Today, May 18, marks the centenary of the death of Gustav Mahler. is the last composer from whom I have spoken and is one of my favorites, I could not pass this event almost unnoticed. The composer who has always known that "time was yet to come" and asked to be buried next to his daughter Mary, who died 6 years. The author of the huge symphonies that would see the light of the success many years after his death, and could not be present at the premiere of his most representative works: the "Song of the Earth," the Ninth Symphony and the unfinished Tenth ... Fortunately there witnessed one of their few successes as a composer: the release of the massive Eighth Symphony or Symphony of a Thousand. " Today I find a while (long) to hear it again: this is my small tribute to this genius who both contributed to the development of music in later years.
There are few things I like best to make plans: I like to organize, prioritize, compartmentalize my duties ...
But sometimes life is a succession of unexpected events and no apparent connection that disrupts our schedule of activities so reasonably established. Of course we try to overcome what unexpected stylish, but with the surprising result that our agenda has been further emotional overload.
As I am of the opinion that circumstances can often be beyond our control, but not our ability to make decisions, changes in approach and perspective!
Among other things, will "rest" this blog for a while. I did not want to do without saying goodbye to all those who have helped me to define it, thinking, writing, music, illustrate: my blogger friends so many ideas and advice you gave me, my fellow club that you have worked with your photos and others, all who know me and come to visit every week, to which you have found me on internet gambling and you have added to the list of friends ... Who ask for more?
At times writing this blog has been as exciting as if writing a book. I enjoyed this journey in good company: yours.
Very few musicians have been passed which in Gustav Mahler: the success and knowledge of his works came almost a century after his death. It's true: Mahler, born in 1860 and died in 1911, always knew that "his time was yet to come" (he himself said) for many years was a composer barely played, and his work had to wait until the centenary of his birth for this trend began to change.
Today his works are interpreted in both programming and recordings as assiduously as those of Beethoven or Brahms .... Now is unanimously considered one of the greatest musical artists of the twentieth century : complexity their music, the richness of expression, the audacity of his musical language, the fatalism, the joy unleashed, sometimes agonizing anxiety, have inclined many to think that Gustav used his art as "a shoulder to cry" and as a kind of canvas on which embodied his deepest moods.
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son of parents whose marriage of convenience was miserable the whole family, Gustav was the second of a total of 14 children, of which only four would reach adulthood. He lived with the death of her brothers since she was very small and that undoubtedly marked the rest of his life, and of course, also the work. The references to death and childhood are recurrent in many of his compositions.
From its beginnings as a music student said as a pianist and then felt the need to compose, their experience in a theater of people as props assistant, cleaner, stage and musical director came up to this world and decided to become a conductor, for which he knew he had an infinite capacity. The course of his life alternated between those two facets: to critically acclaimed orchestral director and composer more misunderstood.
As soon became a famous conductor requested by theaters around the world, the audience of the time failed to understand or how to respond in their own compositions, musical language as a novel, nor a new concept of the structure of his works, or ironic winks, or the environment at times "rarefied harmony" of his music: the criticism was devastating and the reception of his works, always cold.
Of course, these circumstances discouraged the composer, although loyal admirer of Beethoven's personality and always had the Master as an example of sacrifice and self-improvement, which always encouraged him to keep trying.
Mahler had a constant character, meticulous, almost obsessive, able to rise above difficulties and specialist "escape forward", but also its dark side: sometimes too lonely, angry and depressed, could now catalogársele as "bipolar" for its constant changes of mood. These ups and downs together with his whole life he had poor health, sometimes made him a person cranky, difficult and intractable.
already being an established director in Vienna, at age 41 knew that was the great love of his life, Alma Schindler, 20. On this relationship have run many stories, starting with the same newspaper that Alma was since I knew.
Both had many stories behind her Mahler was known for his sonic love affair with all kinds of opera singers, musicians, friends, wives Alma was very co ... beautiful and she knew, and admired as he heard of conductor decided to meet at all costs.
He fell in love immediately and after three months of engagement, married in 1902, were very happy the first years of their marriage and had two daughter, Mary and Anna.
But it seems that sometimes one event follows another and another ... at age six, the eldest daughter, Mary, died of scarlet fever, a fact that the whole family plunged into a crisis that was compounded when, shortly time, Mahler himself was diagnosed with a severe heart condition which changed him forever.
His life took a radical turn, used to working tirelessly for duty and devotion, his doctors recommended drastically lower their activity level. The family had a house in an idyllic location in the south of Austria, surrounded by mountains and lakes where they spent summers and where Mahler, a great lover of mountain climbing, diving and climbing, relaxing, inspiring, isolated and could compose in peace. For
also had to forget their country walks and climbs, both had given their music.
In the summer of 1908 was established a crisis in marriage coming brewing for some time: Mahler increasingly sicker and more depressed, with constant throat infections and hemorrhoids that eventually end up complicating, and Alma, depressed, sad and discouraged.
The big difference of age, be tied to an old, sick and the sad situation of the family, eventually leading her to meet another man, Walter Gropius, with whom he maintained a relationship Alma which he never wanted to speak clearly, as occurred when Mahler was most needed.
When Mahler knew he was dying he told Alma he wanted a simple grave in which only put his name, nothing more.
"Those who come to see me, know I'm there. The others do not have to know."
is buried in Vienna, the city that witnessed his greatest hits.
Mahler wrote chamber music, choral works, song cycles and symphonies ... for many it is in the symphonies which peaked greatness as a composer, expanding and innovating in all senses and turning in the reflection of human experiences, both joyful and tragic as trivial and profound.
The Adagietto for harp and strings of 5 ª Symphony is the fourth movement of the five members of this work, composed between 1901 and 1902, and in a very special personal circumstances (Mahler Alma had just met, and inspiration is very obvious), for some, particularly the symphony and that you listen Adagietto was like a "wedding gift" from Gustav to Alma, as a matter of musically portraying his wife.
According to some music critics as Soper, "this tune clamp times at the border of kitsch, is one of the most conspicuous imagined love songs by the musician. "
As one of the best-known of the composer, it seemed a good idea to begin with.
There is so much and so great to hear from Mahler ...
Surely some perceive it because he was part of the soundtrack of Luchino Visconti's film Death in Venice ".
This is version of director Rafael Kubelik, leading the Orchestra des Bayerischen Rundfunks, which he recorded the complete symphonies of the 10 Mahlerian in 1971.
To me it is one of the versions that I like, although there are many very good: Leonard Bernstein I also love.
Once again we returned to the area of \u200b\u200bParque Natural de las Sierras Tejeda and Alhama Almijara, straddling the provinces of Malaga and Granada. is getting closer to the heat Andalusian install until well into September, so it's time to kick these mountains and explore its winding trails. We're still riding in the cold and the wind through here in winter and almost suffocating heat of summer, because of its low altitude and high humidity close to the sea ....
So said and done, and this time the portion of these mountains has been chosen the path of Rio Verde. It is a route well known and popular among walkers and lovers of the sport, full of deep limestone canyons through which flows the most beautiful mountain river in the area (well, I have heard some colleagues comment that the river chives, also belonging to the park, may be more attractive because it is wild).
The path through which the route passes very well signposted by the way, is very broken in some areas by erosion, and at times, especially on steep climbs or descents, it is hard to do, but the effort the walk is rewarded by looking around and fill the view with the landscape that surrounds us: spectacular cliffs, verdant hillsides and in the depths, the Green River with its murmuring waters and incredible color, waiting with waterfalls, pools, caves and hidden so clean channel seems to be a source, always tempting.
In our case, we performed a linear route of about 16.5 km or so and with a pronounced slope, which has been the difficult part of the day. Fortunately, the weather has been with us and today (just for today ...!) has not rained nor has it been too hot, so one of my colleagues said, it seems that "we ordered the day" this excursion.
This is the "Waterfall of the petrified trees." It is so named because it stuck between the rocks there are some pine trees that were there when the loggers, long ago, were transported by the river, with over many years, the limestone deposits that pulls the water has been covering and are now really "rock." At the pool you see you were taking a bath in some trail compis ....¡ with these waters are cooler than now! But this is not the most spectacular: a little lower, then more water breaks, there are bigger ones, and one of them also were watching a group that was canyoning, and in which, of course, went to bathe our friends.
This photo of my friend Pepe with me You'll get a rough idea about the size of the waterfall and pond. I found an incredible place ... so close to Granada!
This tour of the Green River channel can be extended to reach the coast of Granada, downstream of the junction between it and the Rio Seco, and all the time is just as nice . Resists a half suspension bridge standing (some are broken by the force of these waters), but it can easily cross the stream in some sections, and in others, for giving a break from rock gazelle rock, what can we do?
Our route to end just when it came time to eat, to take us around (with a few ramps that go, go) with relative ease. The food on the river, the little bit of rest after ... and get going again, not going to be that the black cloud up there for downloading give last minute. On our way back, to slow down, we enjoyed the greenery around us, a true display of Mediterranean forests full bloom, so typical of these mountains: aromatic, ferns, heathers, palmettos, pines, carob trees, willows ...
Here is the level and profile of the route, simple and very clearly: in the foreground, the small deviation corresponds to a time closer to the reservoir of Funes, and the profile looks great the gap: on the way everything down to the river, and back ... then to retrace his steps ...!
As in all our outlets, the day ended our Paradita in the nearest bar. These pictures were made by the two Antonios, the two Manolos, Concha, Vicente and Pepe all day are on page of the Club.
Hi everyone! and yes, as the title of this post started in public again to introduce this new season, the twelfth. The appointment was in the Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires in the neighborhood of Nuñez invited by the Club Choir under the direction of Daniel Zuker, excellent hosts. also shared the evening the Choral Group directed by Ulises Kilya Palau.
Special thanks to event organizer, Ms Ana Maria Pichot who was attentive at all times.
I introduce new Molto Molto and their debut singing with us:
From this week onwards, and forever, I have become older than you.
The objective, empirical way I can think to compare the lives of two people is counting the days that fill. It's absurd, I know, but I can only think to do so.
remember that small to be a few days more symbolized power, experience and importance. To the extent that your close friend of ten days was put up just to say that was older than you. But no, you were the oldest of the three. For the truly major, did not play to that, he sat apart and boats while we read about three paveábamos :)
I was always the youngest, not three, but all down to the last day 21, I turned twenty-nine, five months and sixteen days. What are the days you counted before that, two months, two weeks and two days have you stopped.
do not know if you enter here will be wrong (do not know if he does not know and will know what I mean just reading). I would tell it like you counting days, as you plant things, break it down to understand it, but like I could not tell up with numbers and keep a minimal sense, I've tried enough times to know that words can not. You could not even explain it so that he understood.
But not bother me. Because friends are supportive and I am your friend, even now that you've allowed to be older than you.
The third German B ... (Johannes Brahms, Beethoven and Bach with the group as "the three B German," the greatest composers of that country.) Johannes Brahms was a man seemingly contradictory: his work reveals an exceptional sensitivity, extreme tenderness and delicacy of feeling, which contrasts with their appearance in real life. Many seemed a man rude, sarcastic, gargantuan, greedy and sloppy (although it was quite handsome, with his Nordic appearance, never cared for his appearance). But this apparent contradiction was only that in the end, the truth is that her beauty was above all in his kindness and generosity of spirit. He composed his final tearful piano works, watched all his life, his feelings of love and reflected in all his work the best feelings of a generous and noble soul.
Born in 1833, and came from a family so humble that since I was a child had to help the family economy playing the piano in the slums of the slums of Hamburg, their hometown, surrounded by sailors and prostitutes, and where he experienced such harsh conditions that would mark the for life.
seems that such experiences pushed him to become a being sullen and surly in their dealings with others, especially women, from those who always distrusted and despised most of the time. But for some of his biographers, that fact also led him to live a "parallel life" on then focusing on your inner world and his music, which would overturn all that really was inside: kindness, generosity, sensitivity and tenderness.
As he grew older and matured, his fame as a pianist, choir director and composer grew in the same measure, it was souring his character began to make known for his rudeness with the ladies, especially the aristocracy, and its withdrawal in the presence of more people.
But all that changed when he met the Schumann family. This relationship is one of the most moving and interesting occurred between two artists ... The great Robert Schumann (composer dedicated) and his wife Clara (pianist of the time) failed to see the young to a new "elected" supported him, helped and welcomed into his family, was a friendship that would last the rest of their lives. The generosity of Robert and Clara, the young Brahms gave significant support not only for his career as a musician but also great moments of personal happiness.
Over time, Johannes had the opportunity to give back much more than delivery: when Robert Schumann went mad and finally died, the youth was the great support and company of Clara and her seven children, she had to return to give piano concerts and classes to raise her family and certainly without the tremendous comfort and support Johannes economic, and by then a renowned musician, could not have done.
However, in the heart of the great musician had not only love and gratitude to Clara, also a great love for her and her children all the meanness he had for himself, (he will go with the gloves broken Viennese winter) became total selflessness and generosity when was to help them financially. We know he came to express through letters to Clara his enormous love for her-in person was incapable of doing, "and also seemed to correspond Clara: but the great friendship and respect that bound them together with some reluctance to" betray Robert memory ", which both had wanted thus prevented them from anything else.
Throughout his life he was linked with other women, which never really paid much attention, all his life he was aware of that ideal and platonic relationship with Clara Schumann ... So when she died, Brahms was never the same, even said he sensed his own death and, and indeed it was: the death overtook him less than a year after his beloved Clara on April 3, 1897 , in Vienna, 64.
died alone. Clara never wanted to marry, she accounted for the musician the paradigm of Platonic love and sublimated, always close but never reached, and only able to express fully abstract and universal language: its music.
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With Brahms very difficult, if not impossible, to choose "work."
For starters I found this great little piece for piano solo, part of a collection of three: the opus 117, is the first of three: a lullaby. This collection is more along with some similar features, the latest works that Brahms wrote: At the end of his life, after composing all sorts of musical genres with great success (symphonies, chamber music, concertos various instruments and orchestra, choral works, etc), wanted to close the circle of his life, looking back and to himself .... turning their expertise in these short pieces for solo piano, his instrument of the soul.
They say, old man, when he sat at the piano and wrote the music, he was moved to tears while soaking his beard ....
In these short pieces Brahms resume their know-how: a complex harmony, an elaborate evolution of issues and a subtle piano writing that almost takes the form of personal confession. Seemingly simple, requires a large technical mastery of the instrument, especially regarding the control of the sound, and above all, a great musical. All have the same structure into three distinct parts by the very nature of each item. This is part of the score of what's playing.
These works are part of the repertoire of every pianist, I like many versions, today I propose that of the French pianist Helene Grimaud because I think the most out of them. I told you that you hear is the first of three parts, I encourage you to listen to the other two are in this Youtube link.
Hope you like it who are not know it: to those who already have heard, I'm sure you love ... to me this piece comes to me in a special way (bearing in mind that Brahms is one of my biggest weaknesses). I used to play it when I was pregnant, and when the baby was born ... I assure you recognize this music!
RESEARCH: A QUARTER OF LEADERS HAVE NOT HAD ANY STRESS AUDIT PREPARATION
58% of managers have never been trained for leadership
A New Career Builder survey found that more than one quarter (26%) of company executives say they have begun lead others without being prepared to lead, and that 58% of managers said they never received any training for leadership. Even so, 59% of workers believe that your supervisor does a good or excellent job.
Most often, leaders come to occupy a new job and are greeted by everyone as if they naturally had to know how to lead their teams and how to properly perform his duties to be led. But this perception is not always correct: not the leader who comes always feels ready to lead others and, on many occasions, is truly prepared. Training in this field is essential.
Challenges for managers, and leaders in general are many and should be taken into account by the teams that are in an organization, as those who hire them and are in charge of development options professional.
A New Career Builder survey has revealed that, indeed, more than a quarter (26%) managers have been shown not ready to lead when he began to lead others, and 59% said they had never received any training on how to exercise leadership and management. The survey was conducted online among 2,482 U.S. contractors and 3,910 employees (all U.S. companies, and over 18 years). Challenges
leaders Leaders are aware that their positions are prestigious and represent opportunities for personal and professional development but at the same time, they know very well that there are significant challenges in some cases, difficult to overcome, and that can become obstacles to the proper discharge of their duties.
According to the CareerBuilder survey, 25% of managers believe that the main challenge to the lead time is to address issues between co-workers of the equipment itself, 22% feel it is to motivate members team, 15% believe it has to do with performance reviews, 15% believe it is to find the necessary resources to support the team, and 12% feel that it is creating work patterns for staff. Rosemary Haefner, vice president of human resources of Career Builder, described in the press release of the polling firm that: "The good skills management can positively affect productivity, performance and morale in general. We see more companies investing in management training programs to develop leaders of today and tomorrow. "
Although the figures show that a significant number of leaders have never received training to lead their teams and that many did not feel ready to do it when they faced the challenge, according to the survey, most workers are satisfied with the performance of their direct supervisors: 59% of them feel that your boss makes a good or excellent job, and only 20% feel it has a bad or very bad performance.
employee complaints
Although most employees say they are happy with the performance of their bosses, the workers there are some common concerns regarding the performance of those who lead: 23% workers feel that their bosses have favorites, 21% says that do not meet their promises, 21% said they do not listen to concerns, 20% said they do not provide feedback on a regular basis, 17% said that not motivate, and 14% said that they only provide negative feedback.
When it comes corporate leaders, 50% of the employees feel that their leadership teams are doing an excellent or good job, and 23% feel that the performance is bad or poor.
For these leaders, the concerns of employees are as follows: 40% of employees feel that corporate leaders do not make enough effort to listen to employees and to improve morale, 33% feel that there is enough transparency and that these leaders do not communicate openly and honestly, 30% say that there are significant changes without notice, 27% consider that labor costs and productivity demands are unreasonable, 21% feel not motivate them, and 20% said that corporate leaders have stopped investing in employee development.
The survey figures show two sides of the coin: on one hand, most employees recognize the good performance of its leaders but on the other, there is a general awareness of many limitations in the leadership tasks that must be taken into account by companies to improve both employee morale and overall productivity. By Catherine R. Franco Sources: TRENDS 21
Human nature is often a mystery, and according to my friend Diego, in the case of women again, "we are all cut from the same cloth." do not know if I agree with him on this issue, I think you better think about it tomorrow ", but the fact is that, after toil for weeks to return to a climb to the Peak of Heaven, this Sunday I turned down two different offers to go there ...! It is true that the "no" was justified in both cases, but I'm sure that some time ago would not have served any reason, justified or not. Everyone says that "change is good" and that "change your mind is wise." ... I'm not exactly a wise, but I changed my mind.
may still last me the cathartic effect of my experience last weekend in Cuenca ...
So I met with the program and I went with my Club as a good partner to the planned route: from the development of Green Summit, spanning virtually the entire mountain chain Alayos to the village of Dílar. Have been about 24 kms of trails not too difficult, with some increase Fuertecillo, but not at all uncomfortable. In some parts of the trail, very loose and sandy, falls apart if you step on it, with the danger of a good stretch or roll an ankle esguinzarte ... bah, nothing that I do not happened before ...!
The path we took at the start of the route leaves the Alayos to our right as a sense of place, is a very rugged mountainous limestone mini and a classic of the middle and lower mountain in Sierra Nevada. None of his most iconic peaks (the Heart of the Watermelon and the Picacho Alto) over 2000 m altitude, but with that face so rocky, the place looks like a tiny Himalayan. And when it snows The views of all this are the most spectacular.
Among the path that we and those mountains plunges noisily Dílar River, which forms a valley typical "V", and that during the spring and early summer has been so much water by thawing sometimes really hard to find a site where you can cross it ... we, brave and experienced walkers as they come, not lose composure and dignity, even crossing the river by "bridges" as rustic as it .. . We must have courage!
whole area is afforested with pine forests and woodland, giving a pretty green to this part and sandy arid Sierra Nevada, and at this time, with gorse, rosemary, wild roses and almost all in bloom, and hope has been continuously a true "tea field ... I had long since passed here, and today I found particularly beautiful.
The group has been formed by 19 walkers also have done a real tour de force "to make all the path to a walking pace rather Fuertecillo, but has been very good to all. We have not gone to any peak, we have to cross surrounded all minimacizo Alayos and continue the path towards the village of Dílar, just over side of the mountains. (Well, our compiled Alberto itself has jumped and has risen to one of the rocky outcrops that we had more close, by the thing "that he is not "...). Here you our hero.
From any point that we, Sierra Nevada will watch from the white up to their "three thousand "...¡ no place to go, it is not as background! Must see is beautiful.
With the usual paraditas to regroup, eat, uncomment (like say Antonio Gala), relax, chat and laugh for a while, ended the day hiking in the village about five in the afternoon. Today has not been (barely) cliques parallel formations, and we have almost all the way all more or less together, which is fine for a change! Only three partners have decided to return for another way to shorten the route a bit.
These pictures are from Antonio, Manolo (you know, the plans and profiles), and Carlos, to see all the day, you know you are in the page Club.
