Right-click on the link above and choose "Open link in new tab" to hear it all. Auden and Isherwood dedicated the play to Britten, who by now was somewhat fed up with having to churn out incidental music instead of concentrating exclusively on his "serious" works.

Extraordinary story from the Hay Festival. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

105 yrs ago tonight and tomorrow, an organized and resentful White mob raged through the African-American neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma—known as “Black Wall Street” for its wealth—burning and looting 35 city blocks, massacring up to 300 African-Americans, and leaving 10,000 homeless.

Altijd, en juist nu, moeten we bereid zijn tot verzet. Wegkijken maakt medeplichtig, schrijft Geert Mak www.groene.nl/artikel/we-s... Giftartikel 🍀❤️🍀

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We all need a timeline cleanse! Terracotta figurine of a #dog feeding her puppies. 500 BC-450 BC Boeotia, Greece. The terracotta figurines from this region during this period typically depict everyday scenes. Life without dogs is possible but pointless 🐶🐕 On display at Antikensammlung München 📷me

The U.S. has the largest, most capable military in the world — and has consistently lost the wars it starts since Vietnam. Iran won't be different. My conversation with @npr.org's Scott Simon on what's going wrong and what a smarter strategy would look like. newsletter.ivodaalder.com/p/were-losin...

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

​BOLTON: Ukraine now has the best army in Europe, enormous combat experience, drone technology that we should use. Ukrainians brought Russians to a halt. ​I don't think Trump sees any of that. ​It's a shame we didn't do more earlier to help Ukrainians. War might be over by now.

What on Earth?! This video is from Greenpeace. 💔

Onbegrijpelijk! De D66-klimaatminister wil meer boren naar zout onder de prachtige Waddenzee. Een van de mooiste natuurgebieden ter wereld. Hiermee kiest dit rechtse minderheidskabinet opnieuw voor de grote multinationals in plaats van het beschermen van ons Werelderfgoed. Volgende week debat.

Zoutwinning. #KabinetJetten

Midden in de roos: »D66 is een reclamebureau voor ambitieuze carrièrepolitici«

This is excellent. Should AI steal your job? - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

John Major is a better former PM than Tony Blair will ever be iandunt.substack.com/p/john-major...

Mahler, Symphony No.2, Concertgebouworkest 1 cond. by Otto Klemperer, live, 1951 (72 minutes) 2 cond. by Riccardo Chailly, 2002 (88 minutes) 1 (spirited & exciting in decent historical mono) is clearly superior to 2 (slow & dull in excellent stereo). I dislike mvts 4 and 5 anyway. #classicalmusic

Starting to think. Na 4 jaar hele duidelijke aanwijzingen dat hij de Baltics gaat binnenvallen. Starting to think. Zelfs onze inlichtingendiensten zeiden tot vorige maand: "Hij gaat t niet doen" Stop thinking, act on it!

Je kunt wel afstand nemen van de extreme Ben-Givr, maar hij zit natuurlijk wel als sturende kracht in het hoofd van Netanyahu. Een hele treffende cartoon van Joep Bertrams

So Trump casually threatens to blow up Oman - an ally, a helpful friend in the region, a responsible Gulf power. He releases an AI meme showing Iran with the stars & stripes. And there are people who still think he's a deal-making genius. Galactic idiocy.

Bekijk hier de video over de richtlijnen-affaire in de ouderenzorg. Hoe het RIVM, ministers, inspecties en werkgevers onveilige regels bleven uitdragen, hoe de politiek zich met wetenschap bemoeide, zich verschuilde achter experts, en hoe tegenspraak werd ondermijnd. youtu.be/gI4WKCKq2MI?...

"De parlementaire enquête naar corona is begonnen, maar een aantal hoofdrolspelers uit dit verhaal is niet gesproken".

Kijktip: Zo werkte de lobby om vooral géén mondkapjes te dragen. Briljante documentaire van @nieuwsuur.nl . #covid19 #corona @rivm-nl.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI4W...

Canada chooses Swedish early warning planes rather than US model https://aje.news/ref4zn

Karl Richter was a phenomenal Bach organist, second to none. This 3-CD set is astonishingly good. #classicalmusic

Judging from his excellent recordings, the Concertgebouworkest was lucky to have Chailly as their main conductor from ≈1986 until 2004. A typical CD: -Franck, Symphony in D minor and Symphonic variations, with Jorge Bolet on piano, Concertgebouworkest cond. by RIccardo Chailly, 1986 #classicalmusic

Wenn man nicht mäht, bleibt die Wiese grün, wird nicht gelb. Und man braucht keinen Rasen sprengen (so was von 1960er Jahre). Falls man ausser #Artenvielfalt , #InsektenSchützen und #WasserSparen noch Argumente braucht.

#NowListening Great composer, great organist: Bach, various organ works, Karl Richter at the Marcussen organ (1944), Jægersborg Kirke, near Kopenhagen (a few pieces at the Silbermann organ in Freiberg), 1966-1980 #classicalmusic

Add: Karl Richter (1926-1981) #classicalmusic

A boy is playing the accordion and performing the Ukrainian song “How Could One Not Love You, My Kyiv” near the shopping mall in Lukianivka that was destroyed in a Russian attack on May 24, while raising money for the Ukrainian military. #Ukraine is unbreakable. Video: Telegram / Реальний Київ

Zet deze muziek even aan, en overweeg dan een donatie voor drones die de hemel van Ukraine helpen beschermen: www.geef.nl/nl/actie/ver...

Japanese embroidery artist Hiroko Kubota, known for her work highlighting cats.

Schumann, Symphony No.1, Concertgebouworkest cond. by Bernard Haitink, 1983 -A fine recording, but I think I can hear Haitink's restraint. It is a studio recording and sounds that way, less natural and less heartfelt than Bernstein's live recording with the Wiener Philharmoniker. #classicalmusic

Schumann, Symphony No.1, Wiener Philharmoniker cond. by Leonard Bernstein, live, 1984 -This is a fantastic recording in excellent sound. Bernstein, the members of the orchestra must have been in their element and enjoyed performing this wonderful music. #classicalmusic

We still remember the London Blitz, which lasted eight months. Ukraine has been under attack for fifty-one months. You can help defend Ukrainians from missiles and drones. u24.gov.ua/news/timothy...

Beethoven,Symphony No.1 & Leonore III overture Brahms, Symphony No.1 Concertgebouworkest cond. by Wilhelm Furtwängler, live, 1950 -Mengelberg was still alive at the time of this concert -transfer from original VARA recording -TAHRA CD 1012-1013 issued 1995 #awesome #classicalmusic

NorCal Beagle Rescue has gotten so many foster/adoption applications for the dogs they’re receiving from this rescue operation that they have had to stop accepting them! Thank you for stepping up for these #beagles, Bay Area!

The Lute Player https://www.wikiart.org/en/caravaggio/the-lute-player-1

This café opened yesterday and was hit the same night. Despite that, they kept serving free coffee, and people still showed up. Ukrainians didn’t let them stop. We are united. Russia can destroy buildings, but not our spirit.

Born OTD in 1494, Jacopo Pontormo. I love this man's drawings. Here he reveals himself to be a briefs kind of guy.

Because the proposal requires a change to the Constitution, it won't take effect until there's a second vote with an intervening parliamentary election.

If you had accused Swedish politicians of wanting a 2nd class citizenship scheme for immigrants just a few years ago, they would have all but sued you for libel. Now almost everybody is for.

"A second-class citizen is a person who is systematically & actively discriminated against within a state or other political jurisdiction, despite their nominal status as a citizen or a legal resident there…Systems with de facto second-class citizenry are widely regarded as violating human rights."

Rutte voert campagne voor Trump, MAGA van het eerste uur

Spirited music for #whitsunday #pentecost #whitsun #classicalmusic #bach ! Wikipidia: »Die deutsche Benennung „ #Pfingsten “ ist abgeleitet von griechisch πεντηκοστὴ ἡμέρα pentēkostē hēméra, deutsch ‚fünfzigster Tag‘.« (Dutch: #pinksteren) (I didn't know that etymology!)

It is getting more and more difficult not to despise the 40% of Americans who still approve of Donald Trump.

This Bach may be old-fashioned, but it sure sounds inspired to me! Bach, Kantate BWV 59 for White Sunday (Pentecost), Thomanerchor & members of Gewandhausorchester Leipzig conducted by Kurt Thomas, 1959 #classicalmusic -Just turn up the volume & judge for yourself: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AogH...

Goed zo, Sánchez

Tolerance of traitors is self-sabotage. Imagine how much safer and more prosperous we would be if Trump and his Jan. 6 co-conspirators were in prison where they belong.