tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post112446789483225652..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Musicians against nuclear weaponsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-68654207361615627192023-09-25T03:25:52.707+01:002023-09-25T03:25:52.707+01:00Another member of the U Md Chorus here, who is gra...Another member of the U Md Chorus here, who is grateful for the uplifting experience that the tour and Maestro Dorati’s vision brought- I believe- to all the communities and individuals it touched. Every so often I catch up with a video or recording of the performances. In particular, I have been moved by the set that includes the IPPNW introduction (we had a printed program with it - possibly with an English translation). The music itself sometimes found the chorus (just in rehearsal) missing the cue to enter when we were transfixed with the beauty of the instrumental or vocal soloists or quartet. And the rhythmic and long lasting applause in Moscow brought tears to audience and performers eyes alike. Adryanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16764675101165783119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1882396002132306502008-05-27T05:05:00.000+01:002008-05-27T05:05:00.000+01:00Bunny Wyman AndersonI also sang in the Missa Solem...Bunny Wyman Anderson<BR/>I also sang in the Missa Solemnis in 1988. I was a member of the University of Maryland Chorus.<BR/>Soprano. We sang in Dresden. Royal Albert Hall, Russia, Berlin.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15337085371265650935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1147362294588187822006-05-11T16:44:00.000+01:002006-05-11T16:44:00.000+01:00Small correction to above post: It's Paul Traver, ...Small correction to above post: It's Paul Traver, not Travers. <BR/><BR/>I sang that Missa series, and many other concerts, with the University of Maryland Chorus. Dorati and Traver became acquainted, and then friends, through the Chorus's work with the National Symphony. Mitchell had used the U of MD Chorus, and when Dorati became the music director of the NSO, he did, too.<BR/><BR/>Dorati used the Chorus for other performances as well, as the LvB Missa project demonstrates. We also sang under his direction with the Royal Philharmonic and Detroit orchestras. Traver and some members of the chorus (32 of us, IIRC) flew to Switzerland to sing in Dorati's memorial concert after his death. Solti conducted the Brahms Requiem. The soprano soloist for that was Barbara Hendricks, who, at rehearsal, broke down in tears. She had sung the Brahms with Dorati and the Royal Phil (as had MD Chorus); indeed, I think she must have been a Dorati favorite, for he used her for other concerts, too.<BR/><BR/>The Missa concerts were Dorati's last. They took place in the summer of 1988; he died in November of that year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1124809793043972962005-08-23T16:09:00.000+01:002005-08-23T16:09:00.000+01:00According to the United States Department of Energ...According to the United States Department of Energy, approximately 70,000 died from the immediate impact of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, with over 100,000 dead by the end of 1945 due to fallout. By the end of 1950, the U.S. government estimated that bomb casualities in Hiroshima alone could have exceeded 200,000.<BR/><BR/>In Nagasaki, the U.S. government estimates that approximately 40,000 Japanese were immediately killed, with approximately 140,000 dead from radiation within 5 years.<BR/><BR/>Thus, the U.S. government estimates that approximately 340,000 died within five years due to the impact and radiation effects of the two bombings.<BR/><BR/>Source: U.S. Department of Energy<BR/>http://www.mbe.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/hiroshima.htm<BR/><BR/>*<BR/><BR/>Readers may want to relisten to Krystoff Penderecki's Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima (though Mr Penderecki later said that the title was an afterthought. The same cannot be said of Henryck Gorecki's in-progress Oswiecim/Auschwitz Requiem) or perhaps better, Toshio Hosokawa's Memory of the Sea -- Hiroshima Symphony, under Tadaaki Otaka on Chandos.<BR/><BR/>Those who love literature and cinema as well as music will know of Masuj Ibuse's novel Kuroi Ame (Black Rain) from 1965, and Shohei Imamura film version of the novel, from 1989, with sparse music by Toru Takemitsu. The film version won the Japanese equivalent of the Academy Award, along with several other honors.Garth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1124786728104667072005-08-23T09:45:00.000+01:002005-08-23T09:45:00.000+01:00Thanks for those two previous posts.The beauty of ...Thanks for those two previous posts.<BR/><BR/>The beauty of blogs like <I>on an overgrown path</I> is that they lead to new discoveries.<BR/><BR/>Readers who, like me, want to find out more about the Battle for Manila can start with <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/peopleevents/pandeAMEX98.html" REL="nofollow">this link</A> and <A HREF="http://news.inq7.net/common/print.php?index=1&story_id=46870&site_id=39 " REL="nofollow">this link</A>.<BR/><BR/>The latter report which is headlined <I>Battle for Manila reduced 'Pearl of the Orient' to rubble</I> has many resonances with the bombing of Dresden <A HREF="http://www.theovergrownpath.blogspot.com/2005/07/dresden-1945-london-2005.html" REL="nofollow">which I recently wrote about</A>, and which Shostakovich so movingly immortalised in his 8th Symphony which was given a wonderful performance last night at the BBC Proms under Bernard Haitink.<BR/><BR/>Do any readers know of musical tributes to the victims of the war in the South Pacific we could explore?<BR/><BR/>The purpose of my headlines is not to make people sick. It is to bring events such as these to a wider audience, and to encourage better understanding.<BR/><BR/>Berend, you have <A HREF="http://www.advogato.org/person/berend/" REL="nofollow">a fine blog</A>. I am sure it would be a great idea to use that to help people understand about the forgotten victims of the Pacific war and other atrocities.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1124763207174897402005-08-23T03:13:00.000+01:002005-08-23T03:13:00.000+01:00Oh yeah, I forgot the money quote:The 100,000 civi...Oh yeah, I forgot the money quote:<BR/><BR/><I>The 100,000 civilians who died in the largest urban battle of the Pacific War -- more than at Hiroshima -- are not remembered in beautiful candles floating down darkened rivers or in flights of doves soaring into the blue sky; there is no anti-American significance to their deaths. But they still live in the fading memory of that woman, who hid for two days in the smoldering ruins of the neighborhood until the first American patrols came into view.</I>Berend de Boerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433622686361556089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1124763147976772992005-08-23T03:12:00.000+01:002005-08-23T03:12:00.000+01:00When I see titles like this, I feel sick. Where ar...When I see titles like this, I feel sick. Where are the musicians who remembers the 100,000 civilians who died in the largest urban battle of the Pacific War -- more than at Hiroshima??<BR/><BR/>Read this post: http://fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com/2005/08/untitled.htmlBerend de Boerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11433622686361556089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1124721946228269452005-08-22T15:45:00.000+01:002005-08-22T15:45:00.000+01:00Pliable, here is a bit of further information on t...Pliable, here is a bit of further information on the University of Maryland Chorus. The University of Maryland Chorus was founded in 1967, under Paul Travers, a musical colleague of Antal Dorati and a visionary choral musician in his own right. The University of Maryland Chorus was one of the leading vocal ensembles in the United States, and performed the established symphonic-choral repertoire as well as premieres of new works, both domestically and internationally. The Chorus performed in major concert halls in Dresden, Moscow, Berlin, and London in 1988 and played at major music festivals in Germany and Belgium in 1990. In 1994, the Chorus toured in Europe with performances of Verdi's Requiem in Berlin, Moscow, and Paris. The Chorus has recorded on the BIS, Educo, London, and Pro-Arte labels.<BR/>Under Paul Travers, the University of Maryland often collaborated with the National Symphony Orchestra under Antal Dorati and Mstislav Rostropovich. The Chorus also participated in the internationally renowned Maryland Handel Festivals which took place in the 1980s and 1990s.<BR/>Edward Maclary is currently the director of the Chorus.Garth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1124717243443578582005-08-22T14:27:00.000+01:002005-08-22T14:27:00.000+01:00Berlin Phil doing amazing things everywhere. Go se...Berlin Phil doing amazing things everywhere. Go see 'Rhythm is It'.rxxruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16415770207731335935noreply@blogger.com