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... and perhaps the most important quote of them all: "This is a community, not a crazy den of pigs." Indeed. It was said a fair while back but is still referred to from time to time.

October music

My story today is about a woman and her husband who played Bach's Sonatina for us (Rheingau Musik Festival, long ago) on an upright piano, and it made me cry, and I still remember. - You once asked me about recorder music in a cantata, - this is it. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:25, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Carl Nielsen (FA by four colleagues, not me) is remembered on the main page! My story on the Germany National holiday is a song calling to trust the new ways, written shortly before the events leading to reunification. I saw a lovely Mozart opera production yesterday, in case of interest. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:57, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A good story for a Sunday: Martin Neary conducting Purcell. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:13, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

... and a good one for Monday, about a mezzo as a thinking person, DYK? - see also video. (The nomination wasn't by me, which probably helped.) I didn't see her, but the Carmen production at the Bastille Opéra that she was in last. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:24, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Amazing, thanks Gerda! I just had a close encounter with The Dream of Gerontius, which was really rather wonderful! Cheers DBaK (talk) 17:30, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for sharing! The Rheingau Musik Festival gave that to us, some years ago, I believe. - Happy birthday, Margaret Medlyn! (I found the article - not by me - when searching for someone whose birthday is today.) - I took a cat pic, presented by Rosiestep today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:44, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Talking about that festival: Happy 50th birthday, Alain Altinoglu!) - I let the video begin with a closeup of the octobass ;) Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:21, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! That moment at 1:08:33 where it shows the works – most impressive! DBaK (talk) 20:04, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I watched the other performance, and - by chance - had that monster right below, see? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:42, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fantastic! It's like they captured a Loch Ness Monster or something ... DBaK (talk) 20:12, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You said that so well! - I am proud to have brought two performing women to the main page. Sadly, death kept both from performing more, one sooner the other much later. If you have little time just listen to the one who died young and see if it touches you (in today's story, - I don't want to sprinkle youtube links outside my user pages). I worked on an interesting bio yesterday, and while today's video is serious, I found one for children for him, - well, serious also. Keep watching. - Latest pics from a day to the opera in Frankfurt, and afterwards (because train service is only once an hour) a lovely stroll along the Main river with illumination and the moon reflected. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:08, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am sad that I had to bring two more people there. At least the video in my story is cute, made for children. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:32, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

marked to be sung "Happily" --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:09, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can I interest you in the Double Concerto by Brahms, a piece I heard twice this year - see music. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:35, 18 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My latest: Roberta Alexander, - listen. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:35, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can't believe that Toshio Hosokawa is 70 already. Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:13, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As you know: today Sequenza III on Luciano Berio's centenary. You can listen with the score or to the first performer, Cathy Berberian (link in the work's article), - I couldn't decide ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:26, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

299 years ago, a Bach cantata was first performed --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:12, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

300 years ago: another one, Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79, on the occasion for which it was written, Reformation Day - it's not only Halloween today. You are invited to the peer reviews for another candidate. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:21, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for this, Gerda. I've just added the appropriate Suzuki volume to my burgeoning collection! Cheers DBaK (talk) 21:23, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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