Dear Uncle Ted,

What's an appropriate baby shower gift?

- Louisa Caliph, Cairo, IL

Louisa - Uncle Ted had to tackle this issue himself just the other day! My best buddy Frank from high school finally got married to a wonderful woman, and they're expecting a bundle of joy in October.* They invited everyone they knew to their shower - it was quite a party!

Don't stress about the shower gift. If the Mom-to-be doesn't have a registry, Uncle Ted has some suggestions:

• Disposable diapers (unused)
• Bottles and pacifiers (unused)
• Baby clothes (and I mean clothes made for babies, not just t-shirts you've outgrown)
• Music or other recordings (material shown to promote brain development - like Mozart, or Puccini, or any of Alan Greenspan's congressional testimony as Fed Chairman)
• Baby toys (rattles, mobiles to hang above the crib, teething rings, small hookahs (it's never too early to teach water pipe fundamentals), baggies filled with broken glass, infant-sized cat o' nine tails, light beer)
• Gift card from a local liquor store (for the parents, in case the baby won't share his or her beer)
• A Nanny or an Au Pair

Babies need a LOT of stuff. Anything else you can contribute, along with your love and support, will be greatly appreciated. Good luck!

-Unk.

*Hopefully, that kid doesn't make the scene looking half-Korean. Uncle Ted might hafta get himself a second job and someplace to hide.

Ne aci ki Avrupa'da yasayan cogu Turk entegrasyonu taviz olarak goruyor hala. 40 yil sonra bile. Ve tum Sivasli akrabalar Danimarka'da kucuk bir ilde, Horsens'ta toplanmislar. Hayat ne ilginc olmali ilk buraya gelen kusak icin. Koyden ucaga binmeleri, gumrukten gecip ilk adim atislari buraya.. Ve hala genc kusaklarda o korkunun, o savunma mekanizmasinin izleri duruyor.

Babamin Giresunlu oldugunu soyleyince bana Horsens'a yeni gelen ve imam ve esinin de Giresunlu oldugunu soyledi. Gulumsedim ama bir gercek ki Danimarka'ya gelen ve insanlarin beyninde olumsuz dusunceler yaratip irkciliga, sosyal ayrimciliga sebep olan imamlarin nerden geldiklerinden cok bir an once geldikleri yere geri donmeleriyle ilgiliyim sanirim. Ve bunu soylememe imkan yoktu.

Konuyu degistreyim. Bugunlerde sasirdiklarim:

Evita fiminin, Antonio Banderas ve Madonnali olan, rock muzik kurgusunun berbat olmasi. Eva Peron'un genclik yillarinda neredeyse bir erkek avcisi gibi gosterilmesi, eger gerceklik payi varsa, Eva'nin oyle biri olmasi.... Arjantililer'demi Hollywood'un senaryo uyarlama ekibinde mi problem var...

Mozart'in 35 yasindayken oldugunu az once dinledigim CD'nin uzerinde gorunce tekrar hatirlamam.. 35 yas.. Ve hala dunyanin hery yerinde konservatuarinda onun parcalari calisiliyor, Sabine Meyer gibi biri mesela Mozart'i yorumlayarak para kazaniyor, hayatinin anlamini buluyor. Mesela kritikler bir muzisyeni Mozart'i iyi caldigi icin ovuyorlar. Oysa Mozart tum bu yorumculardan cok daha gencken, yoksulken, maddi imkansizliklarla ve cagin (1756-1791!!!!!) problemleriyle bogusurken yaratmis. Yaratmak... Ve o ilelebet hatirlanacak iste.. Dunyanin tum ulkelerinde taniniyor ve sadece 35 yasina kadar yaratabilmis. 1756'da dogmak nasildi acaba... Onun yarattiklarini calisip calanlar ona telif hakkini 1780'e gonderebilselerdi keske. Ne kadar uzatabilirdik Mozart'in hayatini?

Ayrica bugun Morten'in Odense'den arkadasi Thomas'la bulustuk. Bir radyo deneyini anlatti, canli yayina baglanan kisiyi radyoda calisanlar 5.separation degree'yle tanimaya calisiyorlar. Ve arayan herkes tanidik cikmis. Ya Danimarka cok kucuk gercekten de ya da bu degree'ler gercekten dogru! Ve ben 6 degrees olarak biliyordum, neden Thomas 5 degree olarak biliyor acaba. 5 dereceyi bi ara arastirmam lazim ama simdi gec oldu. Sonra bakarim.

While the Mozart School of Music may indeed be an excellent music school, this attempt at persuasion is much too riddled with un-blostered bias to woo the attention and choice of all music students. To unequivocally say that the Mozart School should be an obvious first choice completely ignores even the most common of variables for students choosing a school. Furthermore, the reasons and examples given for the school's reputation are not at all unique, and are presented without any concrete evidence, thus rendering the argument weak.

One of the largest variables ignored – price of attendance – makes an enormous difference in student's school choice. The level of financial responsibility involved in attending the Mozart School likely correlates directly to the number of students making placing it at the top of their list. Similarly, a schools location also greatly affects the choice of students. Certain students may not function well in the culture and region where the Mozart School is located. Poor-functioning and/or uncomfortable circumstances may make the decision of attending the Mozart School a more-obvious "NO."

The argument cites intensive practice and training, beginning at a very young age, as the first qualifier for the Mozart School's reputation. But a student's school choice has nothing to do with the training and practice regimen they impose on themselves. Any student can intensely practice and train, and it's quite common for all blossoming-musicians to have started at an earlier age. 

Finally, while the Mozart School may employ some of the most distinguished teachers in the world – it is surely not all! Other schools may staff distinguished teachers of a more-specific area that is appealing to music students. A school employing the leading Bach-specialists would not be very appealing to a Beethoven-scholar. And while many graduates of the Mozart School have gone on to be the best known and most highly paid in the nation, it does not follow that a student must go to the Mozart School to be successful. A person's success is more-so attributable to the person, and not necessarily the place they attended school.

If the argument was re-presented with specific details regarding the reasons given for the school's reputation, it would be more valid for those students least affected by such variables as price and location. However, there are always variables involved for students choosing which school they should go to, and therefore unreasonable for any school to claim to be an obvious first choice.

Poor Aaron Carter. He's just had some tough times lately, that's all. He'll be back, I just know it! I remember the day I first bought his album Aaron's Party (Come Get It), I knew that I was witnessing the birth of a truly special talent, one that would redefine music as we know it and give voice to a new generation.

How unprepared I was for the giant creative and intellectual leaps forward that young Mr. Carter would take to deliver his second album, 2001's Oh Aaron. Gone were the innocent covers of Aaron's Party, replaced now with original tunes that extolled the hardships of growing up white and rich in America. Carter announced his newfound maturity with a masterful musical flourish on such tunes as "Baby, It's You", "I'm All About You", "The Kid In You", and "Hey You".

Then, in 2002, just a few years after this mysterious virtuoso burst upon the scene, Carter would stun the world by releasing his most accomplished and groundbreaking record to date, Another Earthquake. Combining a range of influences from the likes of superstars Nelly and Limp Bizkit, Aaron took these familiar sounds and created something wholly new to the world of popular music. Songs such as "My First Ride" and "Do You Remember?" showcased a much more mature and experimental side of Carter, and the album would go on to influence every single musical genre that came after it. With the release of Another Earthquake, Aaron Carter cemented his name in the annals of history with the likes of other musical geniuses like Elvis Presley, John Lennon, and Johann Sebastian Bach.

After Another Earthquake literally inspired world peace and cured hunger and AIDS in Africa, Carter decided to take a hiatus from the music industry. As can happen with so many musical prodigies, the time away began to take its toll on Carter. With no direction in which to channel his massive musical and intellectual ability, Carter turned towards drugs, women, and sharing the company of various hangers on, such as Blake Lewis, that hoped to siphon just a little bit of that creative energy for their own personal gain. It is indeed a dark time for young Mr. Carter, but with the help of a loving fanbase, surely he will be back to deliver another inspiring and majestic musical tour de force. Until then, Aaron, you will never leave my prayers. God speed, young genius!

It's amazing what a little internet research and too much time on your hands can yield.

Lacrimosa dies illa
Qua resurget ex favilla
Judicandus homo reus.
Huic ergo parce, Deus:
Pie Jesu Domine,
Dona eis requiem. Amen

Tearful that day,
on which will rise from ashes
guilty man for judgment.
So have mercy, O Lord, on this man.
Compassionate Lord Jesus,
grant them rest. Amen.

"A life in music is a life beautifully spent" ~ Luciano Pavarotti 

So, I'm just posting a YouTube collection of arias that I'm going to be singing this year for auditions.

My starter; "Give him this Orchid!" from Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten. In this scene, Lucretia is telling her maid to send for her husband, and to give him an orchid as part of the message. This isn't my favorite video - the staging is hectic and the orchestra is too loud. 

And of course, there's my favorite aria EVER, the Letter Aria from Werther by Massenet. It's 19th century Germany, and Charlotte is reading letters from her lover. She sort of banished him from her family, because she ended up having to marry someone else. In the first letter Werther is sounding dreary, in the second one reminiscent, and in the third one outright angry and suicidal. The great mezzo soprano, Teresa Berganza, sings the aria. 

Of course, one has to have a Mozart aria. Sooooo, I chose "Parto, parto" to show movement. I always, always get asked for the back end of this piece. This is my hero, the late, great Tatiana Troyanos singing Sesto in La Clemenza di Tito. 

The drama is: Sesto has been informed by his beloved Vitellia that he has to go murder the emperor of Rome, who happens to be his best friend. Vitellia promises him that if he does it he can have her. He begrudgingly agrees.

I'm working on replacing it with this joyous aria, "Addio o miei sospiri" from Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice. This is legendary mezzo Marilyn Horne singing. I may steal her cadenza. :)

Next is my bel canto piece "All'afflitto e dolce il pianto" from Roberto Devereux by Donizetti. The character, the Duchess Sara, is sad because she can't be with her lover, Roberto Devereux...she has been forced by Elizabeth I to marry the Duke of Nottingham, who also loves Devereux. This woman sounds like a soprano!

I'm purposefully not including my German aria, "Wie du warst," because I couldn't find a good video of it. Please send me a link if you have one!

The last aria I list is from Carmen. I suspect you'll recognize it. Grace Bumbry sings. 

You see, every now and then I get strange urges to leave my usually 80's/70's rock/pop and listen to something else. This time it happened to be saxophone music. Along with clarinet, piano, and some Classical, but still. Mostly saxophone.

Since the majority of music we have belongs to my father (he collects CD's, has about 600 now), I had to go to the garage to find some. While I was in there, I found music I haven't seen in forever. So I just grabbed whatever I could find and went back into the house to put them on my ipod, which then went into my ipod speakers.

And the I laid on the floor in front of the fan, as my fever was acting up again (wood floors are really cold- it was heaven. So for about an hour, I listened to the musical stylings of (listed as name-occupation-songs):

Stan Getz (Brazilian saxophonist): "Girl From Ipanema" along with many others

Astrud Gilberto (Brazilian Jazz Singer): "Girl From Ipanema", "Fly Me to the Moon", "Look of Love", others

Joao Gilberto (Brazilian Jazz artist): Numerous duets with Stan Getz

Dave Koz (American Saxophonist): Oh my god, he did a version of one of my favortie songs, "Careless Whisper"!! Except instead of singing the 2nd and 3rd chorus, he just plays the sax. Really lovely cover.

Chet Baker (American Jazz Artist): "Stella By Starlight" with Stan Getz

Vanessa Mae (Asian-British Violinist): "Minuet" and "Firefly" aka, "Hotaru's Lalala Theme" from Sailor Moon. Yeah, she did Sailor Moon music.

Debussy (Classical Musician [Twilight fangirls, cream your pants]): "Claire de Lune", "Reverie", "Nocturne", "Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra 

Frank Sinatra (you're shitting me if you don't know who this is): Numerous songs. Found my dad's "Frank Sinatra: Duets" CD in the garage and have stolen it.

Kenny G (American Saxophonist): Mostly listened to "All the Way/One more for My Baby" on the Sinatra duets CD. He plays kickass saxophone music.

Bono: Not a big fan of U2 or Bono, but he sang the song "I've Got You Under My Skin" with Sinatra, so he can't be that bad

Mozart (Communist who played piano at the whitehouse in 1960): "Violin Sonata in D", "Clarinet Conceirto in A"

Beethoven (pioneer of the electric guitar): "Violin Romance", "Moonlight Sonata"

The Rippingtons (Jazz band, played with Dave Koz): "Moonlighting", "Open All Night"

Antonio Carlos Jombim (Brazilian Jazz artist): "One Note Samba"

Sailor Moon (Don't know the name of the artist, just that it was in sailor moon): Numerous Piano covers of famous Sailor Moon songs. Also some off of the "Brass Fantasy" album, which are also covers, but done is brass instrumentals.

Vince Guaraldi (American [?] jazz artist): Famous for composing a lot of the "Charlie Brown TV Specials". Listened to the song "Fur Elise", off of his christmas album.

Carpenters (See any entries under: http://nosuya.wordpress.com/category/my-music-is-where-id-like-youto-touch/ for info on them) "Touch Me When We're Dancing". It has a beautiful sax solo. 

Michael Frank (American Pianist, i think): No Saxophone, just piano, and something else I can't out my finger on... Listened to his song "Popsicle Toes" which I loved when I was little, but never knew what it meant. Listening to it now, about 7 years later, I realize it is about a guy saying he can "warm up" his freezing girlfriend by having sex with her, so she will no longer have popsicle toes. Ew.

Annie Lennox (of Eurythmics fame): "Love song for a Vampire" It's like a slow song, but techno-y. And it talks about Love and Blood, but never mentions Vampires.

And that was it. I was just lying on the floor, letting all of the smooth jazz, brazilian jazz, and classical music that in my "Recently Added" playlist surround me.

I of course forgot that playlist has everything I added in that past week. Imagine My surprise when I hear this:

"MY MILKSHAKE BRINGS ALL THE BOYS TO THE YARD"

Oh yeah... I totally forgot I added that just yesterday...

And thus, my easy listening ended, and I then listened to horrible slutty music that shouldn't even be on my ipod, including:

"He Loves Me He Loves You Not" Dream

"Milkshake" Kelis

"Don't Cha (Wsh your girlfriend was a freak like me)" Pussycat Dolls

"Want Me, Want Me" Namie Amuro (sluttiness in another language!!)

That song that goes "More, More, More, how do you like it how do you like it"

"Buttons" Pussycat Dolls

"Girlfriend" Avril Lavigne

"Candyman" Christina Aguilera

"Girls on Film" Duran Duran (couldn't help myself)

"I Wanna Sex You Up" Some rapper from the 90's

"Like a Virgin" Madonna

"I kissed a Girl" Katy Perry

"Obsession" Animotion

Ahhh. Lovely skanky songs.

Edit: I originally kept going on and on about different topics in this post, but I'm just going to move them to a new post.

Sempre que subo a ladeira que vai dar em  minha casa, principalmente depois de perder viagem até São Lázaro,  vejo dois fios, que ligam os postes de energia, cheios de passarinhos. São cerca de 50 passarinhos. Exagero. Mas são muitos. Todos colados ombro com ombro.

Qual será o motivo da reunião? Na casa que fica em frente a um dos postes escutam pagode. Posso ouvir da rua. A sala tem paredes de vidro e pode-se notar que tem alguém dançando.  Passarinhos safados! Todos reunidos para ver o ensaio da dançarina... Quem diria....

Nos fios de energia que ficam ao lado da minha casa também temos curiosos. Não temos dançarinas, e por isso não são passarinhos. São micos. Macacos me mordam! Micos? Sim. Poucos ainda. Uma pequena família, que nos finais de semana se aproxima para escutar Mozart e observar as discussões filosóficas da hora do almoço.

Enquanto isso, Kin (minha cadela cocker spaniel) espera com paciência a queda de um em seu território. Pode ser passarinho, pode ser mico, pode ser pagode ou Mozart. Para Kin é tudo carne de pingüim. 

Lacrimile au o legătură inexplicabilă cu viaţa. Atât la naştere, când copilul strigă neştiutor în faţa evenimentului, dar şi la moarte, când ceilalţi te jelesc pentru că nu ştiu unde pleci, sunt prezente într-un mod direct sau mai puţin evident. De fapt, care este rostul lor şi de ce apar?

Din câte observ, sunt legate de marile evenimente din viaţa unui om iar dacă nu, de marile schimbări ce au loc pe fondul sufletesc.

Există o concepţie cum că lacrimile sunt legate de suferinţă sau de tristeţe. Eu o văd ca fiind un act în faţa diverselor momente de neputinţă din viaţa fiecăruia. Nu este nevoie ca totul să stea la vedere.

De altfel, a plânge este un gest destul de intim. Dacă în Evul Mediu oamenii nu se fereau să plângă în public, astăzi a face asta nu numai că este privit ca un semn de slăbiciune dar provoacă şi un soi de disconfort celorlalţi. Recunosc, atunci când cineva de lângă mine începe să plângă, sunt extrem de stângace, nu ştiu ce trebuie să fac. Poţi pune gaz pe foc sau poţi fi interpretat greşit, dacă încerci să consolezi.

În rândul bărbaţilor, în schimb, este o crimă să plângi. De ce oare? Nu ştiu dacă este mândria la mijloc sau pur şi simplu o anumită atitudine, destul de exigentă cu sine, care nu permite eşecurile. De niciun fel.

Lacrimile nu se nasc numai din tristeţe. Se spune că fericirea se manifestă destul de ciudat. Pentru a exista, ea trebuie să nască fericire mai departe, materializată prin lacrimi. Trăirile se vor a fi palpabile, vizibile, în mod nepremeditat. Bineînţeles, mă refer la cele sincere.

Şi ce muzică poate să descrie mai bine starea de mai sus? Mie mi se pare grăitoare asta. Amestecul de gravitate, tonul uşor ezoteric dar şi transcendenţa ce reies din ea.

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Very beautiful, isn't it? The music does not end with this part, and I will post the second and final part toward the end of this present post. The theme of the music, of course, is Christian. If I am not mistaken, "Exsultate, Jubilate" are words that exhort people to praise Jesus, and the music ends with a rousing "Alleluia" or "Hallelujah." (You will find this in Part 2 of the video.) Very Christian indeed.

So what does this have to do with Buddhism. I have thought for a long time, in fact since I was very young, why Buddhism does not have such beautiful music praising its founder as Christianity does with their founder. I went to a Christian school in early primary years, and they usually took me to a church where they sang hymns that contained praises to Jesus and things like that. I went with the flow, even though I was Buddhist as were most Thai students there, but I could not help thinking why there is no such beautiful music in Buddhism. All that we had was monks chanting, but monks in Thailand do not play musical instruments, nor do they sing melodies, and the chant had no harmonization at all. I was told, moreover, that music was a kind of "defilement," something to be avoided. Music is something that leads you to become attached to sensuality and pleasure, leading you away from the true goal.

But then I began to wonder whether music is really as "defiled" as I was told. If music was really defiled, then the Mozart above would be so, but I find it very hard to bring myself to see that. In fact I remember the story behind the "Exsultate" according to which Mozart was commissioned by the Archbishop of Salzburg to write a piece of Church music for liturgical purpose, and Mozart came up with this classic masterpiece. The story had it that the Archbishop was not amused at all by this masterpiece, which he thought to be too "sensual" (well, I can see that too :-) ).  Anyway, the point seemed to be that Mozart was a rebellious soul, and his "Exsultate" could be interpreted as a statement against the Archbishop and his conservative attitude. Perhaps art took precedence over piety. In fact I think historians of music would say that the "Exsultate" did not have any religious sentiment at all; in fact it is a piece of secular music masquerading as a religious one. In today's secular West, the piece is performed not in a church but in a concert hall, where people applaud loudly, which they don't do at all in church.

However, I believe that the music is very deeply spiritual and listening to it I can't help but think of the devotion that Mozart must have felt toward God, but being the artist that he was, this was how he showed the devotion. If the singer has to sing like an opera diva praising God, then she sings that, even though it may arouse feelings that typically one does not associate with religious piety. But I think one has to look beyond that. The real significance of the music is that, precisely because of the very beautiful coloraturas and harmonization, Mozart shows that art can arouse deeply religious feeling, and one who thinks that religious music has to be dull and lifeless may have to revise what they think.

This pertains directly to Buddhism and music. My point is that it is not necessary that beautiful music such as this has to arouse attitudes or sentiments that run contrary to the goals of either Buddhism or Christianity. Of course the "Exsultate" is very sensual; that is the point. But one be sensual while being deeply religious. If you are not convinced try reflect on the meaning of the Latin lyric, but if you do not know Latin (which I don't by the way), at least you should know "Alleluia" if you are a Christian. Let the beauty of the music come to you without any judgement (like the Archbishop did). Let is seep into you, soaking you with the sheer rhythm, melody and harmony, and blend them with the meaning of the lyrics. The two cannot be considered in separation of each other, and I think this is where the mistake of those who think this is essentially a secular music lies.

Now what if this kind of beautiful music be set to words that praise Buddha instead? What if there is a full expression of joy and delight that the Buddha comes to the world and teaches us the way out of suffering and samsara? Wouldn't that be appropriate to "Exsultate, Jubilate" too?

I end with Part Two of Elizabeth Parcell's singing of Mozart:

Later, I got to know Bill who was a music professor at a little college in Tennessee  at the time. He is a composer and spends most of his waking hours writing music---wherever he happens to be. A piano is unnecessary; he hears all the notes in his head. In recent years he has visited us several times at our home. Late one night, during one of his visits, we heard him downstairs moving around and discovered him sitting at the kitchen table, writing out some music that had come to him as he lay in bed.

The next day we took him and his wife on a drive to the top of Mount Mitchell. It was fall and the leaves were at their peak of color. All of us except Bill remarked about the particularly beautiful colors on one tree or another as we rode along the parkway. Bill, quite naturally, was busy scribbling musical notes on a piece of manuscript paper on his lap. He never looked up. But, to be sociable, he echoed our exclamations about the beautiful leaves on this or that maple tree without ever taking his eyes off the paper in front of him.

Perfect pitch is a wonderful talent, but it is not as unusual as one might suppose. In any choir of fifty or so singers there is likely to be one or two with the ability to hum an A (or whatever pitch is required) for the director when the group is about to sing a work a capella.

I understand that certain Oriental languages require a speaker to voice pitches precisely in speaking. I am told that in societies where these languages are spoken, more people have what we would call perfect pitch. Perhaps the demand for pitch consciousness in speaking in these cultures produces a keener ear and, ultimately, a genetic ability in members of that society to differentiate pitches.

Most people can become more proficient at determining pitches just by working at it. Usually musical training gives a singer what is referred to as "relative pitch." In that case, the singer is able to produce other notes in the scale of a key once the tonic note is sounded.

Other innate abilities go into the making of a genius like Wolfgang Mozart. Admiring fans around the world remembered him with special tributes in January of 2006, the 250th anniversary of his birth. Wolfgang was fortunate in that his father, Leopold, was a musician himself who recognized the extraordinary musical ability of his son. Leopold played the violin and composed music and was able to give the young boy a good grounding in music theory. Wolfgang was a child prodigy and began touring Europe by the age of six with his sister Nannerl, 11, who was also a precocious keyboard player. They were in London when Wolfgang wrote his first symphony. He was 8 and had already written several dozen keyboard works and had published in Paris and London sonatas for keyboard and violin.

Mozart undoubtedly had perfect pitch, but he also had an astonishing ability to remember a complex musical passage and to write it down perfectly. The Italian composer Gregorio Allegri had composed, for the Roman Catholic Church, a Miserere in nine voice parts. The piece was so revered by Church authorities that they did not allow any written copies to go out of the church. Mozart heard the Miserere once in a service he attended and was able to go out and write it down from memory. This ability to retain mentally a complex piece of music is revealed in Mozart's composing as well. It is said that he conceptualized a work entirely before he began to write it down. Consequently, he didn't have to make revisions or corrections as he wrote.

As a rule, I am not in favor of cloning human beings, but I think I would make an exception in Mozart's case.

Lugar: Hotel Amadeus, Sevilla.

Fecha: 9 de Julio de 2008.

      CZARODZIESKI FLET - akt ostatni czyli wejscie DON GIOVANNIEGO

w rolach glownych wystepuja:

Dariusz Mikulski- dyrygent , dyrektor filharmonii walbrzyskiej , prywatnie - kochanek rezyserki Anny Dlugoleckiej, na codzien wydaje mu sie ze swoja paleczka wymachuje samodzielnie- zwany dalej DYREKTOREM www.filharmonia-sudecka.pl

Anna Dlugolecka - podrozniczka, poetka, projektantka mody a odkad ponownie zostala kochanka DYREKTORA takze rezyserka oper, prywatnie - zona DON GIOVANNIEGO przyprawiajaca mu rogi od chwili gdy postanowila zostac artystka, a na codzien - przez nikogo nie rozumiana, biedna artystka z budzetem od glupiego meza SPONSORA na poziomie 30 tys /miesiac , zwana dalej ARTYSTKA

Andrzej Mlynarski- frajer, rogacz i filantrop (SPONSOR) wykladajacy kazde pieniadze na pomysly i samorealizacje ARTYSTKI , prywatnie jej maz, na codzien znuzony opowiesciami o drodze do samorealizacji niewiernej zony i jej kolejnych chloptasiach ktorzy potrzebuja kasy , zwany dalej DON GIOVANNIM (DG)

Marszalek WD - filantrop niemiej naiwny co DON GIOVANNI gdyz przeznacza panstwowe pieniadze na zabawy kochankow (DYREKTORA i ARTYSTKI) w opere, prywatnie calkiem rowny gosc zwany dalej MARSZALKIEM - bedzie adresatem tej sztuki na rowni z mediami
                                                    SCENA 1 i nie ostatnia
Niedziela 20.04.2008 godz 14.25 czasu srodkowoeuropejskiego

DG przebywajac chwilowo poza granicami kraju dowiaduje sie , ze do jego domu pod Warszawa wdarla sie wlasnie ARTYSTKA w towarzystwie DYREKTORA
i na oczach zdumionego i zaskoczonego chlopca opiekujacego sie domem DG , zaczela wynosic dokumenty firmy nalezacej do DG. DYREKTOR (PAN) aby nie pozostawac
w tyle za swa kochanka zabral ze soba i zapakowal do samochodu ARTYSTKI (oplacanego przez DG) komputer nalezacy oczywiscie do firmy DG.
DG , jak juz ochlonal ze zdumienia bezczelnoscia i glupota kochankow (rozumiejac calkiem dobrze ich motywy i desperacje , gdyz odmowil finansowania kolejnych pomyslow
operowych) poprosil ARTYSTKE grzecznie w smsach (gdyz jest czlowiekiem praktycznym oszczedzajacym glownie na sobie) aby odwiezli z powrotem ukradzione rzeczy (w koncu to
przeciez i tak ich nic nie kosztuje bo za paliwo placi DG) - uslyszal , ze teraz maja go w reku i jesli nie spelni ich zadan to nie tylko skonczy w wiezieniu ale nigdy wiecej nie zobaczy
swojej corki , ktora ma niestety z ARTYSTKA (dowody na glupote kochankow w postaci smsow wkrotce do przeczytania na podstronie a tymczasem do wgladu w telefonie DG).
DG przyzwyczajony przez ostatnie lata do podobnych wystepow ARTYSTKI postanowil zglosic w/w historie na policje oraz przeslac niniejszy "scenariusz" do wszystkich mediow
i instytucji zainteresowanych 'popieraniem" sztuki w polsce a takze publikowac w internecie we wszystkich mozliwych miejscach ku przestrodze potencjalnych SPONSOROW.

UWAGA WIDZOWIE !
ostatni dzwonek aby zalapac sie na sprawe rozwodowa ARTYSTKI I DG !!!!!
Jutro tj 16.05.08 o godz. 11.20 w Sadzie w Warszawie przy AL Solidarnosci
stana na przeciwko siebie i bedzie jatka sadzac po zachowaniu ARTYSTKI
na kilka dni przed rozwodem.
Dla tych dla ktorych zabraknie miejsca w sali rozpraw
relacja na blogu juz wkrotce ............

www.annadlugolecka.pl

... jest to blog o milosci i zdradzie , o marzeniach i nieograniczonych mozliwosciach jakie posiadaja w sobie ludzie oraz nieskonczonej ich glupocie

...jest to blog ku przestrodze wszystkich ktorzy chca w jakis
sposob zlaczyc swoje zycie z artystami (cokolwiek to slowo oznacza) .....

...jest to blog ku przestrodze wszystkim ktorzy zyja marzeniami , aby zanim zaczna je realizowac sprawdzili czy ta druga osoba obok ma marzenia podobne.....

...jest to blog w ktorym bede pisal o przygodach i podrozach, miernym polskim swiecie modyi jego bohaterach, o zgnilym swiatku polskiej opery i o wszystkim co nas otacza a czego ja osobiscie „dotknalem“ co daje mi prawo do wydawania osadu ☺

Anna Dlugolecka – „zona w stanie rozwodu“ z wyksztalcenia – menager a poza tym: projektantka mody, podrozniczka, poetka, grafik, fotograf a ostatnio takze rezyserka oper Mozarta jednym slowem kobieta renesansu zwana w blogu ARTYSTKA w wyjatkowy na skale swiatowa sposob umiejaca roztrwonic kazde zarobione przez jej oficjalnego (jeszcze) meza pieniadze .... oczywiscie w imie sztuki.... ☺

Andrzej Mlynarski – narrator, na codzien na papierze (jeszcze niestety) maz Artystki, zwany w blogu DON GIOVANNIM (DG) w chwili obecnej probujacy ulozyc sobie jakos zycie z dala od wielkiej „sztuki“ oper, mody i wszystkiego tego co finansowal przez ostatnie 5 lat....

Dariusz Mikulski – obecnie dyrektor w Filharmonii Walbrzyskiej i staly (bardziej lub mniej ale za to od 15 lat) kochanek Artystki , wprowadzajacy ja od 2 lat w arkana sztuki operowej zwany dalej w blogu DYREKTOREM

Maciek Malicki – „kochanek“ Artystki, ktory z braku pomyslu na zycie zostal misjonarzem i ‚krolem Zimbabwe“, (koles), ktory za pomoca strony internetowej skutecznie zwabia zadne ‚afrykanskich przygod“ kobiety z polski na swoja misje w Bulawayo (Zimbabwe), wyznajacy zasade ze w zyciu liczy sie tylko „sex,drugs & rock’n roll“ a przyjaciel to dla niego gosc co kase pozycza lub wodke stawia... zwany dalej w blogu MESJASZEM

POCZATEK
czyli : ..w zyciu licza sie tylko marzenia !!!!!!!

...tak wiec zacznijmy od poczatku ....
a na poczatku byl.....chaos ☺ (oczywiscie) datowany na rok 2003,
kiedy to po totalnej plajcie wspolnej (DG i Artystki) firmy, pewnego dnia
Artystka oswiadczyla Don Giovanniemu : ...mam dosc interesow i prowadzenia firmy, ty rob co chcesz, ja wracam do swoich marzen i jesli ma mi sie udac w zyciu je zrealizowac to zrealizuje je zaczynajac od zera... (a tymi marzeniami bylo projektowanie ciuchow) .. PIEEEEKNE !!!!!!
Pieknie! ...zwlaszcza , ze Don Giovanni pozostal bez jakiejkolwiek gotowki, z dlugami w wysokosci 1,5 mln zl i zagrozonym przez komornikow domem....
ale w mysl zasady ... baba z wozu , koniom lzej... zobaczyl swiatelko w tunelu, ze prowadzac interesy po swojemy da rade wyjsc na prosta....

Artystka tymczasem rozpoczela studia w szkole projektowania ubioru, tej samej co nasi „wielcy kreatorzy mody“ i zrobila dyplom w postaci pelnowymiarowego, niezaleznego (jedynego jak sie okazuje w tej formie w historii szkoly)pokazu mody. Inspiracja dla stworzenia kolekcji, ktora nazwala „wykluczenia“ byla muzyka KADHJA NIN a na miejsce dziania sie „akcji“ zostala wybrana AGORA siedziba Gazety Wyborczej.
Pokaz zostal sfinansowany (oczywiscie) w calosci przez Don Giovanniego.
Po bardzo dobrej krytyce z jaka spotkal sie pokaz, przychylnymi recenzjami w prasie Don Giovanni zaczal juz wierzyc ze inwestowane kazdego dnia pieniadze w marzenia Artystki maja szanse na skapitalizowanie w przyszlosci.
Patronem kulturalnym w/w pokzau byla owczesna Pani Ambasador RPA w Polsce i ona to udostepnila Artystce pierwsze opracowania dotyczace poludniowej Afryki.

(kiedys, w wolnej chwili opisze kulisy powstawania tego pokazu na terenie zarezerwowanym dla 2 polskich krawcow czyli duetu Brzozowski z Paprockim)

Przystanek AFRYKA

Po pokazie Artystka przegladajac kolejny udostepniony jej album ze zdjeciami, zobaczyla zdjecie kobiety z ludu Ndebele i zafascynowana jej spojrzeniem postanowila dotrzec do tej wlasnie konkretnej wioski w bushu i poznac jej historie.
Co za piekne marzenia !
Interesy Don Giovanniego szly coraz lepiej ale nie na tyle jeszcze dobrze aby finansowac tego typu eskapady , wiec dla swojego pomyslu Artystka potrzebowala innych sponsorow. A ze projekt tego wyjazdu zrobila ogromny (bo miala jej towarzyszyc ekipa filmowa i mialy byc realizowane odcinki dla telewizji),
Don Giovanni chcac nie chcac wyruszyl na poszukiwanie partnerow.
Po dziesiatkach spotkan, hektolitrach wypitej kawy i drinkow, w koncu znalazla sie korporacja gotowa sfinansowac projekt.
Radosc nie trwala jednak zbyt dlugo. Na miesiac przed planowanym ruszeniem w droge, ktos na szczeblu miedzynarodowym korporacji dopatrzyl sie, ze ich polityka reklamowa zabrania skojarzen z Afryka i w sposob wg siebie bardzo delikatny i politycznie poprawny, wycofali sie z projektu.
Rozpacz Artystki nie miala granic.
Jej objawy to :
morza wylanych lez,
zlorzeczenia na caly swiat,
obwinianie o wszystko Don Giovanniego
brak przejmowania sie czymkolwiek (dom,rodzina)
uzaleznienie totalne od internetu...
Bylo to zachowanie, ktore powoli wchodzilo w krew Artystce i stosowala go coraz czasciej w „walce o prawo do swojego“ z nic nierozumiejacym, tepym kapitalista Don Giovannim.

„Ptak Ciernistych Krzewow“
Spedzajac cale dnie i noce w internecie Artystka poznaje swojego zbawiciela Mesjasza, ktory roztocza przed nia wizje poznawania Afryki jaka niedostepna jest przecietnym nudnym turystom.
Artystka nie jadla, nie zajmowala sie domem tylko planowala wyjazd do Mesjasza.
Pewnego pieknego dnia powiedziala Don Giovanniemu, ze to i dobrze ze poprzedni partner wycofal sie z projektu, bo dzieki temu poznala Mesjasza, ktory pokaze jej Afryke taka o jakiej ona marzyla i ze on jak nikt inny rozumie jej sztuke i jej projektowanie i ze jedzie do niego natychmiast.
Widzac na co sie zanosi, chcac chronic dom i rodzine DG tlumaczyl, ze artysta aby nie stoczyl sie do rynsztoka musi miec za soba rodzine ktora go wspiera , ale zeby ta rodzine utrzymac musi dac tej drugiej osobie poczucie bezpieczenstwa w zwiazku,
bo inaczej nie wytrzymaja tej proby.
Prosil, blagal wsciekal sie , wszystko na nic... bo wg Artystki to sa jakies bzdety o jakich on mowi i jesli ma jakis problem to musi sobie z tym sam poradzic bo ona nie zamierza tracic na to czasu - bo jej wartosci , jej sztuka sa ponad zwykle problemy zwyklych smiertelnikow!
Jednym slowem gdy Artystka cos postanowi to tak ma byc i juz.
Na przeszkodzie do wyjazdu nie stanely tez ani ich mala czteroletnia corka ani brak pieniedzy na wyjazd.
Artystka pozyczyla pieniadze na wyjazd od przyjaciolki i poleciala .... na spotkanie Mesjasza.
Don Giovanni natomiast, zamiast splacac dlugi i zalegle podatki musial zwrocic pieniadze sponsorce Artystki.

Pierwszy krok na Czarnym Ladzie – Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)

Po wyladowaniu w Bulawayo , Artystka przysyla smsy pelne zachwytow nad urokiem Afryki i ludzi tam mieszkajacych a po krotkim czasie wyrusza razem z Mesjaszem w droge do RPA- do wioski ludu Ndebele (tej ze zdjecia w albumie).
Podroz oczywiscie udalala sie znakomicie wiec po powrocie do Buyo (skrot od Bulawayo), wyruszaja razem natychmiast nad wodospady Wiktorii.
Sielanka tak otumanila Artystke, ze przyslala smsa do DG :
.... tu jest cudownie ! sprzedawaj wszystko ! przeprowadzamy sie !...
To stwierdzenie „sprzedawaj wszystko“ dotyczylo ich domu i oczywiscie bylo poboznym zyczeniem Artystki, bo dom zostal wystawiony na licytacje i w oststniej (doslownie) chwili DG uniemozliwil jego sprzedaz przez komornika co nie oznaczalo jeszcze uwolnienie go na dobre spod rak wierzycieli.

Ciag dalszy nastapil , musze go tylko opisac dla Was .... ☺

um...can you even HIT these notes? thats not human....WOW *_*

as for me, i listened to only classical music when i was little...till at least like 10 so...this ROCKS!

from the movie amadeus...i love mozart's laugh in it...lol go watch it, gr8 music in it as well..theres the european in me >_<

O quinteto KV 581 para clarinete e cordas é un exemplo clarísimo de empaste dun instrumento de vento madeira como o clarinete cun cuarteto de cordas. Ademais, a grande riqueza melódica que ofrece é outro exemplo da grande inventiva e inspiración do compositor. Por outra banda, non debemos esquecer o significado simbólico que para Mozart posuía o clarinete.

Pois nada, a gozar con este quinteto, no seu primeiro movemento, Allegro, con Sabine Meyer ao clarinete e o cuarteto Hagen, intérpretes de luxo...

Dariusz Mikulski - dyrygent , dyrektor filharmonii walbrzyskiej , prywatnie - kochanek rezyserki Anny Dlugoleckiej, na codzien wydaje mu sie ze swoja paleczka wymachuje samodzielnie- zwany dalej DYREKTOREM www.filharmonia-sudecka.pl

Anna Dlugolecka - podrozniczka, poetka, projektantka mody a odkad ponownie zostala kochanka DYREKTORA takze rezyserka oper, prywatnie - zona DON GIOVANNIEGO przyprawiajaca mu rogi od chwili gdy postanowila zostac artystka, a na codzien - przez nikogo nie rozumiana, biedna artystka z budzetem od glupiego meza SPONSORA na poziomie 30 tys /miesiac , zwana dalej ARTYSTKA

Andrzej Mlynarski - frajer, rogacz i filantrop (SPONSOR) wykladajacy kazde pieniadze na pomysly i samorealizacje ARTYSTKI , prywatnie jej maz, na codzien znudzony opowiesciami o drodze do samorealizacji niewiernej zony i jej kolejnych chloptasiach ktorzy potrzebuja kasy , zwany dalej DON GIOVANNIM (DG)

Marszalek Wojewodztwa Dolnoslaskiego - filantrop niemiej naiwny co DON GIOVANNI gdyz przeznacza panstwowe pieniadze na zabawy kochankow (DYREKTORA i ARTYSTKI) w opere, prywatnie calkiem rowny gosc zwany dalej MARSZALKIEM - bedzie adresatem tej sztuki na rowni z mediami
                                                   

                                        SCENA 1 i nie ostatnia
Niedziela 20.04.2008 godz 14.25 czasu srodkowoeuropejskiego

DG przebywajac chwilowo poza granicami kraju dowiaduje sie , ze do jego domu pod Warszawa wdarla sie wlasnie ARTYSTKA w towarzystwie DYREKTORA
i na oczach zdumionego i zaskoczonego chlopca opiekujacego sie domem DG , zaczela wynosic dokumenty firmy nalezacej do DG. DYREKTOR (PAN) aby nie pozostawac
w tyle za swa kochanka zabral ze soba i zapakowal do samochodu ARTYSTKI (oplacanego przez DG) komputer nalezacy oczywiscie do firmy DG.
DG , jak juz ochlonal ze zdumienia bezczelnoscia i glupota kochankow (rozumiejac calkiem dobrze ich motywy i desperacje , gdyz odmowil finansowania kolejnych pomyslow
operowych) poprosil ARTYSTKE grzecznie w smsach (gdyz jest czlowiekiem praktycznym oszczedzajacym glownie na sobie) aby odwiezli z powrotem ukradzione rzeczy (w koncu to
przeciez i tak ich nic nie kosztuje bo za paliwo placi DG) - uslyszal , ze teraz maja go w reku i jesli nie spelni ich zadan to nie tylko skonczy w wiezieniu ale nigdy wiecej nie zobaczy
swojej corki , ktora ma niestety z ARTYSTKA (dowody na glupote kochankow w postaci smsow wkrotce do przeczytania na podstronie a tymczasem do wgladu w telefonie DG).
DG przyzwyczajony przez ostatnie lata do podobnych wystepow ARTYSTKI postanowil zglosic w/w historie na policje oraz przeslac niniejszy "scenariusz" do wszystkich mediow
i instytucji zainteresowanych 'popieraniem" sztuki w polsce a takze publikowac w internecie we wszystkich mozliwych miejscach ku przestrodze potencjalnych SPONSOROW.

UWAGA WIDZOWIE !
ostatni dzwonek aby zalapac sie na sprawe rozwodowa ARTYSTKI I DG !!!!!
Jutro tj 16.05.08 o godz. 11.20 w Sadzie w Warszawie przy AL Solidarnosci
stana na przeciwko siebie i bedzie jatka (sadzac po zachowaniu ARTYSTKI na kilka dni przed rozwodem).
Dla tych dla ktorych zabraknie miejsca w sali rozpraw
relacja na blogu juz wkrotce ............

www.annadlugolecka.pl

Notre groupe a doublé en taille depuis la dernière rencontre! Nous sommes maintenant quatre, c'est-à-dire Annie, Francis, Thomas et moi-même. Ce fut une rencontre merveilleuse, dont voici la liste des pièces:

1. Extraits de l'opéra Le Rossignol, actes 1 et 2 (Igor Stravinsky 1882-1971) - Louis
2. Concerto pour piano no3, mouv. 1, allegro vivace (Béla Bartók 1881-1945) -Francis
3. Fugue en sol mineur BWV 578 (Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750) -Thomas
4. Extraits de Roméo et Juliette (Sergueï Prokofiev 1891-1953) - Annie
5. 4^e symphonie en mi mineur, 1^er mouv. Allegro non troppo (Johannes Brahms 1833-1897) -Thomas
6. Messe en Ut mineur K. 427, Kyrie (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791) -Thomas

Je m'étais juré d'aller chercher des cds à la bibliothèque pour la rencontre cette semaine. Je m'étais dit "Louis, cette semaine tu vas épater tes collègues (maintenant quatre!) en effectuant une recherche approfondie sur les compositeurs que tu auras choisi". Et évidemment je me suis rapidement retrouvé le soir même de la rencontre sans aucune préparation, ni aucune idée de qui j'allais faire jouer. Voilà donc que je fouille dans ma collection de cds classiques, question de ne pas complètement perdre la face, et que je trouve, ô bonheur, un enregistrement de l'opéra Le Rossignol de Stravinsky. C'est étrange, car je dois bien posséder ce cd depuis au moins un an et je ne l'ai jamais écouté. Un cadeau de Noël peut-être, ou encore un simple achat sur un coup de tête dont je ne me souviens plus. Tout ça pour dire que j'étais bien content de découvrir ce disque ainsi que les quelques autres dont j'avais également oublié l'existence.

Et quel disque! Interprété par le BBC Symphony Orchestra et dirigé par Pierre Boulez, ça sonne comme une tonne de briques! De plus, j'ai appris dans le livret que cette oeuvre a été composée en deux temps, soit le premier acte en 1908, et les deuxième et troisième actes en 1913. Il est très intéressant d'entendre le contraste entre ce premier mouvement, composé alors que Stravinsky était encore l'élève de Rimski-Korsakov, et les deux autres mouvements, composés juste après Petrouchka et surtout le Sacre du printemps. On passe de belles vocalises et mélodies au langage rythmé et dynamique du Sacre du printemps assez abruptement, mais tout en gardant un fil conducteur entre les mouvements. Une très belle oeuvre à découvrir, si ce n'est que pour les magnifiques vocalises de la soprano.