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[eretzyisrael]

by Norman Lebrechtconc

Almost a hundred musicians have rallied overnight to petition the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam to reverse its ban on two concerts this week by the Jerusalem Quartet. The concerts were called off  ‘to gurantee the safety of employees, visitors and musicians.’

Outraged musicians have acccused the Dutch administrators of capitulating to mob rule.

We present the petition below with the initial rush of signatories. They include some well-known artists. If you support their appeal, do share this post on social media and add your name in the comments slot.

We, the undersigned, as musicians and presenters who celebrate mutual respect across different disciplines and specialisations, who regularly collaborate and who draw inspiration from one another, are appalled at the recent announcement of the Concertgebouw to cancel the May 16th and 18th performances by the Jerusalem Quartet.

Threats to the safety of musicians, concert hall staff, and the general public, fly in the face of hard-won democratic values and freedom of expression, and should have no place in our society. The behaviour of our arts organisations should reflect this, and should stand up for these values.

By cancelling these concerts, the management of the Concertgebouw placates a vocal minority who advocate for their cause through intimidation and credible threats of disorder and violence. We need not look very far back into European history to see what happens when people acquiesce to the very behaviours that sow their own downfall.

Anything less than permitting the Jerusalem Quartet to continue with its planned performances — and to provide them and the audience of the Concertgebouw with protection and support — amounts to pure moral cowardice.

We call upon the management of the Concertgebouw to show strength of character in defending the concert platform as a realm for free expression of the sublime yearnings of the human spirit otherwise failed by words and actions that all too often lapse into meaningless, pseudo-moral binaries. The Concertgebouw’s behaviour succumbs to an “education at the college of fools” rather than continuing to affirm itself as a bastion of the ineffable.

We wholeheartedly protest this act and as musicians call for an immediate redress.

Yours Sincerely,

[deadpanwalking]

[pantomimes international hand gesture for jerking off]

[operacomments]

[muz4now]

A woman will lead the Vienna Phil on New Year's Day - Slippedisc https://slippedisc.com/2023/12/a-woman-will-lead-the-vienna-phil-on-new-years-day/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

[sethshead]

While everyone's talking about William Thomas, let's not overlook this fantastic moment in a production that is now, officially, cursed.

[herriblog]

Back pain

It’s been a little more than a month since I’ve been down with this back pain. As the weeks progress, it’s getting worse. It’s debilitating. I’ve always been a cheery, jovial person who always had something positive to say about something negative. To people gossiping about her to friend’s going behind her back to badmouth to her love. I’ve dealt with all that shit. And it’s always been say whatever you want to, you want to call me a bitch, a whore, whatever makes you happy, my friend. But now, it hurts me. It has begun to affect me. Whoever is talking about me. Fuck. I don’t even know who is bitching about me. It’s just that my friend isn’t calling me anymore. Entah la, I don’t know why I nak terasa.  I’ve been on painkillers the whole entire month. It’s been increased. They don’t help me anymore. Honestly, when I am sitting, I don’t have much pain. Maybe because I’ve got the hot pack on my back. I do my stretches (Butterfly, the clam, the bridging -well as the week past, i can’t even do that as well, reverse crunch) 

It sucks. Why? You have trained for 9months. Worked hard. Slacked off. Worked on them again, but yet, you get striked with this severe back pain. And now walking 10 steps can kill me. The pain. It used to start from the lower back, radiating down to the thigh, then it increased to the shin. Then I got hit with numbness over the right first toe. It came and went. Then it increased to half of my foot. my Physio knew about it. She realised that I had decreased strength there. And I was abit worried but I still ignored. I freaked out the day, it hit my the right side of my right lower leg.  The signs and symptoms he said to watch out for

-Numbness over the lower limb -Weakness over the lower limb -Incontinence of the bladder or bowel (that’s the sure sign that you needed to do open back surgery)

I went to see the spine surgeon and he said, what do you want to do? I’ve told you what you need but you told me you had priorities. So how? So a light bulb lit. How about an Epidural Steroid Injections? That would helped, wouldn’t it? I lied by telling that my uncle did it and it worked. But in actual fact, I did it in KL, I nearly fucking died while getting it done but yet I thought of doing it.

 I wanted to do it because: -Just started my degree, I kinda dragged my bff of 19yrs for it. -Had enough of my HL (took two months in Jan and Feb, and now Aug) -Had to start working on career. It had been put on hold for way too long. First i decided to try the Private Hospital. But I managed to pull some strings to come back and now, but I’m still on the low level. Probably I might have been upgraded by because of my HL, it couldn’t. They couldn’t assess my capability in preceptorship. 

So I got it done. The first ESI I did. I just agreed to doing it as the orthopedics surgeon in KL said to do it. If not, you are nowhere to getting back to your baseline. .... Next blog.

Painkillers that I’ve been put on over the month.. except Targin (it was just started 4days ago)

[don-lichterman]

Viral sob of the day: Joni sees both sides now

Viral sob of the day: Joni sees both sides now

Joni Mitchell adds perspective to a long performing life at the Newport Folk Festival yesterday. The post Viral sob of the day: Joni sees both sides now appeared first on Slippedisc.

[benlunncomposer]

The article I wrote for the Morning Star has been shared on Slipped Disc

[opsikpro]

What we’re missing most

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Mail is pouring in at Slippedisc Towers from innumerable readers who are sharing their experiences of loss in these isolated times.

What are they missing most? Obviously, musicians are miss rehearsal, performance and audiences. Music, theatre and ballet are the sociable arts. Writers and painters are fairly accustomed to isolation. Maestros don’t know what to do on their own, except sleep.

[daisiesforher]

August 13 - now

I had been seeing my chiropractor, Tom, 3 times a week from February 2013 until one morning I just got up in pain. I shrugged it off, thinking I was just having a bad day with my back. 

It was a Wednesday and I had travelled about an hour to Hawthorn just to see Tom for a lousy 10 minutes so he can crack me back into place. I remember he was attending to another patient then in the X-ray room so I decided I wouldn't bother him with this new pain I had. Everytime I think back to the day, I just kick myself thinking I could have asked for some help.

After my adjustment, the pain did subside but only for about a day. Tom had planned a long holiday to Belgium with his family and was leaving in that weekend so I went back to see him on that Friday. Same thing happened -- I felt better for 24 hours but afterwards the pain just kicked in again.

I consulted in my personal trainer, Gary, who also works in the same clinic with Tom. He doesn't dismiss the problem but I remember he did still push me a little on the day. In hindsight it was still my fault I didn't ask to stop. I honestly thought the pain would go away!

To cut a very long story short, Tom got a replacement chiropractor in, Keith Livingstone I think was his name. He couldn't figure out what the problem was either. All everyone knew was that my body was stiffening up like a rock and my back was just not happy. I got up every morning (until some time last week...6 months on) with this excruciating pain from my lower back and down my left leg. I would wake up after 4 hours of sleep and the pain would be unbearable. Oh I was grumpy all the time, alright.

Every morning I'd get up with this ridiculous pain, sort of lie on my back 30 seconds to a minute and ATTEMPT to move a little and turn my entire body on my side (I always thought I looked like a seal doing it) to get the pain off my nerves. This went on for what felt like forever. I got up crying probably everyday because I had no idea what was wrong with me).

It's also worth noting I am still in the middle of my Masters of Architecture. We basically don't sleep, have no time to eat and I lived by my desk for MONTHS. Travelling to uni everyday took a lot out of me. I remember coming home most days and collapsed as soon as I walked through the doors and cried on the ground because I was just exhausted. 

Now...I hate needles. I get queasy just from the thought of them. My boyfriend Mike suggested I tried acupuncture to ease the pain. His mum had very bad nerve pains in her hands from years of sewing and plus I was desperate so I made my first appointment. After an hour of being massaged and poked by needles all the way down my back, the pain subsided significantly. My body eased up, the muscles relaxed for the first time in what felt like donkey years and I went home to have a nap. 

By then I developed a phobia of sleeping because sleeping brought on all the pain (basically staying in any position for more than 30 minutes killed me). I had a proper hour's nap after seeing the acupuncturist and I got up with NO PAIN. I was over the moon, mum was relieved and I thought "oh shit, the real test is to see if I will get up in pain again tomorrow morning".

And of course, I got up in pain again. Sobbed pathetically into my pillow. Lost hope and just didn't want to continue with uni anymore. I talked to mum about surgery.

(Now, it's worth noting that at this point we still had no idea what was wrong with my spine. No one thought it was an SI joint problem - heck I didn't even know what it was when I was first told I had SI joint dysfunction.)

[don-lichterman]

Death of a distinguished music theorist, 81

Death of a distinguished music theorist, 81

Walter Mays, Professor of Music Theory and Composition at Wichita State University, has passed away. His compositions achieved numerous performances.     The post Death of a distinguished music theorist, 81 appeared first on Slippedisc.

[don-lichterman]

Ashkenazy, 85 today

Warmest birthday greetings to a unique conductor and pianist, now retired in Switzerland. His favourite joke? The post Ashkenazy, 85 today appeared first on Slippedisc.

[opsikpro]

Leila’s out, Berg’s snarling

Leila’s out, Berg’s snarling

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Latest review from Birmingham in the exclusive Slippedisc/CBSO100 season coverage:

CBSO at Symphony Hall ★★★

The gear change required between the opening andante and subsequent allegro sections in the first movement of Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 is notoriously difficult to navigate. Start with the famous solo horn theme too slowly and portentously and when it returns triumphantly in the…

[opsikpro]

When a soloist really wants to engage

When a soloist really wants to engage

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The latest Slippedisc review from the CBSO100 season spotlights a welcome new trend:

CBSO at Symphony Hall ★★★★★

Six years ago the San Francisco orchestra came here and gave us a Symphonie Fantastique which was as perfectly honed and smooth as a well-oiled machine, every surface polished and buffed to a dazzling shine. It was also about as intoxicating as a cold alcohol-free beer.

Klaus…