Indebted 2

The Brodsky Quartet, continuing to pioneer unique repertoire on Chandos Records, presents a programme of works from the ‘New World’ that explores an American sound in the string quartet. The earliest piece on the disc is the American String Quartet, in F major by Antonín Dvořák, the only non-American composer in the release.

The work of a young musician of 25, the celebrated Piano Concerto by Grieg combines the great Romantic tradition and Norwegian folk music. The 'Lyric Pieces' are among the works that made Grieg world-famous. As in the case of the Piano Concerto, commentators have held that a certain combination of intervals (the ‘Grieg motif’) is chiefly responsible for its specific Norwegian quality. For Grieg himself the question of Norwegian culture was a tremendously important one, and he used his international reputation to fight tirelessly for the recognition of Norway as a state.

Mathematics has spread its influence far beyond the realm of numbers. The concepts and methods of mathematics are crucially important to all of culture and affect the way countless people in all spheres of life look at the world. Consider these cases:

Don’t let space limitations prevent you from practicing. This moderately challenging 60 minute standing series requires little more than a few horizontal feet (think hotel room, Manhatten apartment, elevator, or work cubical). You don’t even need a yoga mat. Take the oath of active feet, then move at a methodically meditative pace through your hips, hamstrings, glutes, quadricepts, calves, shoulders and back without moving your feet more than a few inches.

Can you look forward into the future or back into the past while staying grounded in the present? Can you consider all of the infinite possibilities for your life while not losing sight of what’s real, here and now? This 60 minute power-inspired vinyasa flow will stimulate your peripherial vision while rooting you in the present. Cultivate grace under fire whle moving through all 4 dimensional planes of motion. It’s like a cup of joe to go.

BBC - Dominic Sandbrook: Let Us Entertain You (2015)
HDTV | 1280x720 | .MP4/AVC @ 3006 Kbps | 4x~59min | Audio: English AAC 155 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English | 5.20 GiB
Genre: Documentary

Dominic Sandbrook explores British post-war culture, arguing that it is a crucial part of Britain's modern identity - yet one firmly indebted to our Victorian past. Like the industrial revolution before it, our postwar culture is a success story built on geographical opportunism and an indefatigable entrepreneurial spirit. Just as the industrial revolution transformed British society, creating new wealth and a thriving mill-owning middle class, so too have money, marketing flair and creative invention underpinned our cultural development. It is, after all, a development that has been driven by a handful of inventive, single-minded, and savvy entrepreneurs, from J Arthur Rank to Brian Epstein and Andrew Lloyd-Webber.