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Furtive Gestures: July 2009

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Writings of Seth Lachterman on Poetry, Music, and Philosophy. Monday, July 06, 2009. June 6, 2009 - Berkshire Bach concert. Handel as an Axis of Baroque Music in Germany and England. Joseph Haydn, in the two-hundredth year of his passing; and Felix Mendelssohn, born in that year, 1809. He extended an Anglican form, the verse anthem, with techniques he drew from German sacred concerti, creating the quintessential High English Baroque sound. What Bach’s cantatas were to his St. Matthew Passion. Verse Anthe...

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Furtive Gestures: July 2008

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Writings of Seth Lachterman on Poetry, Music, and Philosophy. Friday, July 18, 2008. First Annual Walking the dog "Dog Walk" Hudson, NY. Posted by Seth Lachterman at 3:59 PM. Saturday, July 12, 2008. Walking the dog Walk Banner. Posted by Seth Lachterman at 9:44 PM. Hillsdale, New York, United States. View my complete profile. Subscribe to This Blog. This blog has moved. June 6, 2009 - Berkshire Bach concert. Berkshire Review for the Arts: Claudio Monteverdi. Tolstoys War and Peace - A new Translation.

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Furtive Gestures: July 2007

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Writings of Seth Lachterman on Poetry, Music, and Philosophy. Monday, July 16, 2007. Proof Of Chaitin Incompleteness as Non-Computability of Kolmogorov Complexity. This is the first of several postiings leading up to a epistomological arguments on Intelligent Design and Richard Dawkins'. This is a loose, but formal demonstration of Chaitin's proof of the elusiveness of a "Designer that is more elegant than what is Designed.". X’ meaning a program X that outputs Y. Iii) Each program of {. Pm where Pm = q).

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Furtive Gestures: September 2006

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Writings of Seth Lachterman on Poetry, Music, and Philosophy. Wednesday, September 13, 2006. From 1991 to 2002 I wrote essays on J. S. Bach's cantatas (and some on Schutz's vocal works) for the Berkshire Bach Society. Bach Cantata #39 Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot. Bach Cantata #104 Du Hirte Israel, höre. Bach Cantata #147 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben. Bach Cantata #49 Ich geh and suche mit Verlangen. Bach Cantata #111 Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit. Bach Motet Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden.

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Furtive Gestures: October 2008

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Writings of Seth Lachterman on Poetry, Music, and Philosophy. Tuesday, October 28, 2008. Tolstoy's War and Peace - A new Translation. Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Could it be accidental that the sardonic discussion of the numerological reduction of Napoleon's French title to the cabalistic value 666 (and Pierre's contortions to do the same with his moniker) appears on pages 665 and 666 of this edition? Posted by Seth Lachterman at 3:40 PM. Hillsdale, New York, United States.

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Furtive Gestures: March 2009

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Writings of Seth Lachterman on Poetry, Music, and Philosophy. Monday, March 30, 2009. Presents rarely heard gems from. March 21, 2009, First Congregational Church, Great Barrington, MA. Review by S. Lachterman. Written when she was fifteen, was utterly insouciant and lovely. Baird’s affecting interpretation undoubtedly imparted more than what the mere score offered. This was followed by a recently discovered motet,. Zum Fest der heiligen Cäciliæ. And lend your ear. It would be a treat if. Most of the wor...

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Furtive Gestures: August 2006

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Writings of Seth Lachterman on Poetry, Music, and Philosophy. Wednesday, August 02, 2006. An hare Krishna procession? Posted by Seth Lachterman at 4:30 PM. Hillsdale, New York, United States. View my complete profile. Subscribe to This Blog. This blog has moved. June 6, 2009 - Berkshire Bach concert. Berkshire Review for the Arts: Claudio Monteverdi. Berkshire Review for the Arts Stephen Kovacevich. Bach Societys 2008 Performance of Handels Messia. Tolstoys War and Peace - A new Translation.

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Furtive Gestures: July 2006

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Writings of Seth Lachterman on Poetry, Music, and Philosophy. Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Posted by Seth Lachterman at 6:25 PM. Thursday, July 06, 2006. The great mezzo soprano, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, is gone. Her recording of Bach's Ich Habe Genug, which captured her projection of her own mortality, is, perhaps, the finest performance of this great work. Her warmth, beauty, and artistry were immediately perceived by those lucky to see and hear her in person. Posted by Seth Lachterman at 2:20 PM. Berkshi...

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Furtive Gestures: December 2008

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Writings of Seth Lachterman on Poetry, Music, and Philosophy. Thursday, December 04, 2008. Bach Society's 2008 Performance of Handel's Messiah. Difficult music, executed by the most skillful musicians for the enjoyment of connoisseurs, is the putative definition of great musical art. Perhaps Bach’s great contrapuntal choral works can be so described. However, the obverse seems to conflate the popular, with the dispensable, connoting mere light fare. In particular, Messiah. Almost all choruses in Messiah.