Max Erwin

I heard the finale on this Musik in Deutschland 1950-2000 cd put out by the Deutscher Musikrat, it’s from a radio recording in the 80s. For the ending scene it seems to me superior (quicker, more energetic) than the Jankowski recording

Also. Isn’t Harmonie der Welt amazing?? I just discovered it recently, the final passacaglia is mesmerising

My favourite caustic birtwistle
moment was when he complained about the award ceremony music being “so fucking loud” in his acceptance speech for the Ivor Novello

They’re both densely abstracted formalist ritual operas! It makes sense! Sorry Harry:(

Das Mädchen mit dem Schwhlz
Die Harmonie der Welt
Bählamms Fest
Antikrist (Langgaard)
Moses und Aron
Un re in ascolta
Palestrina
FREITAG aus LICHT
Aquarius (Goeyvaerts)
The Mask of Orpheus

This WAS hard.

Possible substitutions:
Die Gezeichneten for Moses
Einstein on the Beach for Orpheus

It’s true, my impression has always been that you had a more sustained interest in the works of Mieczysław Weinberg than the house of Mountbatten-Windsor

Damn, before even the guardian picked it up! You are my most trusted source of royal news

As Benjamin says, the aestheticisation of politics means disenfranchisement through art. The masses are tricked into thinking change is happening through participatory spectacle (halftime show w/ hallmark message) while the actual possibility of political change is foreclosed (Newsom presidency)

Assuming this is remotely true, wouldn’t it be more interesting and urgent to ask why such a thing appears to be the most compelling political option for a fairly substantial plurality? This is just “wake up sheeple” repackaged for substack isn’t it

Hairy son, Bert Whistle

The most horrifying part of the latest adam curtis doc is when New Labour have to pitch a vision of the future for the millennium dome and their best idea is having a fog machine to represent “spirituality”. Makes a reactionary aesthetic programme inevitable cos at least it’s trying something

Looks like I’ll be asking for a Presseausweis too then:)

Enjoying this Chronicle illustration where, in order to covertly circumvent the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, American musicologists have fashioned clefs and quavers into offensive weapons

Saw in an article recently that this was revised down to .5%. Grim

Did you get tickets for Rienzi??? Are they available to plebian non-Wagnerites (like myself, would never think of saying this about you)

You can just make a chart of whatever you want I guess. Although if you’re trying to make the point that the managerial class are not myopically out of touch, it doesn’t help to label the chart “Southern Regimes”

“The startup is currently bootstrapped, and employees are not yet salaried, but the company will soon seek outside funding.”

Now THAT’s what I call burying the lede

Are there any Germans on here? What is the difference between Garnelen, Krabben, and Krebsen—are they just prawns, shrimp, and crayfish or is there something more to it? Keep in mind I don’t really understand the difference between prawns and shrimp to begin with

Is that good

He did it

Seth has promised to explain this diagram tomorrow if you’re in germany

When my staffy does this I just say yes baby. You can jump around anywhere. You get all the food you want

If I’m reading that chart right, average incomes in the UK will have risen just over 1% between 2010 and 2030. ‘Ruddy hell’

Markwayne. 2 names for just 1 man

Yes and completely agree about the remorse

But still quite fash, no? If you’re looking for gentle-level Italian 12tone without unfortunate political entanglements wouldn’t Togni be your best bet?

Here

Getting ready to post some A1 academic content about which recent movies I enjoyed using a template provided by the grey lady herself the new york times

Gotta go to Amoeba Music. Re: gardens, if you make it out to pasadena the huntington is incredible

One of my favourite authors. He sounds tired