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What really happened in the Oval Office - Timothy Snyder explains and it’s chilling! open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

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A Five Lines album review of a new release from Rattle Records. Jo Hilder writes about The First Smile, music for #gamelan, played on an ancient set of instruments brought to Aotearoa 50 years ago.Traditional #Cirebon music and works by NZ composers and others. www.fivelines.nz/articles/the...

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I loved writing this artist profile of remarkable London-based New Zealand violist Bryony Gibson-Cornish and her international career. And if you like a happy ending, have a read about the serendipity that helped her find the instrument of her dreams. #classicalmusic #amativiola #marmenquartet

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Very interesting for all of us and essential reading if you’re in the US. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...?

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Kia ora Aotearoa New Zealand music fans – AudioCulture has landed on Bluesky! If you've not met us, here's a sample of what we do: @garethshute.bsky.social's excellent profile of Māori metal masters Alien Weaponry. #AlienWeaponry www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/alie...

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"One of the pleasures of this album is Houstoun's understanding of Bach's intentions." My review of this wonderful achievement by Michael Houstoun and Rattle - a 4-disc album of the complete "48" by Bach from his Well-Tempered Clavier. #classicalmusic #jsbach #michaelhoustoun #preludesandfugues

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So, how do you listen to music? I checked in with some people whose ears I trust and compared my own preferences. Turns out it's not all about ears...

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Kakistocracy - defined as “government by the least suitable or competent citizens of the state”.

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Hello new followers! If I haven’t followed you back, it may be because you haven’t told me anything about yourself - some info in your profile helps!

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Waited quite a while for this perfect sunny day. Brisbane whanau visited and 5 year old great-niece had a ball with Kiwi cousins. #summer ☀️

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Some terrific holiday listening for you - my review of a recent Liszt album by an outstanding Aotearoa-based pianist.

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Meri Kirihimete, musical Bluesky! Everything is on top of the piano because we have a big puppy. The ‘tree’ is our usual bean frame, borrowed from the veg garden. 🎶🎄🎁

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Britten's War Requiem is a modernist masterpiece and a bold statement against the brutality of war from a pacifist composer. My review of Orchestra Wellington's performance this week, 62 years since its premiere at a rebuilt Coventry Cathedral: #classicalmusic #contemporaryrelevance

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My recent profile/review of conductor Gemma New, a rising international star on the podium. And why I don’t like Holst’s The Planets, and why she’s taken up boxing.🥊

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Hello new Bluesky people. If you follow me, have absolutely no information about yourself on your profile, and no posts yet, I’m extremely unlikely to follow you back.

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Love tango? Check out this preview of upcoming concerts by exciting new Kiwi group Aotango, by Five Lines guest writer Cadence Chung.

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From my Lilburn Lecture: "..music in Aotearoa can be not a single 'language of our own', as sought by Lilburn, but two cultures in marvellous musical conversation, as in this work, Salina Fisher & Jerome Kavanagh Poutama's Papatuānuku for orchestra & taonga pūoro." www.fivelines.nz/articles/lil...

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#toitūtetiriti

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My review of a terrific concert by one of Aotearoa NZ's top ensembles - and what was "uncommon" about their programme? Have a read. #musicandgender @leahbroad.bsky.social

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Dame Anne Salmond points our more idiocies uttered by David Seymour -> like Where do people get different rights (or treatment) based on ancestry (or birth status)? Kings and Queens, UK Lords, family members in inheritances, etc. #NZpol newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/16/o...

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If you’re on Bluesky and don’t live here and have questions about what is happening in Aotearoa New Zealand atm, listen to this powerful speech by the co-leader of our Green Party. #capitalism #colonisation #toitūtetiriti

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My review of the Bach Choir of Wellington's concert of music by Bach, Corelli and Vivaldi. There was a lot to like, and I had a few reservations...

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Sometimes extraordinary virtuosity in music is seen as empty or showy - these two brilliant young prize-winners showed us how to combine it with depth and poetry in their 11 centre tour of Aotearoa. My review of Chamber Music NZ's recent concert - called "The Young Virtuosi":

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My review of Voices NZ's Horizons "These moving, evocative and innovative performances are the result of ambitious risk-taking... they succeed because the musical performances are outstanding, and the theatrical concepts thoughtfully and cleverly devised and executed. #karengrylls #jacquicoats

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My review of the NZ Symphony Orchestra's "Arias" concert. "The concert delivered exactly what it promised 'on the tin' – Puccini’s most popular arias, superbly sung and played. www.fivelines.nz/articles/nzs...

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