and hardcore punk.
Technical Considerations When Buying A Guitar Amplifier
Give me some technical information. How is a guitar amplifier structured?
They generally have two amplifying circuit stages and usually have tone-shaping electric circuits which frequently include at least bass and treble controls. More expensive amplifiers have more controls for other frequency ranges such as one or two midrange controls and a presence control for high frequencies. Some have a graphic equalizer that uses vertical faders to control many frequency bands. Even more, high-end bass guitar amplifiers have a parametric equalizer that enables precise tone control.
A preamplifier first amplifies the audio signal to a level that drives the power stage. High preamp signals add overdrive. The power amplifier produces a high current to drive a loudspeaker and produce sound. There are various types of tone stages that might affect the guitar signal:
- Settings on the guitar itself
- Devices between the guitar and the preamp stage, such as effects pedals, effects loops or some other dedicated amplifier tone circuits
- Between multiple stacked preamp stages ("gain Stages")
- In feedback loops from a preamp signal to an earlier preamp signal, as in the case of presence modifier circuits
Tone stages can provide electronic effects such as equalization, compression, distortion, chorus or reverb. Amplifiers may use vacuum tubes, solid-state (transistor) devices or both.
There are two common configurations of guitar amplifiers:
- A combination, ("combo") that includes an amplifier and one or more speakers in a single cabinet
- A standalone amplifier (often called a "head" or "amp head") which passes the amplified signal through a speaker cable to one or more external speaker cabinets
There are many speaker configurations available in guitar cabinets ranging from a single speaker (1×10" or 1×12") or multiple speakers (2×10", 4×10" or 8×10"). A Fender Bassman amp head has a 15" speaker cabinet.
Guitar amplifiers vary in quality and price. Imported small low-powered practice amplifiers for students and beginners sell for less than $50.00. These may be battery-powered, so are perfect for street ministry or performance. The vast majority of guitar amplifiers can only be powered by plugging into AC mains (wall outlets).
The most basic amplifiers only have a few knobs such as volume, bass, and treble. More expensive amplifiers may have several knobs that control preamp volume (gain) distortion or overdrive, volume, reverb, bass, and treble. Some of the older amplifiers and their reissued versions have a vibrato or tremolo effect. The ¼" input jack is usually on the front of the amplifier and is the only jack on some of the less expensive models.
Some more expensive guitar amplifiers have a patch bay for multiple inputs and outputs, a jack to create an effects loop when used with the pre-amp. Additionally, they may have:
- An external speaker outlet for powering an additional speaker cabinet
- Stereo RCA or a 1/8" jack for connecting a CD player or media player
- A ¼" jack for connecting a pedal to turn the amplifier's onboard overdrive on and off or to switch between channels
- Some have an XRL jack for a microphone either for the guitar amplifier to be used for singing or for an acoustic guitar to mix a mic signal with a pickup signal.
- Kustom 200 Bass Amp – amp head and speakers, 100 watts RMS, two channels, two 15" speakers, 1971
- Gitka Gold Amp ("Shawn LaneAmp"} 1989 – Class A single-ended high-power 8-EL34 tube guitar amplifier that was used on Shawn Lane's Power of 10.
Types Of Guitar Amplifiers
Which should I get, a combo amplifier or a head and cabinet?
It depends on the venue where you will be playing. For clubs or small halls or auditoriums, a combo is perfect. You will fill the room with sound. If you want to fill an open arena or large auditorium, you will need a high-powered stack with at least 4×12" cabinet and a 100-watt head. It is interesting to note, however, that some players prefer a smaller amplifier such as a Vox AC30, for its specific tone. Then they mic the amplifier and run it into a powerful PA system. A combo is an all-in-one unit, a head and cabinet are separate and definitely heavier.
Which is best, solid-state or tube?
Traditional thinkers feel that the solid-state circuitry produces superior clean power and a much more affordable price while the scarcity of vacuum tube manufacturers today makes tube-based more expensive than a solid-state amplifier. Guitarists have come up with unique sounds when combining the two types. The basic tone is produced by a tube driven preamp while the power amplifier is solid state. Newer cutting-edge technology is creating amazing new amplifiers that are appealing to more and more guitarists. These are digital and there are also all sorts of hybrids. Again, it is your choice, so go with the sound you like best.
Does Speaker Size Matter?
Naturally, different sizes of speakers produce different sounds. Smaller speakers can produce higher frequencies than larger ones, which is why a tweeter is small and a woofer is large. For example, a 10" speaker will usually produce a better top end than a 15" speaker. There is also a difference between an open-backed cabinet and a closed-cabinet design.
Using This Guitar Amplifier Buyers Guide
You are now armed with much information in this, The Ultimate Guitar Amplifier Buyer's Guide. What you have learned here will greatly help you to find the perfect guitar amplifier for your needs. You have learned all about:
- What an amplifier is and why you need one
- The history of guitar amplifiers – how they started and evolved to where they are today
- How they are structured and how the differences in structure affect the tones produced
- Different types and sizes of guitar amplifiers and how these factors affect their sound production and their convenience.
As always, you will make the final choice, but you have enough information here to make the perfect one. Enjoy learning and shopping, and then playing your favorite guitar with your perfect guitar amplifier.


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I had an hour to work tonight so I fit up the patch to seal up the inner fender where it used to house the fresh air box. Nothing special, just some trimming and welding. I will move to the bottom section of the inner fender next, then fill in the hole in the outer skin. I believe I can get the seal in one long piece rather than the stock lengths. I suspect I'll have to put it on after everything is buttoned up so I don't set it a-flame.
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Moirai is a meeting of the musical minds of: Jo Freya (Blowzabella, Token Women, Fraser Sisters), Sarah Matthews (Cupola, Cupola:Ward) and Melanie Biggs (Boxtet).
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AirAsia unveils $9.4 billion Airbus order
AirAsia (AIRA.KL) confirmed a $9.4 billion order for 100 more Airbus jets on Thursday, making it the European planemaker's largest airline customer by number of planes ordered.
The deal for 64 revamped, fuel-efficient A320neo jets and 36 current-generation A320s comes on top of 375 similar planes already ordered by Asia's largest low-cost carrier.
"We have just bought 100 planes which makes a total of 475. To meet the amazing demand in Asia," AirAsia owner Tony Fernandes wrote on Twitter.
The deal is worth $9.4 billion at list prices but in practice aircraft are sold at significant discounts.
Britain, which co-operates in building Airbus planes together with France, Germany and Spain, said the deal would safeguard 9,000 British jobs including 1,500 at Airbus itself.
"This is excellent news and a tremendous boost for the workforce and for UK manufacturing," British Prime Minister David Cameron's office said in a statement.
Cameron, who eyes manufacturing as crucial to a rebalancing the British economy away from sectors like financial services, was at the Airbus wings factory in Wales when the announcement was made.
Together, Cameron and Fernandes toured the Broughton plant, which employs over 5,000 people out of 60,000 employed by Airbus globally.
The order had already been included in the Airbus books without the name of the buyer being identified, meaning Thursday's event was mainly a ceremonial one to promote the airline and the impact of aerospace on the British economy.
Its announcement comes a day after data showed that the number of people in work in Britain hit a record high in November, offering some relief to a government struggling with unpopular austerity measures and a sluggish economy.
Economic growth, urbanisation and rising disposable incomes are spurring rapid passenger growth among Asian low-cost carriers, helping to shield Airbus and its rival Boeing from the malaise gripping developed economies.
Despite the new order, Airbus is expected to fall behind rival Boeing (BA.N) in the race for new business this year.
The contract reaffirms AirAsia, Asia's largest low-cost carrier, as the world's largest A320 customer and second only to leasing giants in the number of Airbus planes ordered.
Wearing a jaunty red baseball cap, Fernandes set out even more ambitious dreams for AirAsia, which was struggling when he bought it just over a decade ago.
"One day, Air Asia would be as well known as Coca Cola. That would be cool. That is a massive ask," he said.
AirAsia placed a record 200-plane Airbus order in 2011 and fresh talks between the groups, initially for 50 jets, were first reported by Reuters in May.
But the European planemaker's chances for a deal were thrown into doubt when Fernandes held surprise talks with Canadian planemaker Bombardier (BBDb.TO) in July.
The talks, noticed by a Reuters sports correspondent, were held at Silverstone on the eve of the British Grand Prix. Fernandes owns a race team and a soccer club.
By September, industry sources said AirAsia and Airbus were closing in on an expanded deal for 100 aircraft.
"It's a huge ask for anyone to come in to AirAsia. We have to be responsible to our shareholders and be open to it," Fernandes said on Thursday.
Airbus and Boeing dominate the jet market but face a growing challenge from Canada's Bombardier as well as China and Russia.
Bombardier's CSeries aims to compete directly with the world's best-selling aircraft, the 150-seat Airbus A320 and Boeing's 737, and a deal with AirAsia would have been a coup.
Airbus Chief Executive Fabrice Bregier denied the Canadian group's model had ever seriously threatened the AirAsia deal.
Bombardier says its 130-seat jet is more modern and predicts sales will increase after a maiden flight due next year.
Fernandes said that he was buying the new Airbus planes mainly to grow his fleet, rather than to replace old aircraft.
He added that the company has no plans to look at a rights issue, saying that the transaction could be funded through cash. He also said the company is in a position to offer a dividend but gave no more detail.
SOURCE : http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-airbus-order-britain-idUKBRE8BC1L520121213


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Throughout yoga's recent history in the western world, we have seen it evolve in many different ways. It's become a well known and normal part of this culture for over the last 120 years, first being introduced to yoga and it's concepts by Swami Vivekananda in the late 1800s. Other influential teachers such as Parmahansa Yoganada followed to pave the way from the East sharing their enlightenment & wisdom. Up until America imposed a quota on immigration in 1924.
This ban quickly influenced people from the west to travel to the east, to seek knowledge, history, and enlightenment. Indra Devi & Richard Hittleman we're some of the American pioneers that brought yoga to the west. Within a short time, throughout the 20th-century yoga has become well known and practiced by over 30 million people across the United States today.
Yoga holds a different meaning for each of us: for some, it is simply a workout or a sport, and for others it's more spiritual. Sometimes people find yoga or in other instances, yoga may find us. It has a unique and individual effect on each practitioner.
Over time the roots of yoga and how it came to be here have been undoubtedly overshadowed. Bringing along new elements to the mat. Maybe we have begun to equate our enlightenment with our level of physical flexibility comparing our ability to those around us. Perhaps it allowed social media to implant an unrealistic image of what we must look like or be like to participate in the practice of yoga or call oneself a yogini or yogi.
With this awareness, it brings an opportunity to invite ourselves to sit quietly, to see our intentions, to be mindful of our own individual journeys. Honoring that where we are in our journey or practice is where we are supposed to be in that moment. And although we are unable to recreate the thousands of years of history that yoga in East holds before us, we individually and within our communities can continue to have reverence for that history and be a positive part of the evolution of yoga in the west.
With Gratitude~Casandra


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Political unrest, terrorist attacks, mass protests — unfortunately, these have become the new norm in the world.
And that's why people aren't letting it sway them from traveling. Where people choose to go is, of course, tied to where people aren't going. Travelers still want to see Big Ben and Buckingham Palace, the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, even though England and France have seen a surge in attacks. Others may opt to explore Scotland, Ireland or Portugal, countries that haven't been making headlines.
Travelers aren't letting anything stop them from exploring the world. We talked to five tour operators to find out where people are going abroad in 2017 and 2018 and what is motivating their choices.
G Adventures
Bruce Poon Tip founded G Adventures in 1990 and started out offering trips in Ecuador. He soon expanded to Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru and, eventually, all over the world — even Antarctica.
Because the company goes to so many destinations, geopolitics sometimes affects its itineraries. But, in general, when a destination hits the news, adventure travelers "don't stay home; they just go somewhere else," said Kim McCabe, who handles public relations for G Adventures.
After recent attacks in France, G Adventures did see some people redirect to Portugal, Spain and Norway. "But now we're seeing people coming back to France," she said. "We offer a river cruise in Burgundy that's selling out."
There has also been a dip in Americans booking Turkey, Egypt and South Korea. G Adventures had predicted that South Korea would be a hot destination in 2017, and it is with travelers from other countries. But because of tensions between North Korea and Washington, "it's taking a dip" with Americans.
Peru is consistently the company's strongest performer in Central and South America, and there's no sign of its slowing, McCabe said. "I think it's a real rite of passage for Americans who have done the Caribbean and Europe and are looking for that first real big adventure," she said.
The Galapagos Islands are booming, and G Adventures offers a variety of trips there, from its budget-conscious camping line to its upgraded National Geographic Journeys product. National Geographic Journeys is performing so strongly that the company is adding four new tours — Tanzania, Botswana, Mongolia and Borneo — bringing the number of 2018 itineraries to 83.
Colombia has been on the rise for the past couple years and will be a "priority for us in 2018," McCabe said. People are beginning to recognize Colombia as a beautiful tropical destination with wildlife galore just as its security is being perceived as improving, especially after the president received the Nobel Peace Prize in December.
Image Tours
All 12 of Images Tours' itineraries are based in Europe, where the company has been leading groups since 1989. The Heart of Europe Circle Tour includes Paris, and the Heart of the British Isles itinerary includes London, cities that have seen a rise in terrorist attacks in the past couple of years. Both of those destinations are "taking a small hit, but it's not dramatic," said sales manager Justin Osbon.
"It's not so much of a dip as it is a pause."
Most amazing, he said, is that travelers who were booked on 2016 and 2017 itineraries did not cancel when an attack happened in or near their destinations. Five to 10 years ago, if any of those incidents had happened, "then it would probably be a big, mass cancellation issue," he said.
Instead, people who were thinking about booking paused and booked later, and "the people who were booked said, 'We're doing it. We're not getting younger, prices aren't getting cheaper. Let's go."
Although clients are still booking the big European cities, many are also gravitating to Spain and Portugal this year and in 2018, which "may have something to do with clients looking at different destinations," Osbon said.
The company doesn't typically make sweeping changes to its lineup, but it recently unveiled its new Scandinavia and Baltic Highlights itinerary, and is adding a France and Holland Favorites itinerary.
The new Scandinavia and Baltic Highlights tour includes visits to Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm, with the choice of a 12-day tour ending in Helsinki or a 16-day tour ending in Vilnius. Image has already sold out one itinerary for 2018, and another is "booking solidly."
"Clients have been asking for that, and it is phenomenal," Osbon said.
Image Tours is going to beat its 2016 bookings this year and is already surpassing 2017 bookings for 2018, Osbon said, so "I believe '18 is going to be even better."


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By Jacob Stockinger
Today is Memorial Day, 2019, when the nation honors the men and women who died in military service. The Ear would like to see much more attention and remembrance paid to the huge number of civilians — much higher than military personnel and soldiers — who have died in wars and military service, whose lives weren't given but taken.
In fact, why not establish and celebrate a separate holiday to honor civilian deaths in war? Perhaps it would help to know the detailed history and background of the holiday, since it is not as straightforward or modern as you might expect:
What piece of classical music would you listen to in order to mark the holiday?
There is a lot to choose from.
The Ear especially likes "Le Tombeau de Couperin" by the early 20th-century French composer Maurice Ravel. It is a "tombeau" – a metaphorical "tomb" or "grave" used by the French to mean paying homage to the dead – in two senses.
Its neo-Classical or neo-Baroque style recalls the 18th-century world of French composers and harpsichordists including Jean-Philippe Rameau and Francois Couperin. But in a second sense, Ravel (below, in 1910) dedicated each of the six movements to a friend – in one case, two brothers — who had died during World War I. So part of its appeal is that it is a very personal statement of grief.
Here is more detailed background about the piece:
The work was orchestrated later, which added sonic color but cut out two movements. The Ear prefers the original piano version, which seems a little more percussive, austere and straightforward — less pretty but more beautiful, and more in keeping with the holiday by evoking sentiment without sentimentality.
In the YouTube video at the bottom, you can hear it in a live performance by Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt.
But there are lots of other works to choose from by many composers: John Adams ("The Wound Dresser" after poetry of Walt Whitman); Samuel Barber (Adagio for Strings); Ludwig van Beethoven (slow movements of Symphonies 3 and 7, and of the Piano Sonata Op. 26); Johannes Brahms ("A German Requiem"); Benjamin Britten (War Requiem); Frederic Chopin (Funeral March from Sonata No. 2, polonaises, preludes and the "Revolutionary" Etude); Aaron Copland ("Fanfare for the Common Man" and "Letter From Home"); Edward Elgar ("Nimrod" from "Enigma Variations"); Gabriel Faure (Requiem and Elegy for cello); Franz Joseph Haydn ("Mass in Time of War"); Paul Hindemith ("When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd – A Requiem for Those We Love"); Charles Ives (Variations on "America" and "Decoration Day"); Henry Purcell ("When I Am Laid in Earth"); John Philip Sousa ("Honored Dead" March); Ralph Vaughan Williams (Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral"); and many others, including Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Here is a list from the British radio station Classical FM:
Here is a list of patriotic music from Nashville Public Radio:
Here is another list from an American source:
Here are more sound samples from NPR:
And here is another one from Northwest Public Radio:
What do you think of a holiday commemorating civilian deaths in war?
What favorite piece of classical music would you play and listen to as you mark Memorial Day?
Let us know, with a YouTube link if possible, in the COMMENT section.
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By Jacob Stockinger
The Ear has received the following announcement to post:
On this Sunday afternoon, Oct. 21, at 4 p.m., University of Oklahoma Professor Igor Lipinski (below) will perform a solo piano recital with commentary at Mills Concert Hall of UW-Madison's Mead Witter School of Music. Mills Hall is located at 455 North Park Street in the George Mosse Humanities Building.
At this FREE CONCERT, Lipinski will perform music by 19th through 21st century Polish composers: Fryderyk (Frederic) Chopin, Karol Szymanowski, Ignaz Jan Paderewski, Grazyna Bacewicz and Pawel Mykietyn. (Editor's note: Sorry, no titles of specific works are listed.)
Since classical music from Poland has been rarely performed in concert halls in Madison, this recital will be a unique occasion to experience Poland's musical heritage and diversity.
This concert also commemorates the 100th anniversary of Poland regaining independence at the conclusion of World War I, after 123 years of its partition and disappearance from the map of Europe.
Please join our local Polish community in celebrating this joyous occasion through appreciation of beautiful and captivating music from some of the Poland's most important composers.
This event is organized by the Polish Student Association of UW-Madison and Mad-Polka Productions, with cooperation and financial support provided by Lapinski Fund (UW-Madison German, Nordic and Slavic Departments) and the Polish Heritage Club of Madison as well as the Sounds & Notes Foundation from Chicago.
Prof. Igor Lipinski is native to Poland and currently teaching at the University of Oklahoma. At the age of 12, he won a Grand Prize at the Paderewski Piano Competition for Young Pianists in Poland.
He is a musician, piano teacher, performer and also a magician, sometimes surprisingly combining all of his interests during his performances.
He received his Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from Northwestern University and since then performed over 100 concerts, both solo and with orchestras, all over the U.S.
This will be his debut in Madison.
For more information, go to: www.igorlipinski.com
Fryderyk (Frederic) Chopin (1810-1849, below): He was born in Poland, but also composed and performed in Germany, Vienna and France. Probably the most prominent Polish composer as well as pianist and performer. Much of Chopin's inspiration came from Polish village music from the Mazovia region. Chopin composed 57 mazurkas – the mazurka being one of his most beloved type of compositions. He also composed numerous polonaises, concertos, nocturnes and sonatas. (You can hear famous Polish pianist Arthur Rubinstein perform Chopin's famously nationalistic "Heroic" Polonaise in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937, below): Part of "Young Poland" group of composers at the beginning of 20th century, Szymanowski composed operas, ballets, sonatas, concertos, cycle of songs, string quartets. Many of his compositions were also inspired by Polish folk music, including the famous ballet "Harnasie" based on the culture of Polish highlanders which he experienced while living in Zakopane.
Ignaz Jan Paderewski (1860-1941, below) was a remarkable figure in Poland's turn-of-the-century history. He was a pianist, composer, statesman, politician, philanthropist, actor, businessman, patron of the arts and architecture, wine grower and humanitarian. As a pianist, he was praised for his interpretations of music of Chopin, Liszt, Bach and Beethoven. He successfully toured western Europe before eventually setting off for the USA. Starting with his first 1891 tour he crossed U.S. about 30 times in his 50-year career.
He was a very popular, charismatic and somewhat extravagant figure, which eventually resulted in "Paddymania" phenomenon. He was largely influenced by Chopin in his composition of sonatas, concertos, polonaises, Polish dances, symphonies, mazurkas, krakowiaks, minuets and even one opera. He also relentlessly supported and lobbied for Poland 's independence as World War I unraveled. He influenced U.S. politicians and played a crucial diplomatic role in Poland regaining its independence in 1911.
Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969, below): Violinist, pianist, teacher, writer and composer, she was one of the few female classical music composers at the time in Poland and in the world. Thanks to a generous grant from Ignaz Jan Paderewski, she was able to study music in Paris. She composed numerous concertos, string quartets, sonatas, symphonies.
Pawel Mykietyn (1971-, below in a photo by Oliva Soto): Composer, clarinetist, member of Nonstrom Ensemble. In 1995, he won a first prize in the young composers category during the UNESCO composers competition in Paris. Mykietyn's composing style is at times aggressive and postmodern, incorporating sharp rhythms to create a vivid and provocative sound. He has composed concertos, sonatas, symphonies, preludes and string quartets.
Thanks to all the sponsors and community support, this concert is FREE and open to the public.
By Jacob Stockinger
Today is the Fourth of July, Independence Day, when we mark the day and the Declaration of Independence when the U.S officially separated from Great Britain to become not a colony but its own country.
Over the past decade The Ear has chosen music from many American composers to mark the event – music by Edward MacDowell, Charles Ives, William Grant Still, George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, William Schuman, Joan Tower, John Adams and so many others.
And of course also featured around the nation will be the "1812 Overture" by Peter Tchaikovsky.
You will probably hear a lot of that music today on Wisconsin Public Radio and other stations, including WFMT in Chicago and WQXR in New York City.
Here is a link to nine suggestions with audiovisual performances:
But The Ear got to thinking.
It is certainly a major achievement when a composer's name becomes synonymous with a genre of music. Like Strauss waltzes. Bach cantatas and Bach fugues. Chopin mazurkas and Chopin polonaises.
The Ear thinks that John Philip Sousa is to marches what Johann Strauss is to waltzes. Others have done them, but none as well.
So on Independence Day, he asks: Which of Sousa's many marches is your favorite to mark the occasion?
The "Stars and Stripes Forever" — no officially our national march — seems the most appropriate one, judging by titles. "The Washington Post" March is not far behind.
But lately The Ear has taken to "The Liberty Bell" March.
Here it is a YouTube video with the same Marine Band that Sousa, The March King, once led and composed for:
And if you want music fireworks in the concert hall to match the real thing, you can't beat the bravura pyrotechnical display concocted and executed by pianist Vladimir Horowitz, a Russian who became an American citizen and contributed mightily to the war effort during World War II.
Horowitz wowed the crowds – including fellow virtuoso pianists – with his transcription of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" in which it sounds like three or four hands are playing. Judge for yourself. Here it is:
Of course, you can also leave the names of other American composers and works to celebrate the Fourth. Just leave a word and a link in the COMMENT section.
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By Jacob Stockinger
What makes for great Chopin playing?
It is an especially germane question since the critically acclaimed pianist Adam Neiman (below) will perform an all-Chopin recital this coming Sunday at 4 p.m. at Farley's House of Pianos, 6522 Seybold Road, on Madison's far west side near West Towne Mall.
Tickets are $45. For more information, go to:
Neiman –pronounced KNEE-man — has appeared here as a soloist with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and recorded piano concertos by Mozart with the WCO. He is a critically acclaimed prize-winning pianist with a major concertizing and recording career. He also teaches at Roosevelt University in Chicago and is a member of the Trio Solisti, a piano trio that has been hailed as the successor to the famous Beaux Arts Trio.
Here is a link to Neiman's website with information about him and his recordings, including upcoming releases of Beethoven, Liszt and Rachmaninoff:
Adam Neiman also recently did an email Q&A interview with The Ear:
There are some exceptional players of Beethoven and other German composers who sound completely out of their element in Chopin. What qualities do you think make for great Chopin playing and what makes Chopin difficult to interpret?
Chopin's music incorporates a narrative language and an emphasis on very "first person" points-of-view; in other words, it is highly personalized, expressing emotion from the perspective of the individual, including nationalistic sentiments. Often, Germanic music aims for "objective" viewpoints, with extremely stringent instructions by the composer.
For players who struggle with the open-ended idiomatic flavor in Chopin's music, the lack of objective instruction by the composer can make it difficult for them to know what to do. (You can hear Adam Neiman discussing much more about Chopin's personality and artistic achievement in the YouTube video at the bottom)
To play Chopin (below) at a very high level requires imagination and freedom, as well as a poetic and introspective musical tendency. The fluidity of rubato, the contrapuntal interaction between the hands and the frequent use of widely spread textures requires a nimble master of the instrument, one with the ability to emphasize the piano's specific virtuosic abilities.
In addition, Chopin's music is centered around a bel canto operatic style of melody, whereas Germanic melody tends to be more motivic in nature, and therefore developmental.
A composer like Beethoven will emphasize motivic metamorphosis as a means of augmenting a form to create large structures, whereas Chopin will glide from one melodic area to another, using harmonic exploration as the central means of formal expansion.
This compositional difference outlines different strengths in the pianists, as the skill set to play reams of melody lines in succession can often be very different from those skills required to highlight motivic development in a work.
Can you place the 24 Preludes that you will be playing within the context of Chopin's entire body of works. What would you like the public to know about the preludes and how you see them individually and as a group?
The 24 Preludes were composed while Chopin was on holiday in Mallorca, Spain, which proved to be Chopin's first palpable bout with tuberculosis, the disease that eventually killed him. (Below is an 1849 photo of Chopin on his deathbed.)
Many of these works were written in a fever-state, in haste, and during a stressful time period in which Chopin was not only facing his own mortality, but also dealing with the myriad challenges of integrating with the children of his lover, the French writer Aurora Dudevant who is better known as George Sand.
These Preludes are like snapshots into the mind of the composer at a moment in time, often without regard for cohesion or development. They exist in a timeless place, where the music expresses the extremely personal sentiments roiling through Chopin's consciousness.
In many ways, these works capture his spirit in the most distilled possible way, giving the player and listener an opportunity to view the mind and heart of Chopin without filter or refinement, hallmarks of his larger works.
Despite the widely varied emotional content of these Preludes, as a set they hold together as a marvelous and surprisingly cogent musical journey. They exemplify the 19th-century "Romantic" ideals of fantasy, freedom, individuality and raw emotion.
You will also perform all four Ballades. How they do they rank within Chopin's output? What would you like listeners to know about each of the four ballades, about what they share in common and what distinguishes each one? Do you have favorites and why?
If the Preludes represent the pinnacle of Chopin's ability to express poetic ideals within miniature forms, the Ballades represent the apex of his more grandiose musical philosophy.
The Ballade, as a form, emanates from epic poetry, often portraying a heroic protagonist overcoming seemingly inescapable challenges. Ballades can also be tied to nationalistic notions, and for Chopin, all four Ballades are truly Polish in their expression.
As Chopin's native Poland was invaded and he was cut off permanently from re-entry, Chopin became an orphan of the world, whose adopted home of France revered and celebrated him without equal.
His musical mission — exemplified by the Ballades, Mazurkas and Polonaises in particular — was to heighten awareness of Poland's cultural contributions to a European audience totally unaware of the goings-on in the east.
As a result of the immense conflicts suffered by Chopin's homeland, and in keeping with the deep pride and identification Chopin felt as a Pole, these Ballades express the emotional rollercoaster of a lone Polish hero — perhaps Chopin himself, autobiographically — battling the world.
All four of these works make an enormous impression on the listener. From the despair and anger of the first Ballade, the bi-polar conflicts of the second (below is the opening of the second Ballade in Chopin's manuscript), the pastoral hopefulness of the third, and the desolate introspection of the fourth, these Ballades speak to the soul and require the most intensely personal voice of the performer.
They require the possession of immense physical power and emotional maturity, which renders these works as being among Chopin's most challenging.
I love all four of them equally. They are true masterworks of the highest order.
In there anything else you would like to say?
I am deeply honored and extremely delighted to return to Madison to perform this recital. I look forward to seeing many familiar faces, as well as new friends. Thank you!
By Jacob Stockinger
Trevor Stephenson (below), who founded and co-directs the Madison Bach Musicians, may be best known in the Madison area for his work with early music and Baroque music.
But Stephenson, who is known for his outstanding pre-concert lectures as well as for his performances, is also deeply involved in period instruments and historically informed performance practices concerning Romantic music.
He writes to The Ear: "In February, I'm offering a four-part course on piano music by Frederic Chopin (below). This will meet on Thursday evenings 6-7:30 p.m. at my home studio. Information is below. Email me to enroll.
"Also, I'll play an all-Chopin house concert on SATURDAY, FEB. 25 AT 7 P.M. — NOT Sunday, Feb. 26, at 3 p.m. as first and mistakenly printed here — which will be here at the home studio as well. Refreshments will be served. Reservations are required (email@example.com). Admission is $40."
DATES: February 2, 9, 16, 23
TIME: Thursdays 6−7:30 p.m.
PLACE: 5729 Forstyhia Place, Madison WI 53705
COST: Enrollment is $120
Reading knowledge of music is suggested.
Class size is limited to 15, and enrollment closes TODAY, Friday, Jan. 27.
Contact firstname.lastname@example.com
Feb. 2: Waltzes, Preludes
Feb. 9: Nocturnes, Mazurkas
Feb. 16: Etudes, Polonaises
Feb. 23: Ballades, Scherzos
Instruments to be used are: an 18th-century Fortepiano (Sheppard after Stein) c. 1840; a Cottage Upright Piano (attr. C. Smart ) c. 1850; and English Parlor Piano (Collard & Collard) c. 1855; and a Viennese Concert Grand Piano (Bösendorfer)
Subject matter will include: Origins of Chopin's compositional style; tonal qualities of his pianos, early 19th-century temperaments; fingering; pedaling; articulation; touch; tempo; and tempo rubato.
ALERT: The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music has announced the winners of the 31st annual Beethoven piano competition. The FREE winners' concert is this Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. in Morphy Recital Hall. Oxana Khramova will play the Polonaise in C Major, Op. 89, and Two Rondos, Op. 51; Kyle Johnson will play the Sonata in F minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata"; and Shuk-Ki Wong will play the late Sonata in E Major, Op. 109. There will be a reception after the concert. The judge for the competition was Dan Lyons, a UW-Madison graduate and the pianist of the Madison Symphony Orchestra. Here is a link to more information about the winners and their teachers:
By Jacob Stockinger
The Ear has received the following message:
This Sunday, April 17, at 2 p.m. in Mills Hall the UW-Madison Concert Choir (below top) will perform a FREE concert under its director and conductor Beverly Taylor (below bottom).
The "Three for Free" program, features three wonderful contemporary works that have something delightful for everyone.
We'll begin with "The Hope of Loving" by Jake Runestad – for chorus with a string quartet — a warm, and Romantically phrased work that was premiered by the ensemble Seraphic Fire last year.
It will feature three fine Concert Choir soloists: Kenny Lyons, Talia Engstrom and Eliav Goldman.
Runestad recently received the ASCAP award for composers.
The second work on our program is the 2016 edition of "Llorona," written for the Concert Choir and guitar by UW-Madison composition Professor Laura Schwendinger (below), who has won numerous awards for her works.
It's based on a famous Mexican song and tale of a woman who dies with her children; her voice can be heard on the wind.
Our final work is "The World Beloved" by Minnesota composer Carol Barnett (below). It is a "Bluegrass Mass," which features many Concert Choir soloists and blue grass instruments. (You can hear it in a YouTube video at the bottom.)
The Mass combines parts of the usual mass forms of Kyrie and Agnus Dei with folk hymn ballads presented both by themselves and used to replace part of the usual mass text.
The program will be approximately 75 minutes long, including a short intermission.
By Jacob Stockinger
First things first — a full disclosure because today is April 1 or April Fool's Day.
But this is no April Fool's post. The Ear detests using the media, old or new, for April Fool's stories and pranks. The Ear finds them stupid and reprehensible. They undercut credibility and insult readers or consumers by taking advantage of their gullibility.
So …
Yesterday, you may recall, I posted a preview of the upcoming recital this Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. by pianists Peter Serkin and Julie Hsu at Farley's House of Pianos.
Here is a link:
But as background, or perhaps an appetizer or teaser, I thought you might like to see a link sent to me by a professor friend at Stanford University. It covers a book by his colleague in German that offers not only history but also the role of four-hand playing in encouraging intimacy, a kind of erotic sensuality and sexuality that was socially acceptable. Then, too, music playing also bridged the worlds of professional and amateur musicians.
Whether or not you attend the concert at Farley's, it is good to read the overview of the vital role that music for piano-four hands (below is the team of Varshavsky and Shapiro who perform quite often in the area) played in the history of Western classical music. They helped to disseminate into ordinary homes versions of the symphonies by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven at a time when hearing a real symphony was a rare occasion.
And of course they also encouraged Hausmusik — the playing of music in private homes before commercial concerts became established. A piano was like the CD player or radio or television of its day.
Madison hears its fair share of such music. It is always featured at the Schubertiades, held by wife-and-husband pianists Martha Fischer and Bill Lutes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music in late January.
Such music has also appeared regularly at the free Friday Noon Musicales at the First Unitarian Society of Madison, Sunday Afternoon Live at the Chazen Museum of Art, the annual Karp Family Labor Day Concerts, the summer Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society, Farley's House of Pianos, and other important series.
The Ear has enjoyed such music – in addition to the many social works by Franz Schubert, I have heard Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms, Slavonic Dances by Antonin Dvorak and Polonaises by Franz Schubert, for example — but was never fully aware of what, historically, he was listening to.
So The Ear found the historical essay fascinating and thought you might also appreciate it.
Here is a link to the essay:
And here is a link to a YouTube video of the piece that is perhaps the crown jewel of piano-four hand literature — Franz Schubert's late Fantasy in F Minor, D. 940 — performed by two of my favorite British pianists, Imogen Cooper and Paul Lewis:
REMINDER: Madison keyboardist Trevor Stephenson writes: "On this Sunday afternoon, Jan. 12, at 3 p.m., I'll play a fortepiano house concert at my home at 5729 Forsythia Place on the west side of music ranging from Haydn to Bartok. (I know that Bartok is not usual fare on the fortepiano—but the other day I was reading through his Romanian Folk Dances at the fortepiano and was simply stunned by how energetic they sounded—since the style of these comes largely from cimbalom playing (Romanian hammer dulcimer, and the fortepiano is really a hammer dulcimer in a tuxedo). So this really makes perfect sense. The concert will also feature Mozart's charming variations on "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," Beethoven's "Pathetique" Sonata, Op. 13, two Mazurkas by Chopin, and Haydn's waggish Sonata No. 23 in F major. Sweet and savory treats, drinks, and will be wine served. Admission is $35. Reservations are required: email email@example.com or (608) 238-6092.
By Jacob Stockinger
It happens once every four years.
The contestants for the unusual Gilmore competition,which is based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, for classical pianists don't even know that they are in the running. Unlike other major competitions like the Tchaikovsky, the Van Cliburn, the Arthur Rubinstein and the Chopin, in the Gilmore the anonymous judges follow an individual's career over a period of time and then choose the "winner."
This year's winner in the polish pianist Rafal Blechacz (below), who has already won the Chopin competition at 20 – the first Polish pianist to do so in 20 years, he also took all the gold medals in individual categories and was so good that no second prize was awarded. He has recorded half a dozen acclaimed CDs of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Debussy, Karol Szymanowski and Claude Debussy and of course Chopin for Deutsche Grammophon.
The year's recipient has been all over the airwaves and the web, so here is everything you may want to know about Rafal Blechacz plus his inaugural concert as the winner that was streamed live Wednesday night by famed radio station WQXR-FM in New York City, which then archived it for those of who missed the live event.
Here is the official announcement:
Here is an candid and cordial interview done by Tom Huizenga and NPR's Deceptive Cadence blog that was broadcast on "All Things Considered":
Here is the announcement in a story in The New York Times:
Archived video of his sold-out concert Wednesday at the Greene Space that can be found at WQXR. No one listed the program even though it was live-streamed – but instead announced the works AFTER they were played.
That is too teasing for my taste, whether it is done on WQXR or on Wisconsin Public Radio. Can we please have the pieces to be played up front before the performance and then again after the performance?
The program included a Chopin waltz (the soulful valse triste in A Minor, Op. 34, No 2) and the two Op. 40 Polonaises the "Military" Polonaise and one in C minor; the Largo slow movement Beethoven's Sonata in D, Op. 10, No. 3, and the scherzo from the same composer's Sonata in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2; the spirited first movement from Mozart's Sonata in D Major, K. 311; and Debussy's "Clair de Lune."
All works except the Debussy and the Chopin waltz are available on recordings. (But you can hear a YouTube video of Blechacz playing the three waltzes of Op. 64, including the famous "Minute" Waltz, at the bottom.)
In the broadcast, Dan Gustin, head of the Gilmore Foundation, speaks about the unusual award, as does the last 2010 winner Kirill Gerstein, who uses Skype. Here is the link:
Some of the Gilmore winners seem to disappoint and peter out. I keep expecting to hear big things from the very talented Argentinian Ingrid Fliter, for example, but no such luck. Rafal Blechacz, on the other hand, seems more likely to follow the path of Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, who is perhaps the Gilmore winner who has maintained the highest profile and had the biggest career.


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Kitui health team lead by Dr Mumo and Richard Muthoka is on a research mission on how Universal Healthcare operates. This comes at a time when Governor Ngilu is expected to launch Kitui Health Insurance.
" Our good neighbours Kitui County are on a benchmarking tour to Makueni understanding the operationalization and management of the Universal Health Care." Governor Kibwana posted on his Facebook account.
Makueni County under the leadership of prof Kivutha Kibwana was the first county to successfully launch Universal health care where each person pays KES 500 a year
"My Government will ensure that health services are affordable. Each household will have to pay an annual fee of KES 1,000 only for the insurance card and my government will pay the rest, this will cater for all health needs." Ngilu said at a earlier function in her office.
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Improving your blog
If you're really serious about blogging, then you need to start getting serious about focusing on and learning how to improve the content of your blog.
But where do you start? There's so many blogs out there and even without your niche or general blog topic area, you have a great deal of competition to deal with. But don't let that discourage you from implementing a few of the best tried and tested ways to get more targeted and profitable traffic to your blog and in turn increase your blog ad revenue.
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I waetnd to spend a minute to thank you for this.
Wow, this is so informative, reminds me how outdated my blog hub is:) blogging has really come a long ways since I first started and you make some really good points - especially about the passion. If you don't have passion about your topic then most likely you will not write consistently.
Voted up and useful!!
Excellent tips, thanks for that


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On Tuesday 31st January at the High Court in Belfast, Mr Justice Deeny confirmed that the temporary ban on revealing the identities of individuals and businesses who are members of RHANI would remain in place until the outcome of a hearing in three weeks.
In spite of arguments that only individuals should be granted anonymity and companies benefiting from the Renewable Heat Incentive should be revealed, Mr Justice Deeny confirmed that the interim order would be continued and said: "There's a temporary inconvenience to the minister by imposing the injunction, but it protects the contractual rights of the applicants."
This order covers RHANI members who were confirmed by 5pm on Tuesday 24th January 2017.
RHANI has also been granted leave to seek a judicial review of Economy Minister Simon Hamilton's plans to release the names of over 500 members.
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Going to udders is always a good experience- chill vibes, good atmosphere. We had the waffles this time- with two scoops of ice cream. A yummy after dinner chaser.
They've really improved their recipe since I last had their waffles years ago. Its now everything a good waffle should be - light, crispy and buttery. Their ice cream remains of the creamy variety which I tend to prefer less than those which are more gelato-like.
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High in the hills, among the last remnants of Hollywood's golden age, Tod, 24, and his sister Lani, 22, live a breezy and charmed life in the sprawling mansion of their grandmother Judy, a former movie star now relegated to hosting a dying home shopping show. Tod's carefree and narcissistic existence takes a dark turn when he accidentally (perhaps) shoots Judy, killing her instantly. Desperate to maintain his decadent lifestyle, Tod hatches a diabolical plan to cover-up his Grandma's death, keep her show rolling, and keep the money flowing. After seducing Barb, Judy's producer, Tod convinces her to allow Lani to host the show in Judy's "absence." The ploy works, and the ratings go up. Tod kicks his cover-up into high gear - he turns his attention to Jacob (25), the mansion's handyman, who also happens to be his sister's boy toy. Jacob is the one person that can help Tod put the finishing touches on his evil opus. Surviving a long string of close shaves, Tod manages to outwit everyone, even the LAPD. With Lani finally back in his fold and happy in their conspiracy, we follow them as they ride into the California sunset.
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If the third time's a charm, no one knows better than Marina Diamandis of Marina and the Diamonds. The Welsh-born singer-songwriter's highly-anticipated album FROOT, released on Atlantic Records earlier this month, is decidedly more positive than its two predecessors, The Family Jewels (2010) and Electra Heart (2012). The new one features punched-up beats and incisive lyrics that reflect the artist's maturity over the past five years -- and this time, she's ditched the heart-on-cheek tattoo and peroxide blonde in favor of a '70s look inspired by her mum, with a healthy dose of trippy, rainbow-saturated psychedelia. At 29, she's feeling less bubblegum and has finally -- to borrow a line from the opening track of FROOT -- "found a way to be happy, happy."
We chatted with Diamandis over the phone a few days after her sold-out show at the Bowery Ballroom, as she took a brisk walk around her adopted neighborhood of North London.
About your NYC show last week -- the crowd was freaking out, especially with the surprise explosion of rainbow balloons for the finale of "FROOT." I'm curious about the performance aspect of your shows.
In America in particular, I connect with the fans on a deep level. They give me so much electricity. It's a big element of how my shows have evolved to what they are now. It's about the music, but I also want to add the entertainment effects of it and creating a visual for people who have paid money for a ticket.
Can you speak a bit on how colors inspire you, especially prisms?
Well, when I decided to do the "FROOT of the Month" campaign and we were working on the logo, we went back and forth for about 10 days. Ultimately, I wanted the colors to be a gradient on the rainbow, and all of my outfits to have similar shades. The element of color has been central to the visual element of the campaign, and in the live show, I'll be creating an electric garden with ultraviolet colors.
What is it about these ultraviolet colors?
I don't know! But my tour is going to be called the Neon Nature Tour, and fusing electricity with nature elements.
Bowery Ballroom, March 26; photo by the author
Fusing electricity with nature is interesting. It's exactly what the digital age is trying to grapple with: how to stay plugged in when social media is king, but also how to embrace nature -- how these two coexist.
Yes, it's very much a part of our modern world now, and particularly for people like you and me who grew up without the Internet. We're living in a cyberworld and trying to incorporate reality with nature -- that theme is recurring for me -- and with FROOT, it's just come out in more of a visual way. I think that what you said about the digital age is completely spot on, and what is exciting is to see how it will evolve with time.
You've said that FROOT is very much a celebration of happiness. What makes you happy these days?
It's actually two things. One is this small Penny skateboard -- my agent got it for me. When you ride it, the wheels light up. Google "penny skateboard" and you'll see it. But I don't use it anywhere near my apartment! I skate near these posh apartments because I figure no one will see me there and think, the idiot. It's funny -- at the age of 29, I'm becoming a skateboarder. The second: I'm starting to work with a lot of new designers and I'm enjoying the discovery process. For example, there's this new girl Mary Benson that I like; her clothes are very '70s psychedelia, with rainbows and stars, done in a modern way.
I loved what you wore at the Bowery Ballroom show: a little crop top and hammer pants.
Yes, it was a gunmetal pant suit. I have a tailor who does all my stage outfits.
What's the difference between your stage outfits and your street clothes?
If you saw what I was wearing now, you would probably love it. I've got on a Nike zip-up windbreaker and yoga pants with these muddy trainers. It's full-on glamour! The clothing I wear when I'm not performing, apart from a really nice cashmere Chanel jumpsuit, is really disgusting clothing.
You've said that your mother, Esther, is your style icon, and you recently did an homage shoot to her '70s look for the Guardian. How has she influenced you?
She's very graceful, a simple dresser with amazing style. I'm very inspired by her hair: in the '70s and '80s she had a simple, one-layer bob and I had subconsciously started to do that myself. My sister said, "You look like Mum" and she found some old photos of her. It's uncanny how similar we are, even down to how I wear my little dungarees. She's inspired me as a person, and how to be a person. She's so kind, you can't believe it. I thought she was so beautiful and thought, "Oh mum, you really should have milked it more."
I came across something you once said about yourself and not changing between 18 and 27, and feeling like this was an agonizing amount of time to not grow up or achieve what you'd like. What can you say to other girls who feel a similar stagnation?
I feel like each person is so entirely different. Perspective is rooted in our history, so I'm not sure I can give an answer to that. My only advice is that your late 20s are much better than the early ones. To not worry about it, because my life changed completely drastically, not because of music but because of other things. It's amazing how different you can feel from 21 to 27.
Can you speak to something specific that's changed for you?
There wasn't any kind of specific thing; it's more to do with your relationship with yourself. That's what it was for me, anyway.
What's surprised you about being in your late 20s?
I don't know if it relates to age or not, but I think the way my ambition is wired is completely different now. Previously, it was all about career and finding happiness in that, but that didn't really work. Now, it's more about a personal relationship, which I never thought would happen. I don't really care as much -- I do music for a living, and if you're not having a good time, then why are you doing it?
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