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Martin Kusch

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I am a philosopher in Vienna (working on: epistemology; philosophy of the social sciences; and "linguistic despair"). I also dabble in music (singing) and photography. Photo ©Alex Bachmayer

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Occasions in Vienna. -- Great book title ... must get. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

07.10.2025 10:12 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Andrés Orozco-Estrada
YouTube video by hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Andrés Orozco-Estrada

My classical music favourites CXXXI. --

Debussy's "Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune." Performed by the hr-Sinfonieorchester, conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9iD...

#music #classicalmusic

07.10.2025 04:24 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Classical Vienna. -- Stephansdom, detail. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

07.10.2025 04:23 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Classical Vienna. -- Liechtensteinpark, detail. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

06.10.2025 04:28 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Haydn - Oboenkonzert C-Dur Hob VIIg:C1 | François Leleux | WDR Sinfonieorchester
YouTube video by ARD Klassik Haydn - Oboenkonzert C-Dur Hob VIIg:C1 | François Leleux | WDR Sinfonieorchester

My classical music favourites CXXX. --

Haydn's Oboe Concerto in C Major. Performed by François Leleux and the WDR Sinfonieorchester.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE24...

#music #classicalmusic

06.10.2025 04:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Classical Vienna. -- Liechtensteinpark, detail. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

06.10.2025 04:26 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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First Musikverein concert of the New season: the Tonkünstler play Strauss, "Ein Heldenleben."

05.10.2025 13:12 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Classical Vienna. -- Early-modern wall-painting on Baeckerstrasse in the 1st district. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

05.10.2025 04:47 — 👍 26    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622
YouTube video by Iceland Symphony Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622

My classical music favourites CXXIX. --

Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622. Arngunnar Árnadóttir is the soloist. Cornelius Meister conducts the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT_6...

#music #classicalmusic

05.10.2025 04:46 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Occasions in Vienna. -- Outside the box. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

05.10.2025 04:46 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Modern Vienna. -- Mathematics Faculty Building, detail. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

04.10.2025 04:47 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Hannah Kendall: He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing
YouTube video by Claves Records Hannah Kendall: He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing

My classical music favourites CXXVIII. --

Hannah Kendall, "He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing." Musikkollegium Winterthur conducted by Roberto González-Monjas.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmE8...

#music #classicalmusic

04.10.2025 04:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Beyond Vienna. -- Bratislava, central square. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Slovakia

04.10.2025 04:46 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Beyond Vienna. -- Bad Ischl: the Emperor's Lodge. (And Sarah taking a picture of me taking a picture of her.) #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

03.10.2025 04:28 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Britten: Simple Symphony
YouTube video by Scherzo Music Britten: Simple Symphony

My classical music favourites CXXVII. --

Benjamin Britten, "Simple Symphony." Britten conducting the English Chamber Orchestra.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFeR...

#music #classicalmusic

03.10.2025 04:27 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Beyond Vienna. -- Wolfgangsee, detail. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

03.10.2025 04:27 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How Israeli actions caused famine in Gaza, visualized | CNN Israel’s war in Gaza led to more than half a million Palestinians being stuck in a cycle of ‘starvation, destitution and death,’ a UN-backed initiative said. Five charts explain how.

Enough!!!

edition.cnn.com/2025/10/02/m...

02.10.2025 08:57 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Beyond Vienna. -- Bratislava Opera House. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Slovakia

02.10.2025 04:31 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Britten - Four Sea Interludes | Ariane Matiakh | WDR Sinfonieorchester
YouTube video by ARD Klassik Britten - Four Sea Interludes | Ariane Matiakh | WDR Sinfonieorchester

My classical music favourites CXXVI. --

Benjamin Britten, "Four Sea Interludes." Ariane Matiakh conducts the WDR Sinfonieorchester.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4gZ...

#music #classicalmusic

02.10.2025 04:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Beyond Vienna. -- Bratislava: Jugendstil door. I love the birds left and right. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Slovakia

02.10.2025 04:30 — 👍 29    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks for this!

02.10.2025 03:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I see what you mean. Though many German academic books would be so much better if they had a 188-page limit.

01.10.2025 11:58 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Reading a German Habilitation thesis of 680 pages. On page 293, the author has finally reached the point where they "are able to formulate the question that we are trying to answer." (Sometimes my stamina surprises even me.)

01.10.2025 11:50 — 👍 26    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Thank you, will do!

01.10.2025 06:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Autumn in Vienna. -- Flame nettle. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria #flowers

01.10.2025 04:25 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Perpetuum mobile, Op. 10
YouTube video by Paavo Järvi - Topic Perpetuum mobile, Op. 10

My classical music favourites CXXVI. --

Arvo Pärt, “Perpetuum mobile.” Paavo Jäärvi conducts the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLWT...

#music #classicalmusic

01.10.2025 04:24 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Beyond Vienna. -- Stockerau town hall, detail. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

01.10.2025 04:24 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you and good luck to you!

01.10.2025 04:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you!

30.09.2025 11:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Today is my last working day as "professor" at the Department of Philosophy at the U of Vienna. From tomorrow I continue as "professorial research fellow". Great to have "research" front and center of my life again! #philosophy #Vienna

30.09.2025 11:04 — 👍 50    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

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