The (Bow) Ties that Bind

Sebastian McCabe, the protagonist of my primary series of  mystery novels, wears bow ties. I wear bow ties. And now my new business card wears a bow tie, and will make its debut appearance this weekend at the Baker Street Irregulars' "Building an Archive" conference in Bloomington, IN.

Maybe I'm projecting here, but there seems to be a disproportionately high number of bow tie wearing Sherlockians. I have dubbed us His Last Bow, a mythical or perhaps virtual Sherlockian scion society. Ray Betzner very kindly called me the Top Knot. Here are some of us at a meeting of the Sons of the Copper Beeches in Philadelphia on Oct. 25:

Steve Rothman, Ray Betzner, Dan Andriacco, James Reibman, Greg Ruby 

And earlier in the month at the Hounds of the Baskerville (sic) in Chicago:

Andriacco, Carlina de la Cova, Jonathan Shimberg, Don Izban (seated), Bob Sharfman

Earlier still, at the Holmes, Doyle, & Friends symposium in Dayton at the end of March:

Carlina de la Cova, Scott Monty, Monica Schmidt, Andriacco

I've even on occasion (New York in January springs to mind), provided pre-tied bow ties for those who don't normally wear them. So next time we meet, let's be sure to tie one on!

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Challenge 5!

This new challenge is about originality, so take your time!


If you were an archeologist, 
what would you like to find and why?

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Biceps & Biceps by Michal Krizanek

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E-Kitap Türk Kızılayı’nın Kurucularından Kırımlı Aziz İdris Bey

Kırımlı Dr. Aziz îdris Bey 1840 yılında İstanbul’da doğdu. Askeri tıbbiyeyi 1865’de bitirdi. Aynı okulda içhastalıkları üzerine çalışmaya başladı. O yıl açılan sivil tıbbiyeye müdür olarak atandı. Burada umumi emraz (genel hastalıklar), tıbbi kimya, hikmeti tabiye (fizik) ve dahili emraz ( içhastalıkları) derslerini okuttu. Cemiyeti Tıbbiyei Osmaniye’nin kuruculuğunu ve başkanlığını yaptı. Tıp öğreniminin Türkçeleşmesinde öncülük yaptı, büyük rol oynadı. Arkadaşlarıyla birlikte çevirdiği P. H. Nysten’in sözlüğünü, Lûgat-ı Tıbbiye adıyla yayınlayarak ün kazandı (1873). Mecmuai Fünun’da tıp kimyası ve genel hastalıklar üzerine halkı bilgilendirici yazılar yazdı.

Aziz Bey Türk Kızılayı’nın da kurucularından ve ilk başkanlarındandır. Uluslararası haç ambleminin ülkemize uymadığını, çünkü Hıristiyanlığı çağrıştırdığından Müslümanlar arasında itici rol oynadığını ifade ederek bu konuda mücadele etti. Şimdiki Türk Kızılayı’nın hilal amblemini beynelmilel çevrelere benimseten Aziz Bey olmuştur.

Kırımlı Aziz Bey yazdığı iki ciltlik Kimya-yı Tıbbi kitabı Türkçe’de bir ilktir, ayrıntılıdır ve giriş bölümü oldukça aydınlatıcıdır. Kitabın hiçbir yerinde Fransızca terim kullanılmamış olup Türkçe bir adlandırma sistemi kurulmuştur. Üstelik kimya sembollerini Osmanlıca harflerden oluşan semboller türeterek yazmıştır. Kırımlı Aziz Bey’in İlm-i Emraz-ı Umumiyye adlı kitabı da ilginçtir. Genel hastalıklar hakkında tafsilatlı bilgiler verilmiştir. Bu kitaplar uzun yıllar tıp okullarında ders kitabı olarak okutulmuştur. Bu kadar olağanüstü ve müthiş çalışmaları Dr. Kırımlı Aziz Bey kısa yaşamına sığdırmıştır. Çünkü onu çok genç ve verimli çağında, daha 38 yaşındayken 1878 yılında akciğer vereminden kaybettik. Gerek bilim hayatımızda gerekse sosyal yardımlaşma alanlarında öncülük yapmış, Türk Kızılayı’nın kuruluşunda büyük rol oynamış, bu çok yönlü kişinin mezarı Edirnekapı’da yeni yollar yapılırken kaybolmuştur. Şimdi Türk Kızılayı Dr. Aziz Bey’in kabrinin bulunduğu yere bir anıt mezar yaptırarak ona olan vefa borcunu ödeyecektir. Bu karar merkez yönetim kurulundan çıkmış olup çalışmalar devam etmektedir. Böyle harika faaliyetlerde bulunan ülkemizin yüzakı, Kızılayı’mızm minnet borçlu olduğu Aziz Bey hakkında maalesef hiç kitap yoktu. Böyle gayretli bir insanı unutulmaya terk edemeyiz. İşte merkez yönetim kurulu üyemiz Prof. Dr. Sefa Saygılı elinizdeki eseri hazırlayarak bu mümtaz ve örnek şahsiyeti özellikle gençlere tanıtmak istemektedir.

Aziz Bey’in ruhu şad olsun..

Bradan İndiriniz

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Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No.1 in C major – Daniel Müller-Schott, Cameristi della Scala, Wilson Hermanto (HD 1080p)

Accompanied by the chamber orchestra Cameristi della Scala, under the direction of the Indonesian-American conductor Wilson Hermanto, the German cellist Daniel Müller-Schott, one of the most sought-after cellists in the world, performs Joseph Haydn's Cello Concerto No.1 in C major. The concert was recorded at Enescu Festival, Bucharest, on September 6, 2019.

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Composed between 1761 and 1765 for Joseph Weigl, a gifted cellist in Haydn's Esterházy orchestra, this concerto was presumed lost until 1961, when it turned up the National Museum in Prague among documents originally from Radenin Castle. High virtuosity is demanded of the cellist, as in the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Symphonies (in which Haydn provided solos especially for Weigl). What Haydn did not provide are authenticated cadenzas for the first and second movements; cellists generally employ either anonymous eighteenth century cadenzas, or those prepared since 1961.

The first movement, marked Moderato, begins with a confident, courtly theme with dotted rhythms; in contrast, the second subject is softer and more sinuous, establishing a more lyrical mood. The mildly syncopated orchestral exposition ends with Lombardic rhythms at the conclusion of the orchestral introduction. When the cello enters and takes command of the themes, it launches the first theme with a resonant C major chord, eventually presenting each melody in an increasingly ornate manner. The development engages the cellist in intense passagework derived from the primary theme, while reappearances of the second subject allow the soloist to sing more expansively. Haydn works through the theme groups in sequence twice before reaching the cadenza and a brief coda derived from the movement's opening measures.

The Adagio dispenses with the orchestra's oboes and horns, leaving the soloist to emerge from the sound of the string orchestra with a long, powerfully expressive note. The noble, somewhat melancholic, first theme requires an especially strong tone from the cello, while its answering subject calls for double stops. The movement's shadowy middle section derives from a theme almost as austere as one from a Baroque church sonata, yet encourages the cellist to play with a warm, expressive tone. The third section is an abbreviated repetition of the first one.

Last comes an Allegro molto finale which pretty much follows the ritornello form found in many Vivaldi concertos. The orchestra establishes a fleet theme that recurs, as in a rondo, throughout the rest of the movement. As in the slow movement, almost every time the cello enters, it emerges from the orchestra with a single, long note; this time, however, the long note metamorphoses into a rapidly ascending C major scale. However, while expected to execute intricate high-register passagework which includes rapid scales, the cellist also has an opportunity to interpret melodic phrases of exceptional lyricism.

Source: James Reel (allmusic.com)



Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

♪ Cello Concerto No.1 in C major, Hob.VIIb/1 (1761-1765)

i. Moderato
ii. Adagio
iii. Allegro molto

Daniel Müller-Schott, cello

Cameristi della Scala
Conductor: Wilson Hermanto

Enescu Festival, Bucharest, September 6, 2019

(HD 1080p)

Daniel Müller-Schott (b. 1976, Munich) is one of the most sought-after cellists in the world and can be heard on all the great international concert stages. For many years he has been enchanting audiences as an ambassador for classical music in the 21st century. The New York Times refers to his "intensive expressiveness" and describes him as a "fearless player with technique to burn".

Daniel Müller-Schott guests with international leading orchestras; in the US with the orchestras in New York, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Los Angeles; in Europe the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Bayrisches Staatsorchester and Münchner Philharmoniker, the Radio Orchestras from Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Leipzig and Hamburg, Copenhagen and Paris, Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich, the London Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, the Spanish National Orchestra as well as in Australia with the Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and in Asia with Tokyo's NHK Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan's National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.

Daniel Müller-Schott has appeared worldwide in concert with such renowned conductors as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Thomas Dausgaard, Christoph Eschenbach, Iván Fischer, Alan Gilbert, Gustavo Gimeno, Bernard Haitink, Neeme Järvi, Karina Canellakis, Dmitrij Kitajenko, Susanna Mälkki, Andris Nelsons, Gianandrea Noseda, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Kirill Petrenko, Michael Sanderling and Krzysztof Urbański. Many years of musical collaboration linked him with Kurt Masur, Lorin Maazel, Yakov Kreizberg and Sir André Previn.

In addition to performances of the great cello concertos, Daniel Müller-Schott has a special interest in discovering unknown works and extending the cello repertoire, e.g. with his own transcriptions and through cooperation with contemporary composers. Sir André Previn and Peter Ruzicka have dedicated cello concertos to him, which were premiered under the direction of the composers with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and the Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. This past spring Daniel Müller-Schott played with Anne-Sophie Mutter and Lambert Orkis the first performance "Ghost Trio" by Sebastian Currier in New York's Carnegie Hall. Both the US-born Sebastian Currier as well as Olli Mustonen have composed a cello sonata for Daniel Müller-Schott.

Highlights of the season 2019-2020 include concerts in Europe with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko, with the Czech Philharmonic and Jacub Hrůša. Additionally, Müller-Schott has re-invitations with Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and Simone Young, with Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Fabio Luisi and in the US with Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Marc Albrecht. In Asia Daniel Müller-Schott will perform with Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and Alejo Perez as well as with NCPA Orchestra China and Manfred Honeck and with New Japan Philharmonic and Cristian Macelaru. Daniel Müller-Schott will celebrate the Beethoven jubilee year together with "Anne-Sophie Mutter and Friends" with an extended orchestra and chamber Music tour in Europe, Asia and in the US. Beside the works by Ludwig van Beethoven, a new string quartet by Jörg Widmann will be premiered in San Francisco. At the festivals Schubertiade, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, MDR Musiksommer and Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival, the cellist will be heard as a soloist as well as in chamber music. For the first time Daniel Müller-Schott will appear at the Rostropovich Festival in Moscow with the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana and Michel Tabachnik.

International music festivals regularly invite Daniel Müller-Schott including the London Proms, the Schubertiade, Schleswig-Holstein, Rheingau, Schwetzingen, the Heidelberg Spring Festival and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where the cellist has appeared first time as Artistic Director in 2019; and in the USA, festivals in Tanglewood, Ravinia, Bravo! Vail and the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. In his chamber music concerts, Daniel Müller-Schott collaborates inter alia with Nicholas Angelich, Kit Armstrong, Renaud Capuçon, Xavier de Maistre, Julia Fischer, Igor Levit, Sabine Meyer, Nils Mönkemeyer, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Francesco Piemontesi, Lauma and Baiba Skride and Simon Trpčeski.

Daniel Müller-Schott has been involved for many years in the project "Rhapsody in School". He regularly gives master classes and helps to support young musicians in Europe, the USA, Asia and Australia.

Since his childhood, Daniel Müller-Schott has felt a great love for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. For his first CD record he chose the Six Suites for Cello Solo for Bach’s jubilee year in 2000.

Daniel Müller-Schott has already built up a sizeable discography in a career spanning twenty-five years under the ORFEO, Deutsche Grammophon, Hyperion, Pentatone and EMI Classics labels and includes among others, works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Haydn, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, Schubert, Khachaturian, Shostakovich, Elgar, Walton, Britten and Dvořák.

His recordings have been enthusiastically received by both the public and the press and have also received numerous awards, including the Gramophone Editor's Choice, Strad Selection, and the BBC Music Magazine's "CD of the month". He has been awarded the Quarterly Prize of German Record Critics for his recordings of the Elgar and Walton Cello Concertos with Oslo Philharmonic and André Previn and for his CD of the Shostakovich Cello Concertos recorded with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra and Yakov Kreizberg. In France the "Solo Suites" by Benjamin Britten were awarded with the Diapason d'or and "Dvořák The Cello Works" with the "Choc de Classica". For "Duo Sessions" Daniel Müller-Schott and Julia Fischer received the International Classical Music Award (ICMA) 2017. On his current CD with ORFEO (July 2019), Daniel Müller-Schott recorded works by Richard Strauss with pianist Herbert Schuch and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with Sir Andrew Davis. Daniel Müller-Schott has recorded the last musical ideas by Ludwig van Beethoven together with Daniel Hope and Friends. All of the works are world premieres on recording and will be issued in an extensive Beethoven-Jubilee-Box on Deutsche Grammophon in November 2019. Likewise, for November 2019 a further CD release is planned for ORFEO: Pure CELLO – works for cello solo of the 20th/21th century – Prokofjev, Crumb, Hindemith, Henze, Casals, Müller-Schott and Kodály.

Daniel Müller-Schott can be regularly seen and heard on national and international radio broadcasters and on the TV channels ARD, ZDF, ARTE and 3Sat as a soloist in concert recordings and as an interview guest.

Daniel Müller-Schott studied under Walter Nothas, Heinrich Schiff and Steven Isserlis. He was supported personally by Anne-Sophie Mutter and received, among other things, the Aida Stucki Prize as well as a year of private tuition under Mstislaw Rostropovich. At the age of fifteen, Daniel Müller-Schott won the first prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in 1992 in Moscow.

For the historic celebration on the Day of German Unity in 2018 and in Memoriam to his deceased teacher Mstislav Rostropovich Daniel Müller-Schott played in front of about 500,000 listeners at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin music by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Beside the music Daniel Müller-Schott has also a considerable affinity for the fine arts, in particular for French paintings of the 19th century. During his travels he always visits the major museums, seeing the great masters in the original. The cellist regularly takes part in art projects himself, for example in the "Street Art" project in Munich, Berlin (ARTE), Melbourne 2016 and as Artistic Director of the Classical Music Spring Festival Rugen 2010.

Daniel Müller-Schott plays the "Ex Shapiro" Matteo Goffriller cello, made in Venice in 1727.

Source: imgartists.com

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Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No.1 in C major – Bruno Philippe, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Christoph Eschenbach (HD 1080p)

Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No.1 in C major – Michael Katz, New York Classical Players, Dongmin Kim (4K Ultra High Definition) 

Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No.1 in C major – Andreas Brantelid, Musica Vitae, Malin Broman (HD 1080p)

Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No.1 in C major – Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Radio Kamer Filharmonie, Philippe Herreweghe

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This is your homework for Wednesday... Copy this diagram in your notebooks.

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