The Houston Chamber Choir will perform A Time to Draw Closer, the season finale of the Grammy Award-winning ensemble s 2020-21 virtual season, on May 9 under the direction of Founder and Artistic Director Bob Simpson. Of special note, the concert will include the world premiere of The Passion of St. Cecilia, a work composed by Mark Buller and specially commissioned for the choir s 25th anniversary. The three-movement work relates to the legend of the patron saint of music and musicians. The acclaimed chamber music ensemble Apollo Chamber Players will join the choir for this performance. To be asked to write a piece for the 25th anniversary is such an honor. Bob asked me to be involved about a year ago, just as we were all realizing the extent the pandemic would reshape the way we approach music. It was interesting timing because in the face of this really uncertain future especially for singing groups where things didn’t look great - he left it open ended. I could choo
8 am ET: Wigmore Hall presents Jonathan Plowright. The British pianist opens this concert with Busoni’s arrangement of Bach’s D minor
Chaconne which was performed by Busoni himself at the opening of the Hall almost 120 years ago. This is followed by the six pieces that make up Liszt’s
Consolations S172. The concert closes with Grieg’s
Holberg Suite Op. 40, originally written for piano before Grieg adapted it for string orchestra. Register, view here and on demand for 30 days. LIVE
1 pm ET: Wiener Staatsoper presents
Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci. Conductor: Marco Armiliato, director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. With Eva-Maria Westbroek, Brian Jagde, Ambrogio Maestri, Zoryana Kushpler, and Isabel Signoret; Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak, Ambrogio Maestri, Andrea Giovannini, and Sergey Kaydalov. Production from November 2020. Register for free and view here.
OPINION | Covid-19: Militarism and big money trampling humanity
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OPINION | Covid-19: Militarism and big money trampling humanity
By ROMEO F. QUIJANO
University of the Philippines Manila
The Covid-19 pandemic is probably the most devastating disaster that has descended on humanity. Even the crude statistics of doubtful accuracy is petrifying: 133,181,257 cases and 2,889,631 deaths worldwide as of April 7, 2021. (1) and still counting after one year of seemingly uncontrolled spread and resurgence. That is without even counting the various dire consequences of lockdowns and imposed measures and vaccines that are likely worse than the disease, with the long-term impacts much greater than anyone can possibly imagine. Yet these dire consequences have been brushed aside by militaristic and big money-driven remedial measures which are proving to be l
Mountain Scene
March 10, 2021
By PHILIP CHANDLER
Arrowtown-based Roost Mortgage Brokers has something to crow about.
Despite, or even because of, the difficult year Queenstown’s experienced, the firm’s performed outstandingly at the NZ Mortgage Awards announced recently.
Principal Mark Pullar jointly won‘independent mortgage adviser of the year’ and won ‘regional mortgage adviser of the year’.
His colleague Toby Stanley won excellence awards in both categories.
In the ‘brokerages of the year’ awards, Roost won excellence awards in the ‘mortgage brokerage of the year 1-10 staff’, ‘regional brokerage of the year’ and ‘best customer service’ categories.
Pullar says what’s particularly satisfying is the awards were judged by a panel of peers and industry leaders, and that his whole team also got recognition.
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