#Symphonic Holocaust

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Anorexia Nervosa  -  The Altar of Holocausts

[brandonjnelson]

El Malei Rachamim: A Holocaust MEmorial (for concert band)

El Malei Rachamim (God full of compassion) is a Jewish Prayer for the departed that is recited at funeral services, on visiting the graves of relatives, and after having been called up to a reading of the Torah on the anniversary of the death of a relative. The prayer originated in the Jewish communities of Western and Eastern Europe and since the end of the Holocaust, the prayer has been adapted…

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Agenda Janeiro 2024

05 - Bruno Pernadas

Teatro Rivoli, Porto

Entrada Livre . 21:15h

10 e 13 - Fado in Lisbon

Lisboa em Fado, Lisboa

14 a 20€ . Oferta de vinho do Porto

10 a 24 - Conta-me Uma Canção

Vários Artistas: Miguel Angelo + Samuel Úria; Surma + Tomara; Capicua + Sérgio Godinho; Luísa Sobral + Márcia

Teatro Maria Matos, Lisboa

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11 - João Borsch

B.Leza Associação, Lisboa

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11 - Aspirina #002: Manferior + Yaatana

Maus Hábitos, Porto

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12 - Can Cun

Maus Hábitos, Porto

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12 - Peter Kutin & Park Lechner

gnration, Braga

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*Aviso: "espetáculo não recomendado a pessoas com epilepsia devido aos efeitos de luz"

12 - Banda de Cá

Centro Cultural de Paredes de Coura, Paredes de Coura

21:30h . 3€

Info/Bilhetes

12 - Fast Eddie Nelson

Oficina Municipal de Teatro, Coimbra

22:00h . 6€

Reservas: info@oteatrao.com

13 - Belle Chase Hotel

Auditório TAGV, Coimbra

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13 - Hardmetal Fest

C.C Santo André, Mangualde

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13 - The Year + Johnny Dead Radio + Sinoptik

DRAC, Figueira da Foz

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13 - Meräki

Mood Café-Concerto n' Associação 'Os Vencedores de Sangemil, Porto

23:00h . 6€

13 - Lisa Beat and The Liars

Barracuda, Porto

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14 - Bonds Festival

Outsite M.OU.Co, Porto

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14 - Abbath + Toxic Holocaust + Hellripper

Hard Club, Porto

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18 - Leexo + Lil Mami Barbz

Maus Hábitos, Porto

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19 - Deep Motion Boiler Sesh

Village Underground, Lisboa

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19 a 21 - Arroios Blues Week

BOTA, Lisboa

Info/Cartaz

Reservas

20 - Spreader + D#K

Blackbox, Corroios

21:30h . 5€

20 - Jozef van Wissem

Teatro Miguel Franco, Leiria

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20 - Porn Grenade + Negative Buzz

CriArte, Carcavelos

PORTAS: 21:00h . 10€

20 - Electric Gold

Sociedade Harmonia Erborense (SHE), Évora

Info

20 - Rival Clubs

Barracuda, Porto

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21 - Festival CriaSons IV

Biblioteca de Marvila, Lisboa

Info

23 - Best Youth

Teatro Maria Matos, Lisboa

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E no dia 31, no Porto, na Casa da Música

24 - Barrage + Estriknina

Barracuda, Porto

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26 - Lyzzärd + Vectis + Dolmen Gate

Woodstock 69, Porto

PORTAS: 21:00h . 10€

26 - Bela Noia

Maus Hábitos, Porto

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27 - Valter Lobo

Teatro Tivoli BBVA, Lisboa

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27 - Piruka

Coliseu do Porto, Porto

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27 - Doutor Assério

Sociedade Harmonia Erborense (SHE), Évora

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27 - Nirvana Symphonic Tribute

Teatro Municipal de Bragança, Bragança

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27 - O Salgado Faz Anos... Fest!

Maus Hábitos, Porto

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27 - Undergang + Undersave + Necro Chaos + Nihility

Socorro, Porto

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*OBS: Recomendamos verificar estas informações junto dos promotores ou sites oficiais

[citylifeorg]

"A Concert for Sugihara" at Carnegie Hall

Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem and the American Society for Yad Vashem announce the American premiere of Lera Auerbach’s Symphony No. 6, “Vessels of Light,” on April 19th, 2023 at Carnegie Hall. This moving, large-scale symphonic work for solo cello, choir and orchestra, was inspired by the heroism of Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese Vice-Consul to Lithuania, who…

[dutchessabroad]

Three Minutes: A Lengthening movie review (2022) | Roger Ebert

A powerful memorialization of lives long gone, and a great film about filmmaking as well.

Judith van Praag's insight:

I missed seeing "Three Minutes: A Lengthening," during TIFF and am glad I got to view Bianca Stigter's symphonic film, made after the book by Glenn Kurtz last night at the Powell Heller Conference for Holocaust Education. At an earlier Powell Heller conference I had a chance to chat with filmmaker Roberta Grossman after watching her memorable docudrama Who Will Write Our History. What became apparent in that film, was how the Nazis first stripped Polish Jews of what would amount to their outward humanity, their homes, food, hygiene, and then shared the filmed evidence of their deprived state as Nazi propaganda. In a way Bianca Stigter's documentary film and Robert Grossman's docudrama are complementary. Using prewar footage shot by Glenn Kurtz's grandfather, Stigter shows us Polish Jews under normal preWar circumstances —as far as having a visitor with a film camera was normal at the time. Repetitions of moments, three minutes on a sunny Saturday in August, lengthened by returning to, and zooming in on faces, going forward and backward, thus familiarizing the viewer with Polish Jews delighted seeing the American with the film camera. I'd be curious to see the musical score, superimposed on the script. Three Minutes: A Lengthening is a symphony, a musical and visual master piece. As an aside, but no less important on a personal note, the title of Kurtz's earlier book, Practicing: A musician's Return to Music was a mantra I kept in mind during the sawtooth return from Deep Major Depression I witnessed in my husband.

[meurglyslll]

Track 1 from the film "City of the Living Dead" Track 3 from the film "The Beyond" Track 4 from the film "Rosemary's Baby" Track 5 from the film "Beyond the Darkness" Track 6 from the film "Cannibal Holocaust" Track 7 from the film "Golden Girls"

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Who was Mikis Theodorakis and why he is so important

As the three day popular pilgrimage in the memory of Mikis Theodorakis (1925 - 2021) has started, I am presenting a few of the most crucial facts about his life and legacy. There is no Greek who does not know who he is but there may be young Greeks who don’t completely understand what is so special about him save for his musical talent. He is well known to musicians, artists and political activists around the world as well but probably not to the younger generations. This is for them and all followers who would like to know more about Greek history and culture. 20th century Greek history and culture go hand in hand with Mikis’s life so this is where you begin.

Mikis Theodorakis was a composer, lyricist, visionary, activist, politician and author.

He was born in Chios island in 1925. His father was from Crete island and his mother was a Greek refugee from Asia Minor. His father worked in the public sector and as a family they constantly moved to new places in Greece. From a very young age, Mikis was influenced by and bonded deeply with the Greek landscape, folk music and Byzantine music.

He decided to become a composer when he was a child. He started writing songs before he had access to any musical instruments. He started composing at the age of 13 and he did his first concert when he was 17.

Mikis with his parents in the Acropolis of Athens.

He is credited with over 1,000 works.

He has composed music for almost all genres. His most notable works have been for chamber music, symphonic, cantatas and oratorios, hymns, ballets, operas, stage music for classical tragedies, modern plays and international theatre,  film scores, Greek popular music (not to be confused with pop) and, most significantly, his song cycles of poetry set to music.

He has written more than 17 books. His autobiography consists of 5 volumes. He wrote this autobiography in the 80s, so these five volumes do not include the last forty years of his life.

His most well known film scores are for the films Zorba the Greek (1964) starring Anthony Quinn, Z (1969), and Serpico (1973) starring Al Pacino.  The music theme for Zorba the Greek is the most well known Greek music piece worldwide.

With Anthony Quinn.

He composed the "Mauthausen Trilogy", also known as "The Ballad of Mauthausen", which has been described as the "most beautiful musical work ever written about the Holocaust" and possibly his best work.

He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize. He was also a nominee for the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Accepting the Lenin Peace Prize.

During the Axis Occupation of Greece, he joined the right wing youth forces of Metaxas’ regime and fought against the Italian fascists. He was taken captive and tortured. Later, he went to Athens in 1943, and became a member of a Reserve Unit of ELAS (left wing). He led a troop in the fight against the British and the Greek right. During the Greek Civil War he was arrested, sent into exile on the island of Icaria and then deported to the island of Makronisos, where he was tortured and twice buried alive. 

His only and lifetime partner was Myrto Altinoglou. Theodorakis started dating her when they were young, however their relationship went through a lot of hardship as Myrto had to wait for Mikis who was repeatedly a fugitive, a prisoner or exiled. They got married in 1953 and they stayed together for life.

With his wife Myrto Altinoglou.

He developed his concept of "metasymphonic music" (symphonic compositions that go beyond the "classical" status and mix symphonic elements with popular songs, Western symphonic orchestra and Greek popular instruments). He contributed to a cultural revolution in his country. His most significant and influential works are based on Greek  and world poetry. He introduced poetry to the masses and made the love for poetry mainstream.

With great Greek poet Yannis Ritsos.

Songs of his have been performed by the likes of the Beatles, Edith Piaf, Shirley Bassey, Joan Baez and Dalida. 

With Edith Piaf. He was tol and she was smol.

After the assassination of Gregoris Lambrakis in May 1963 he founded the Lambrakis Democratic Youth and was elected its president. Under Theodorakis's impetus, it started a vast cultural renaissance movement and became the greatest political organisation in Greece with more than 50,000 members. Because of his political ideas, the composer was black-listed by the cultural establishment; at the time of his biggest artistic glory, a large number of his songs were censored-before-studio or were not allowed on the radio stations.

Reading a speech for the Lambrakis Democratic Youth.

Theodorakis was a symbol of resistance to the military regime of 1967. He went into hiding and founded the "Patriotic Front" (PAM). On 1 June, the Colonels  banned playing, and even listening to his music. Theodorakis was arrested on 21 August, jailed and tortured for five months. Following his release end of January 1968, he was banished in August to Zatouna with his wife and their two children, Margarita and Yorgos. Later he was interned in the concentration camp of Oropos.

Tribute to Theodorakis inside his old cell in the prison of Oropos.

An international solidarity movement, headed by such personalities as Dmitri Shostakovich, Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Miller, and Harry Belafonte demanded to get Theodorakis freed. On request of the French politician Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, Theodorakis was allowed to go into exile to Paris on 13 April 1970.

Due to his mistreatment in exile and imprisonment Theodorakis suffered for many years from recurring tuberculosis and was hospitalized several times.

Mikis Theodorakis was good friends with Fidel Castro, Pablo Neruda and Yasser Arafat. Dimitri Shostakovich was a fan of his.

With Fidel Castro.

While in exile, Theodorakis fought during four years for the overthrow of the colonels. He started his world tours and gave hundreds of concerts on all continents as part of his struggle for the restoration of democracy in Greece.

Returning to Greece after the fall of the regime of the colonels, 1974.

After the fall of the regime and his return to Greece, Mikis Theodorakis made some political choices that were considered controversial by some. He initially united all the Left wing parties and was elected three times in the Greek Parliament but later distanced himself from the Left (of which he was a symbol) and was elected once in the Greek Parliament as an independent candidate and then as a minister with the centre-right wing party Nea Dimokratia. Through his position, he worked for the progress of the arts and education and he contributed to the improvement of Greco-Turkish relations. Theodorakis soon resigned from political life though and was appointed General Musical Director of the Choir and the two Orchestras of the Hellenic State Radio, which he reorganised and with which he undertook successful concert tours abroad.  

As a sidenote from me because I have read his autobiography and several interviews of his, Mikis Theodorakis has explained his distancing from the Left and flirtation with the Right and Centre through some implications such as that his relationship with the leaders of the left parties started deteriorating for ideological reasons and in his mind the Left was taking a path he did not agree with. He also hinted at corruption and anti-Democratic beliefs in the Left of the time. He accepted to rally with the centre-right wing party, desperate to channel his fervor for political action. He soon grew disappointed by the right wing too and retreated, choosing to be an activist for peace, human rights, animal rights and environmental issues. He initiated the Greek–Turkish Friendship Society. In 2020, he stated that he lived his strongest and most mature years as a Communist and he wished to be remembered as such.

Theodorakis was Doctor honoris causa of several universities worldwide.

He was furiously opposed to the Israeli War against the Palestinians. He was against Israeli Government and state although he clarified he loved Jewish people, which is proven by his musical work in remembrance of the Holocaust. He was against the War in Iraq and the meddling of USA in foreign affairs and he was opposed to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia like most Greeks. On 31 May 2011, Theodorakis  gave a speech attended by approximately 10,000 people in the center of Athens, criticising the Greek government for the loan debt it has taken from the International Monetary Fund. In 2017, in the age of 92, he gave another speech, this time opposing to the Prespes agreement between Greece and North Macedonia.

After his speech in 2017.

His last set of songs was published in 2013, in the age of 88. Theodorakis achieved the distinction of producing one of the largest works by any composer of any time.

Mikis Theodorakis had embraced his mortality very early on. He had prepared for his death since 2009 and he had repeatedly said he was not afraid of dying. “I have danced with Death in the fields too many times...”

Many concerts were held in his honour during the last decade. The second to last tribute concert he attended took place in 2017, and he wished to conduct the ending of the show. So he did and in the end he was deeply emotional and wept, in one of the most memorable and moving moments of contemporary Greek music scene.

The last concert he conducted, 2017.

The last concert in his honour he attended was in 2019. With his health fast deteriorating, he showed up exactly on time in a wheelchair and with a butterfly needle in his hand.

Last public appearance, 2019.

Mikis Theodorakis once said that he wouldn’t be able to write the music he wrote, had he not lived this life. However, in another interview, he said he should have retreated from political action earlier because he didn’t have the time to compose more than the 10% of the music that was raging inside his mind.

Theodorakis once said: “I am not a hero. Heroes die young. I was just a citizen who was trying to do his duty”.

He died on September 2nd, 2021, aged 96, from a cardiovascular arrest.

If you want to narrow it down, Mikis Theodorakis was a musician, a communist, a pacifist and a patriot - all of his qualities were proven again and again with unalloyed eagerness, because above all he was a restless spirit. Another thing that made Theodorakis so important beside his musical genius or his political  activism was his intent to make music for the people and bring it to the people. He managed to bring everyday people closer to classical music and poetry, arts that are traditionally considered elitistic. He was adamant to always make music as accessible to everyone as possible. Despite his passionate nature, he was a man of soft and polite manners and he was always supportive and welcoming to young and new artists. Through his music and his life, he tried to capture the essence of Greece, the meaning of freedom and the celebration of all cultures, all unique and different, but as ever coming together to compose the Harmony of humanity, life and the world. 

Mikis Theodorakis was voted the 11th greatest Greek of all time by the Greek public in 2009.

[link-the-bard]

An update I guess?

I realize I haven't really been active here for the past few years other than the occasional reblog of something. Most of my time is spent on twitter nowadays (@linkthebard if you wanna follow me there). But in case anyone wondered what I've been up to, here goes:

About a year ago I made the decision to go back to school to complete my undergraduate degree in vocal performance at Marshall. I was extremely nervous to go back to the place where I thought I burned all my bridges when I dropped out, but the audition was with one of my old professors I respect a lot as well as the new voice faculty members, and it was a cathartic experience. Nearly a decade's worth of anxiety about how I left things melted away. I got accepted back in, no problem. I picked up right where I left off, and my new advisor was able to find a plan for me to get out in as little as 3 semesters.

My fall semester was a little rough, as I was getting used to university life again. But it felt so good to be back in school doing what I love to do. My new voice professor instilled in me a confidence I haven't felt in a long time, and I won a regional competition. I performed in my first staged production in a long time, a staging of a song cycle. I passed my piano proficiency hearing with flying colors, and I got a near perfect score on my conducting final where I conducted the symphonic band through a selection of music. I floundered a bit in my analysis class, as the work was extremely hard and took me longer to complete than I had time, but I learned so much about modern compositional techniques and new works that have inspired me. Completing schoolwork was an issue for me in my only non-music class though, and I didn't pass, but it didnt impact my gpa too much.

I'm now at the end of my second semester back, and I couldn't be happier. I've accomplished so much these past couple months. I was one of the winners of a prestigious competition for the school of music, and as a winner I get to perform with the university's orchestra. I was also selected to represent the school of music at a research and creativity symposium being put on by the school of science, meaning I get to perform a short 15 minute recital. These performances are coming up quickly, and I'm very excited about them. With the chamber choir, I performed for a bishop installation at another college in WV, which was really interesting. We also just performed Mozart's Requiem with the WV Symphony Orchestra (we also performed Handel's Messiah with them in December). We performed a small concert with music from both events a couple weeks ago, and I got to sing part of a solo for it (while sick lol). I'm really enjoying my biology class, and music technology has been really fun. I'm doubling up in music history from opposite ends of the spectrum (ancient music vs new music), and I'm doing very well in both.

I can attribute my success to having a massive amount of support from my boyfriend, as well as being back on ADHD meds that help me stay on top of things. It was a struggle this past year to get a source that was stable and wouldn't break the bank, but I finally have stability in that. My boyfriend and I are house hunting for our new permanent place together, and I'm so excited for when we can do the move. I'm also excited for my final semester in the fall. I declared a minor in religious studies so I can continue as a full-time student (I don't have many music classes left to take, so it'd drop me down to part-time if I didn't declare this minor, and I would lose financial aid). The semester will be spent working on my senior recital (singing for 1 hour is a feat!), working on 3 classes for the minor (studying islam, jewish holocaust, and taking a film class), and preparing a larger staged opera (condensed, as we don't have the resources for a full production sadly). It's gonna be very time consuming, but I'm excited to get to it.

That's all that's really been happening with me. Before returning to school I was miserable and working retail. I spent years in stagnation and just got sick of it, making the decision to go back to school. I'm so happy where I am right now, even if it means being separated from loved ones while I study. I actually have hope for the future, the confidence to go for the career I want, and the support to make it happen. Man, things are just good right now.

[midnight-madonna]

Tagged by @doctor--diamond, @keep-looking-forwards-endlessly and @angels-holocaust to post 10 songs I've been listening to recently and then tag another 10 people, thank youuu! ❤❤❤

Werewolves of Armenia by Powerwolf

Legendary Enchanted Jetpack by Gloryhammer

Valhalleluja by Nanowar of Steel (ft. Angus McFife)

Hootsforce (symphonic version) by Gloryhammer

Bed of Nails by Alice Cooper

Njord by Brothers of Metal

Ambiramus by Eluveitie

Warriors of the World United by Manowar

Black Sails at Midnight by Alestorm

Electric Eye by Judas Priest

tagging @steeltrmentor @hootsforce @foxwinterart @daveslutstaine @flyingbodysymphony @tellmeoflegends @my-space-and-all-within @chaotic-neutral-wizard @richie-is-rich @havocinthebluebox

(I hope I'm not annoying)

[jojokillah]

In the lab 02

Let’s keep digging in Yamaoka’s recommendations.

PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?  -- Well i rushed through because i would listen to this all day,but no useful samples. These inspired the industrial drums for sure,but it’s no use for me.

Depeche Mode - Ultra -- I wanted to skip this one since i thought DM wouln’t have any useful material for me,but the track Useless has a great drumloop.And the track The Bottom Line has serious Krush vibes to it.This album is a surprise,Slowblow is the same.And Headstar won the right vibe award from me,perfect.

Morte Macabre - Symphonic Holocaust -- Well well well..Necro sample right in my face,first track..Yamaoka and Necro inspired by the same stuff could mean a fucking right place.Unfortunately,no,i’m not at the right place.Guitar guitar guitar...boring. 

Here i comprehended i’m looking for a J-Anything,because they have some unique sound i’m always hunting for,but maybe i should look for another composer’s inspirations,for example Persona 2′s ? 

[rastronomicals]

4:02 AM EDT April 28, 2023:

Morte Macabre - "Lullaby" From the album Symphonic Holocaust (October 1998)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Anorexia Nervosa  -  The Altar of Holocausts

[amsterdamwhitney]

“Life is a Cabaret!” October 2021 Exhibit

AMSTERDAM WHITNEY GALLERY, 210 Eleventh Avenue-Chelsea, New York City, is proud to showcase its OCTOBER 9-DECEMBER 2021 Exhibition featuring leading contemporary artists whose works explore the abstract, figurative and natural worlds. This Autumnal nexus of enchantment exhibition, highlighted by the glamorous

“LIFE is a CABARET!” Champagne Soiree on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9th from 2:00-4:00, pm, invites the artists and guests to "Paint the Town Pink," offering a mesmerizing elixir of the arts which will captivate the senses of both art acquisitors and art aficionados alike. Pulsating with a charismatic vortex, these artists’ sophisticated, eclectic, and often joyful representations of life provide a visual syntax of our world. Their hypnotic canvases explore spiritual emotions as they synthesize imaginative artistic visions and stimulate visceral sensations.

OCTOBER  9-DECEMBER 2021 EXHIBIT

Saturday, OCTOBER 9- 2021 2:00-4:00 “Life is a Cabaret" Soiree

 PATHWAYS TO LIGHT exhibition harvests a cornucopia of nature's visions, reflecting a love of the natural terrain, infused with the jubilant spirit of artistic achievement. The charismatic, visceral compositions of the three master artists reflect colorful, magical incantations of nature and reverberate with a wide fulcrum of expressive sensations as they channel sensory experiences along with a profound connection to the environment by harvesting a cornucopia of nature's colors and sensations to uniquely transcribe the bounty of the terrestrial environment.

NANCY BALMERT, "Queen of the Flowers" and the" Yellow Rose of Texas," enlarges the visible natural world to bloom into a fusion of myriad mosaic, chromatic flowers, creating up-close floral oil paintings which celebrate the floral kingdom and cajole us to inhale every beautiful petal and exhale their joy, all the while

conveying the subliminal effects of her enchanted floral realm and reminding us that flowers are the gifts from heaven to this earth,  

JOHN PETERS, "Master of the Gold Leaf," renders a new autumnal landscape series, "Birch Gold Leaf Collection," which is rooted in his love of nature as he rejoices in the grandeur of nature with his enchanted golden magical terrestrial kingdom, which unearths the human interconnection to the environment featuring dazzling celestial chromatic, golden-hued birch paintings.  SALLY RUDDY's "Fleeting Moments," oil on canvas landscape series are a poetic tapestry of visual love to the natural terrain of the California Central Valley as she poignantly interprets the transitory quality of nature with beauty and grace, freezing sensorial scenarios of the terrestrial realm, embracing a permanent remembrance of an exquisite, special moment.

 QUANTUM COUNTERPOINTS acquaints the viewer with three masterful artists who are inspired by nature and humankind. Their visceral artistic vision continues the expressionistic legacy of man’s profound quest to find respect and meaning in our universe as they create visual conversations which reveal their honor of nature and the humanity of the universe.  

DR. BELA GOLD’s museum-caliber paintings pay homage to the humanity of humankind with burnt drawings on recycled wood, honoring those who perished during the Holocaust with images obtained from the Berlin Jewish Museum and the Auschwitz concentration camp, as well as other World War II documents, as she emphasizes the deep importance of life and legacy.  JACK JASPER creates a fulcrum of fantasia with an alternative visual universe on canvas, reflecting a soft, subdued pastel palette which reveals semi-figurative abstracted forms which are often based on Greek mythology as they co-exist in a chimerical parallel realm. LULU ZHENG is an artist, medical doctor and swimmer whose figurative waterscape mixed media paintings and abstract sculptural wall hangings pay homage to aquatic activities reflecting her reverence for the environment as she captures the magnificence of the quiet treasures of life.

 OPTYX of the EVANESCENT shines the spotlight on three virtuosic masters who synthesize the beauty and complexity of nature and music through their variety of mixed medium. By illustrating the wonderment of the world, they combine an intersection of painterly vision with innovative conceptual perceptions.

Pakistani born- New Jersey based MAIRA ABBASI's mosaic-like, nature inspired oil and mixed media, three-dimensional wood panel paintings  

are committed to kaleidoscopic color and luminosity of form, resulting in chromatic, exotic and sensual works of art which reflect her royal Pakistani heritage and reverberate with fantasy, seduction, and spirit.  ADRIENNE KYROS's sensorial floral watercolor paintings introduce us to her expressionistic, emblazoned floral realm which conjures the huetopian beauty of the flora kingdom through chromatic blossoms and effusions of luminous light as they reverberate with intense color and rich texture. LORI MOLE’s musically inspired acrylic compositions are joyful abstract reveries which reverberate with symphonic precision, as she deconstructs reality with expressionistic iconic images of stark black and white checkerboard keyboards, piano keys, musical instruments and blazing red hearts, all of which resonate with a joie de vivre.

 VORTEX of the HUETOPIA exhibit introduces three gifted artists whose spellbinding transfigurations represent magical alchemies of creation. Each renowned artist’s beguiling artistic lexicon is a vortex of enchantment radiating unique artistic expressions metamorphosizing into compelling external forms, as they spiritually interact with the world through color sensations becoming a visual metaphor for our world.

In an abstract quest to translate her non-objective vision, RONI LYNN DOPPELT, renowned Master Colorist, is recognized for her abstract expressionist, chromatic, flowing paintings with overlapping, translucent -painted wing-shaped, chromatic inkblot like forms which dance into dazzling sinuous arcs of phenomenal, gem-like veils of transparent color. Norwegian born KARINA McKENZIE is influenced by the Dalai Lama teachings and Buddhist ideology and is galvanized to artistically seek beauty, peace and harmony in her brilliantly colored three-dimensional abstract textile vertical wall hangings which reverberate with spiritual love and harmony.  PHYLLIS SHIPLEY examines the timeless interconnection between art and nature in her boldly colored -saturated nature dreamscapes which boast a dynamic intermix of expressive, dazzling colors which render a visual interpretation to the environment and communicate her awe of nature's eternal capacity for renewal and regeneration.

[livinginlandmarketing]

Still unable to perform at the concert hall in Riverside City College Coil School for the Arts, the Riverside Philharmonic recorded the final concert of its 2020-21 all-virtual season in Pasadena at the Ambassador Auditorium .

A celebration of spring, the concert video will post to the Philharmonic’s YouTube channel on Saturday, April 10.

Riverside Philharmonic, conductor and music director Tomasz Golka(Courtesy of Michael J. Elderman)

Music director Tomasz Golka chose three compositions for the orchestra to perform, including Serenade for strings, Op.2 by Mieczysław Karłowicz, a 19th century composer from Golka’s native Poland. Karłowicz was a young composer whose musical career was cut short when he died in an avalanche at the age of 32.

The concert program also includes Symphony No. 26 in D minor “Lamentatione” by Franz Joseph Haydn and Overture to the ballet “L’amant anonyme” by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Saint-Georges was featured in the Riverside Philharmonic’s Black Composers Series videos for Black History Month.

In an effort to add “a night out on the town” feel, Chef Leone Palagi of Mario’s Place in downtown Riverside proposed a seasonal three-course dinner available for pick Saturday between 5 and 6 p.m. Call 951-684-7755 for more details and to reserve the limited take-out special.

“Although restaurants will be able to operate at 50% by the weekend, the Coil is still not open, so a dinner and concert night out isn’t possible for our patrons. We thought this would be a nice touch, to offer a gourmet dinner for a ‘night in,’” Philharmonic Board of Directors President Virginia Blumenthal said.

The spring concert on YouTube is free through April.

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-on April 08, 2021 at 02:30AM by Staff report

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IT’S ABOUT TIME - My Review of ANTEBELLUM ★★★

As a Jew, I had grown tired of Holocaust narratives in film.  Can anyone make anything better or more definitive than Schindler’s List?  I’d always been dubious until Son Of Saul proved me wrong.  So, with a more open mind, I approached Antebellum, the debut feature by Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz, hoping against hope that it could transcend the tired tropes of a similar genre, the slave narrative.  Both subjects often bring with them the noble sufferers, a plaintive symphonic score, and hiss-worthy villains. A little nuance, layered characters, and a storyline not bottled in formaldehyde seem like welcome elements at this point.  Luckily, Antebellum has an original approach and a fierce lead performance to overcome some otherwise tragic flaws.

Opening with Williams Faulkner’s quote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past” clues us into the reckoning on slavery about to unfold. As a country, we still have yet to truly face and come to terms with its repercussions.  The last four years alone spell that out pretty succinctly, with those who deny the existence of systemic racism, with those who kill unarmed black men and women, and with those who think there were “very fine people” spouting racist and Nazi rhetoric in Charlottesville.  

Faulkner’s quote resonates throughout the film, which opens on a beautiful slow motion steadicam shot as it wends its way through a slave owner’s plantation setting.  The striking score by Roman GianArthur and Nate Wonder may have symphonic elements, but it also includes a percussive drive and enough ominous notes to keep you intrigued.  We follow a little white girl for a bit as she strolls happily through the grounds until we run into regimented Confederate troops. A quick glance at a distraught woman named Eden (queer icon, Janelle Monáe) takes us right to a male slave being yoked away as a female slave begs for his life after a failed escape attempt.  

From here, we spend the next 40 minutes steeped in the atrocities of the pre- and post-Civil War south, all seen from Eden’s point of view.  Monáe has impressed me in supporting roles in Moonlight and Hidden Figures, and does so again in this, her first feature lead performance. I feel like her stunning features cause her to work a little harder than other actors to prove she has the goods, and sometimes I’ve noticed that work.  Here, she seems assured and gets nice visual character moments to prove her smarts, such as when she creatively figures out how to move around in her cabin without creaking the floor boards.  Unfortunately, the filmmakers surround her with a gallery of one dimensional characters, including the mustache twirling, abusive, sadistic Captain Jasper (Jack Huston), the mustache twirling abusive, sadistic unnamed officer (Eric Lange), the genteel, but sadistic southern belle (Jena Malone), and, you get the point.  Although they offer some wonderfully fragile moments, both Kiersey Clemons and Tongayi Chirisa have barely sketched out slave characters.  Clemons, however, has a terrific speech when she challenges Monáe on the perils of waiting and remaining silent as the horrors of their situation amass.  The filmmakers, to their credit, also sprinkle in some strange details throughout this section to keep you off balance.  

And then…

I don’t want to spoil anything more.  I didn’t watch the trailer beforehand and I recommend going in as cold as possible.  Suffice it to say, the filmmakers strive to disorient the audience.  This includes new characters, chief among them the scene-stealingly hilarious Gabourey Sidibe as a woman who has never faced a micro-aggression she couldn’t extinguish. In this section, Monáe and Sidibe serve as strong counterpoints to the “noble suffering” of the previously established characters, forcing us to consider the squelched lives of an entire race of humans. Over the course of history, we have lost so many lives to slavery, the Holocaust, opposition to an authoritarian government, AIDS and more. This film drives home the point that we have missed out on so much potential.  

Antebellum, however, takes this promise and pours it into a superhero origin story of sorts.  In its last act, we witness the birth of a warrior and the over-the-top craziness of our chief villain.  On the surface, this provides us with a rousing finish, but it also waters down the messaging slightly.  They have placed a story with historic purpose into the horror/action thriller genre. It will likely excite people and lead to some provocative discussions afterwards.  After people saw The Sixth Sense, they wanted to see it again to see what they missed.  It was all about that twist.  With Antebellum, the twists only serve to deepen our feelings about this stain on history. I applaud the filmmakers desire to swing for the fences.  It’s clear they wanted to keep things moving. This film has great energy, but, for me, I felt it was too short and somewhat skimpy. It could have used some grace notes, allowing us to understand all of its characters a little bit better. Instead of ending on its twist, it could have spent some time allowing us to witness the repercussions of the trauma faced by its people.  Next time at bat, I hope they take a little more time with their characters. They have the visual smarts and great ideas, enough to get this film to almost the levels of Get Out and Us. For such rebellious spirits, I fear they’ve slipped into nobility too fast.  Shake it off, loosen up, and wow us next time!

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I was tagged by @angels-holocaust to name 10 songs i’m vibing on right now and tag ten people. Hey thanks, I love things like this <3.

1) Victims of Contingency - Epica 2) Monarch - Delerium 3) For the Blood in Your Veins - Massive Ego 4) Contagion - Front Line Assembly 5) Der Letzte Kampf - Blutengel 6) Nie Mehr - Blutengel 7) Rebirth - Eluveitie  8) Starfish Ride (For A Million Dollar Handshake) = Flowing Tears 9) Beyond the Matrix - Epica 10) Ghost Opera - Kamelot Oh man, lots of variety here! I got myself back into Epica recently and I am so glad I did <3. I missed them so much. My roots and home will always lie with symphonic metal! I tag @nocturnalgrimoire , @incoldheart , @la-petitefille , @circus-marionette , @maisondespoupees , @polarmoth , @gayn64 , @la-vierge-des-fleurs , @holysea , and I’m not sure who else today. Tagging some new lovely individuals :).