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Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde
Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, Bayreuth Festival, Germany, directed by Katharina Wagner, conducted by Christian Thielemann, Thursday, 16 August 2018, reviewed by TONY … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian Thielemann, Katharina Wagner, Petra Lang, Piranesi, Richard Wagner, Tristan und Isolde
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The New Oxford Annotated Bible
The New Oxford Annotated Bible 5thedition, Oxford University Press, fully revised and expanded, NRSV with Apocrypha. Pp. xxiii, 2416, ISBN: 978-0190276096. $95.00., reviewed by Darrell Sutton When Early Modern English was becoming the vernacular speech, Edward VI (1537-1553) removed restrictions … Continue reading
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Tagged Darrell Sutton, New Oxford Annotated Bible, NSRV
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How the Left Stole Liberalism and Betrayed the West
How the Left Stole Liberalism and Betrayed the West by Ilana Mercer Liberals have taken to promoting socialism, which is the state-sanctioned appropriation of private property. Or, communism. In communism’s parlance, this theft of a man’s life, labor and land is … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Constant, Liberalism, Ludwig von Mises, The Economist
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Parsifal, Munich Opera Festival
Parsifal, Munich Opera Festival Richard Wagner’s Parsifal, Bayerischen Staatsoper, München, Germany, directed by Pierre Audi, sets by Georg Baselitz; Bayerischen Staatsorchester conducted by Kirill Petrenko, Tuesday, 31 July, 2018; reviewed by TONY COOPER In Pierre Audi’s strange but compelling production of … Continue reading
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Tagged Georg Baselitz, Jonas Kaufmann, Kirill Petrenko, Munich Opera Festival, Parsifal, Pierre Audi, Wagner
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ENDNOTES, August 2018
ENDNOTES, August 2018 In this edition: a flourish, from Sir Granville Bantock on the Somm label; piano sonatas by Beethoven, and Elgar’s Second Symphony, from Chandos Records, reviewed by STUART MILLSON Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1946) was a noted composer, conductor … Continue reading
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Tagged Beethoven, Edward Gardner, Elgar, Granville Bantock, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Maria Marchant
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Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair
Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair by Ilana Mercer Once upon a time there were two politicians. One had the power to give media and political elites goosebumps. Still does. The other causes the same dogs to raise … Continue reading
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Tagged Nelson Mandela, Obama, Putin, Tucker Carlson
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Practising Grant’s Philosophy
Practising Grant’s Philosophy by Mark Wegierski 2018 marks the centenary of the birth of George Parkin Grant. Thirty years since his passing, he remains Canada’s most prominent traditionalist philosopher. But is there still a place for Grantian-type traditionalism in current-day Canada? … Continue reading
The Professor versus the Philosopher
The Professor versus the Philosopher by Mark Wegierski In recent years, the Canadian establishment media have relentlessly criticized George Parkin Grant (1918-1988), one of Canada’s pre-eminent thinkers. Some years ago, an editorial article in Saturday Night, at that time a … Continue reading →
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