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• The Curious Transparent Altar in Toledo Cathedral

  
  Trifter — Authority: 532
  The beautiful Spanish town of Toledo has a stately cathedral where the Gothic Style is predominant. It was erected on the site of a former church built in the VIIth century by the Visigoth King Reccared and Saint-Eugene, the first bishop of the city. The edifice was then converted into a mosque by the Moors. The ...
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• The Sound of Sacrifice

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 734
  Few men can reach the notes, and few women have the lung capacity to manipulate them. Most of these arias have not been heard since the deaths of the castrati for whom they were written. Mezzosoprano Cecilia Bartoli has released an album entitled Sacrificium . The album is a compilation of 17th-century arias ...
  2 days ago

• PBOs Dido and Aeneas in Berkeley

  
  The Opera Tattler — Authority: 493
  * Notes *   Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra continued a run of Purcells Dido and Aeneas in Berkeley last night, along with a full program of other works of this composer. The performance set up was different this time, with the orchestra on stage behind the singers. The acoustics are better in this venue, First ...
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• Fra Andrea Pozzo, Ceiling, Rome

  
  Photographe Dublin — Authority: 113
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• PSLS Retrospective – 10 Best RPG Openings on PS2

  
  PlayStation LifeStyle — Authority: 598
  When people think about RPG’s they usually think about the great story lines, the unique characters or the fun combat and exploration.  But another thing that most RPG’s have in common is a great introduction.  A good introduction to a game is very important as it gives you a great intro into the environments, ...
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• PBOs Dido and Aeneas Media Round-Up

  
  The Opera Tattler — Authority: 493
  Production Web Site  | Press Photographs Interviews of Susan Graham: SFCV | SFist | SF Chronicle Performance Reviews: The Opera Tattler | Mercury News | SF Chronicle
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• Confess the Flame her Tongue Denyes

  
  The Opera Tattler — Authority: 493
  * Notes *   Yesterday in San Francisco, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra performed the first of six performances celebrating Henry Purcell. The evening started with his "O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song," Chacony in G minor, "Hear My Prayer, O Lord," and the Suite from Abdelazer , or The Moors Revenge . Conducted by ...
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• Delighting in the Baroque: Les Délices

  
  Fractured Atlas Blog — Authority: 423
  Featured Member Profile Performing seldom-heard works from the French Baroque on period instruments, the chamber ensemble Les Délices is the only group in the U.S. specializing in historically-informed performances of French Baroque chamber music. Les Délices seeks to bring their captivating repertoire to a ...
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• DwellStudio® for Target® Celery Baroque Duvet Set

  
  MATTRESS Online Magazine - The Mattress Blog — Authority: 143
  With a classic black and white color tone and accented with a hint of gold-green piping, this duvet set is a deviation from the usual design. It’s classic yet very modern and trendy. Features Duvet Set Includes Duvet Cover, 2 Shams 100% Cotton , Machine Wash, Tumble Dry Button Closure White, Black, Printed Pattern ...
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• Tafelmusik deftly manages innovative programming while posting operating surplus

  
  Sound Mind - A Classical Music Blog — Authority: 430
  Torontos Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra has figured out how to provide innovative programming and tour every year while not also incurring a budget deficit. It helps that one is dealing with an orchestra of 20-odd musicians instead of the typical 80 or 90 of a modern symphony orchestra. But the bottom line is that ...
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• YouTube contest helps Tafelmusik put the me in Messiah

  
  Sound Mind - A Classical Music Blog — Authority: 430
  You, too, can sound your trumpet, feed your flock like a shepherd, purify like a refiners fire. And you dont have to worry about being despised, or rejected. In fact, you can win a few, fleeting ticks of spotlight time. All you need to do is post a 90-second audition clip of your favourite sung or instrumental ...
  6 days ago

• tastemakers dinner for tres LA

  
  JL DESIGNS — Authority: 415
  every year, the upscale catering company, tres LA , hosts a "tastemakers dinner" for some of LAs best and brightest wedding and event professionals. its basically a chance for them to stretch their creative muscles and showcase some of their finest food. at the same time, its a chance for them to collaborate with ...
  1 week ago

• Concert samples riches of Baroque-era music from Latin America

  
  Sound Mind - A Classical Music Blog — Authority: 430
  The Simón Bolivár Youth Orchestras visit last week reminded me of how little Latin American music we hear up this way. Rarest of all is sacred music from the Spanish Conquest -- although there is quite a lot of it. So, heres a sample of sacred vocal music from 17th and early 18th century Latin America, interspersed ...
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• MAC - Holiday 2009 - Baroque Boudoir

  
  Face Candy — Authority: 126
  Decadent, luxurious… Liaisons get even more Dangereuse! The vintage look of the Baroque Boudoir has inspired our special, limited edition cache of high-style collectibles for lips and face, in silverized and silk-screened packaging containing favourite bring-back luxe formulas. First, Lipstick and Lip Gloss, each in ...
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• Card set

  
  Stamp on This — Authority: 117
  Heres a set of 4 cards I made using Baroque Motifs and the baby wipe ink pad I talked about earlier this week. The colors I used were Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Elegant Eggplant. Each card is a white card measuring 5 1/4 X 8, scored at 4. The card is backed by a piece of colored cardstock ...
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• happy early Halloween from Vincent Price

  
  Baroque in Hackney — Authority: 421
  Okay – and Edgar Allen Poe. And our friends at E-Verse Radio , who brought this wonderful thing to the Baroque attention. (And there’s lots more Vincent Price there.) Vincent Price was, by the way, a constant presence in the Baroque childhood. He was just always on TV. When he died on the same day as my ...
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• YouTube video an example of clever invention in the name of shameless self-promotion

  
  Sound Mind - A Classical Music Blog — Authority: 430
  I love how the YouTube video often replaces or supplements a musicians audition disc. One of the cleverest Ive seen was passed along by a cello-playing friend: American cellist Wells Cunningham (who spent a couple of years as principal cello of the New World Symphony and has been a backup musician for J-Lo) playing ...
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• State of Independence: Nada se leva

  
  Signature9 — Authority: 150
  Nada se leva is a dynamic duo from Brazil whose streamlined, Baroque-inspired designs are garnering a lot of attention. Recently featured by the blog 2Modern Design Talk and chosen as one of the 100 “most important young designers from around the world” by &fork , Nada se leva is an exciting ...
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• Some special cards – the full edition!

  
  Sarah Klass — Authority: 117
  A s promised, here are the whole cards that I gave you a brief sampling of yesterday.  I know that one of the cards has been received due to the very sweet and enthusiastic comment left earlier (*waving* SJ!) and I’m going to take a chance that the other two will have been found before the recipients check in ...
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• The Lost Painting / Jonathan Harr

  
  Rat's Reading — Authority: 113
  I know very little about art or art history. I was a bit skeptical that I would enjoy this book, but it came highly recommended. Turns out that I found the book engrossing. Whaddaya know? Jonathan Harr writes about the finding of a Caravaggio painting that went missing for several hundred years. He makes art ...
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