Mark Berry
@boulezian.bsky.social
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Musicology and history (intellectual, political, etc.). Writing a book on the complete Mozart operas in eighteenth-century historical context. Views, for better or worse, my own. He/him/his https://boulezian.blogspot.com/
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antifa-ultras.bsky.social
#Germany - At the pro-Palestine demonstration in Berlin, Die Linke Party MP Lea Reisner was punched by the police.
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Westboro Baptist Church, NYC branch
noahshachtman.bsky.social
Zohran is speaking at my synagogue. These folks are outside.
 protesters
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Had never occurred to me the centenaries of Boulez and Thatcher fell in the same year. Shall try to forget that again. Open for others to write about, should they wish. I’ll stick with: Thatcher est morte; Thatcher est morte-vivante.
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jimmycumiskey2.bsky.social
Think Starmer and Reeves might have something to say x
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vwfndn.bsky.social
Today marks the birthday of a true giant of British music - Ralph Vaughan Williams.

The Vaughan Williams Foundation is a grant-giving charity which upholds the values and vision of the celebrated composer and his wife, Ursula.

💻 Find out more via our website 👇
Vaughan Williams Foundation
Welcome to the Vaughan Williams Foundation – one of the foremost sources of funding for recent and contemporary music in the UK.
vaughanwilliamsfoundation.org
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Did you and your Guardian colleagues care that, in relentlessly defaming Jeremy Corbyn and his movement, you brought this about?
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Boulez and Electronics
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Puts me in mind of Eric Blom's saying the Ride of the Valkyries must be among the most tasteless music written, and Deryck Cooke asking what the point of a tasteful Ride of the Valkyries would be.
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'Lord Brittan felt that taste was too imprecise a concept for the courts to be able to arbitrate on and the plan was abandoned.'
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I shall have nightmares.
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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insideukraine.bsky.social
🤬 The Russians dropped an aerial bomb on the church in Konstiantynivka: 2 dead, 5 wounded, — OVA
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I don't usually make recommendations in advance, but here's an exception. Michael Barenboim, a very fine musician, has consistently spoken out in Germany against the Gazan genocide. And Kareem Roustom's 'Pavane (pour les enfantes défuntes)' is commissioned 'for the children of Gaza'. Tomorrow 3 p.m.
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Feeling sick. A fascist has been in my building, pushing these through individual letter boxes. I even heard this arrive. Have never previously been on the receiving end of their propaganda.
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carolinerussell.bsky.social
I raised the devastating impact of sudden visa rule changes with the Mayor – over 200 TfL workers are at risk of deportation.
 
These are people who trusted the system, built lives here and are now left in limbo.
 
I'm glad the Mayor has committed to lobby the Government and support these workers.
boulezian.bsky.social
Me too, but can that really be the case? None of it is hidden.