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Duchess of York Interviewed by Vogue Arabia: Talks Duchess of Sussex, Late Princess of Wales, & Epstein

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On Wednesday, 11 December, Sarah, Duchess of York (née Ferguson) gave an interview to Alexandria Gouveia of Vogue Arabia. Sarah is the former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. She is the mother of Princess Beatrice of York and Princess Eugenie, Mrs. Jack Brooksbank.

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Sarah discussed how she related to the press coverage that the Duchess of Sussex was experiencing. The Duchess of York stated: "It must be hard for Meghan, and I can relate to her. I believe she is modern and fabulous. She was famous before. She is great." When discussing the late Diana, Princess of Wales, Sarah said: "Oh, I brought modern etiquette and fun, with Diana, Princess of Wales. Me and Diana had the best time. We really did, no question. I loved her with all my heart."

Sarah, Duchess of York (2009)

For the full interview by Sarah, Duchess of York, please visit the following link: Exclusive: Sarah, Duchess of York Talks Meghan Markle, Princess Diana, and Those Jeffrey Epstein Claims

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The Greek and Russian Royals Prepare Their Homes for Christmas!

Princess Olympia of Greece helps decorate her family's Christmas tree
Photograph (c) Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece

Members of royal families around the world are now preparing for the holidays. Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece, wife of Crown Prince Pavlos and daughter-in-law of King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie, shared an image of her daughter Olympia putting the finishing touches on the family's impressive Christmas tree at their home.

Grand Duke George of Russia begins putting the decorations on his Christmas tree
Photograph (c) Grand Duke George of Russia

Over to the Romanovs, Grand Duke George of Russia, son of Grand Duchess Maria of Russia and Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia, appears to have just put up his Christmas tree. George recently added an addition to his family by adopting an older pup named King; in addition, George (amazingly) walking away, sans injury, from a brutal-looking car accident last month in St. Petersburg.

The common ancestors of Olympia of Greece and George of Russia around their Christmas tree many years ago:
Queen Victoria and Prince Consort Albert

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Christening of Hereditary Prince Franz of Isenburg, Nephew & Godson of Sophie of Prussia

The Fürst and Fürstin of Isenburg with their son Franz
Photograph (c) Sabine Brauer Photos

On Saturday, 7 December, Hereditary Prince Franz of Isenburg was christened at the Katholische Pfarrgemeinde Mariae Heimsuchung in Birstein.

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Hereditary Prince Franz Salvator Ferdinand Bonifatius Wilhelm Maria of Isenburg was born at Munich on 8 August 2019. Franz is the third child and first son of Fürst Alexander of Isenburg (b.1969) and his wife Fürstin Dr. Sarah (b.1981; née Lorenz), who married in 2014. Franz has two elder sisters: Princess Alix (b.2015) and Princess Zita (b.2017).

Franz of Isenburg with his parents and godparents
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Franz of Isenburg received five godparents: Princess Sophie of Prussia (his paternal aunt), Hereditary Prince Casimir zu Ysenburg and Büdingen, Baron Franz Mayr-Melnhof-Saurau, Dr. Simon Lorenz (his maternal uncle), and Kai-Harald Solmitz.

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George Frideric Handel: Messiah (1754 version) – Jakub Józef Orliński, Sunhae Im, Samuel Boden, José Antonio López, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Martin Haselböck (4K Ultra High Definition)

Under the baton of the Austrian conductor, organist and composer Martin Haselböck, the Warsaw Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, and the soloists Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor), Sunhae Im (soprano), Samuel Boden (tenor) and José Antonio López (baritone) perform George Frideric Handel's Messiah, HWV 56. Recorded at Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, on December 22, 2018.

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The oratorio which became a veritable emblem of the genre was premiered on 13th April 1742 at Neale's Music Hall in Dublin by a small orchestra and a 32-strong choir. Messiah was originally written as a modest work that matched the limited performance forces available in Dublin, much different from the splendour of the great London oratorios. Paradoxically, this self‑ limitation has proved to be the work's strength rather than its weakness, since it made possible an unusual condensation of expressive and communicative qualities. Also unconventional is the libretto by Charles Jennens, which consists entirely of direct Biblical quotations (the standard convention was then to use paraphrases of the Bible). These quotations make up the story of Salvation told not directly through Gospel accounts, but first and foremost through the prophetic visions of the Old Testament and commentaries from the Apostolic Letters.

The London premiere took place a year later and (unbelievable as it may seem) met at first with a rather indifferent reception. The press was unfavourable to Handel and criticised the use of Biblical lines in a work meant for the theatre, which was seen as secular entertainment. The title Messiah could not be printed on the posters, since it was argued that it is not fitting to use the name of the Saviour in this manner. For this reason, the piece was announced simply as A New Sacred Oratorio, and it was only in 1749 that the title An Oratorio Called Messiah was used. It was also at that time, in the late 1740s, that the ungrateful Londoners eventually came to appreciate Handel's masterpiece, which with every new performance won more and more acclaim.

Its special status is evident in the fact that it was the first oratorio allowed for use in the church, while previously such compositions had only been presented in the theatres and in concert halls. The first church to stage Messiah was the chapel of the Foundling Hospital in London, where the composer directed this work every year from 1750 onward. The whole considerable revenue from these incredibly successful concerts went to the support of this institution for foundling children.

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Part I [00:44]* & Part II [53:53]




Part II (continued) [00:35] & Part III [31:23]




George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Messiah, HWV 56 (1741) (1754 Version)

Libretto: Charles Jennens

Jakub Józef Orliński, countertenor
Sunhae Im, soprano
Samuel Boden, tenor
José Antonio López, baritone

Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
Choir director: Bartosz Michałowski

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Martin Haselböck

TV Director: Tomasz Decyk

Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, December 22, 2018

(4K Ultra High Definition)

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The story behind the triumphant premiere of Handel's Messiah

On April 13, 1742, Handel's ever-popular oratorio received its premiere in Dublin.

The tradition connecting Messiah with Christmas owes nothing to the oratorio's origins. The judicious compression of scriptural references to Jesus Christ was carefully designed by Charles Jennens, a Shakespeare scholar who was educated at Oxford. Jennens never gained a prominent position in society because he refused to take the vow of allegiance to the House of Hanover, and he also objected to the deposed House of Stuart's Catholicism. Jennens was a keen champion of Handel's music since at least 1725, when he ordered a copy of the printed edition of Rodelinda. By the mid-1730s, Jennens was personally acquainted with Handel, and he probably provided the libretto for Israel in Egypt (1738). In July 1741, Jennens wrote to his friend Edward Holdsworth: "Handel says he will do nothing next Winter, but I hope I shall perswade him to set another Scripture Collection I have made for him, and perform it for his own Benefit in Passion Week. I hope he will layout his whole Genius and Skill upon it, that the Composition may excell all his former Compositions, as the Subject excells every other Subject. The Subject is Messiah".

Jennens intended Messiah as a statement of faith in Christ's divinity, in reaction to the increasing popularity of rationalised atheism. It is difficult to discern what Handel thought about religion, but attractive legends such as him weeping over the score of Messiah are apocryphal. He composed it between August 22 and September 14, 1741, but the speed of its composition compares to Handel's normal rapidity and cannot be attributed to either divine or artistic inspiration: within days Handel started work on Samson, adapted from Milton's Samson Agonistes by Newburgh Hamilton, and that oratorio was also complete in its first draft by the end of October. Jennens arrived in London at the end of November 1741, and was surprised to discover that Handel was not there. Jennens wrote "I heard with great pleasure at my arrival in Town, that Handel had set the Oratorio of Messiah; but it was some mortification to me to hear that instead of performing it here he was gone into Ireland with it".

Not much is known about Handel's sudden acceptance of an invitation to perform in Ireland, but it was probably offered by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire. Handel's last two Italian operas, Imeneo and Deidamia, were both failures with fickle London audiences. Perhaps Handel foresaw abandoning the genre in Italian and concentrating upon theatre works in English. During this uncertain transition, the invitation to give a season of concerts at Dublin granted Handel an opportunity to escape the pressure in London and to consider his future.

Dublin had an active theatre and concert life and Handel's visit coincided with the opening of a new concert venue, the Great Music Hall in Fishamble Street, where Handel gave two performances each of L'Allegro, Acis and Galatea and Esther between December 1741 and February 1742. Handel only brought over the soprano Avolio and a few assistants from London, but the Lord Lieutenant's court at Dublin Castle boasted a small orchestra, and numerous professional singers worked at theatres and in the city's two cathedrals. These local musicians formed the core of Handel's musicians and the first series of subscription concerts was an enormous success. He was persuaded to stay longer than planned and produced another concert series which included Alexander's Feast and Hymen, an unstaged serenata adapted from Imeneo. This was Handel's last performance of an Italian opera.

The second series of concerts finished on April 7, 1742, but Handel was hungry to capitalise on his eager audience, so he arranged the first performance of Messiah for April 13. Expectation was high: the rehearsal on April 12 was ticketed and the following morning excited newspapers reported that the oratorio "far surpasses anything of that Nature, which has been performed in this or any other Kingdom". Advertisements requested that Ladies attend "without Hoops", and that "Gentlemen are desired to come without their swords" in order to increase the capacity of the hall. Handel estimated that the venue could hold 600, but an extra 100 people crammed in.

The premiere of Messiah was a triumph. The alto soloist, Susanna Cibber, was an actress who had attracted scandal in the past, but legend has it that her emotional performance of "He was despised" moved Dr Patrick Delany – the husband of one of Handel's most ardent champions – to exclaim "Woman, for this, be all your sins forgiven". The Dublin Journal's review proclaimed that "the best Judges allowed it to be the most finished piece of Musick. Words are wanting to express the exquisite Delight it afforded to the admiring crouded Audience. The Sublime, the Grand, and the Tender, adapted to the most elevated, majestick and moving Words, conspired to transport and charm the ravished Heart and Ear".

Source: David Vickers, 2015 (gramophone.co.uk)

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A Holmes Edition for Budding Detectives

A really interesting book came my way recently through the kindness of a friend of a friend. She bought it in a thrift shop.

It’s called Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, but it’s not the Canonical volume of that name. Instead, it’s an 8x11-inch book for children that includes the first half of A Study in Scarlet, three great short stories (“The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” “A Scandal in Bohemia,” and “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle”), and The Hound of the Baskervilles.

With all that in one volume, published in 1968 by Classic Press for young readers, you might expect that these stories are abridged or paraphrased. They are not! The complete texts are there (except for the American chapters of Study), plus a “Backward” with two essays.  

Even better is the really distinctive feature of the book: The margins contain informative notes that often amount to little essays. Here the reader learns the definition of a billycock and a street arab, for example. But many of the notes are tutorials for budding sleuths. Here’s one example: 

if: In any homicide investigation, IF is a big word. Not every mysterious death is murder. It might be natural. Or accidental. Or a suicide. The investigator should know that suicides sometimes use strange methods. Conversely, some natural-seeming deaths may actually be murder. 

Another note, accompanied by a drawing, says: 

footsteps: The “walking picture” is important in investigations. This is the whole pattern of walk, not just a single step. This includes length of stride, distance off center, angle, shape, and so on. The usual length of step is 20 inches to 40 inches. Over 40 inches, the person was running. 

I wonder if some previous young reader of this book is a walking in the footsteps of Sherlock Holmes today, solving crimes in the manner of the Master?  

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70th Birthday of Prince Georg of Hannover; Nephew of Duke of Edinburgh & Cousin of Prince of Wales

Prince Georg of Hannover and his mother Princess Sophie in 1996
Photograph (c) Seeger-Presse

Today, 9 December, Prince Georg of Hannover marks his seventieth birthday. Through his father Georg Wilhelm, Georg of Hannover is a nephew of Prince Ernst August of Hannover (1914-1987), Queen Frederica of Greece (1917-1981; wife of King Paul of the Hellenes), Prince Christian of Hannover (1919-1981), and Prince Welf of Hannover (1923-1997). Through his mother Sophie, George of Hannover is a nephew of Princess Margarita (1905-1981; wife of Fürst Gottfried zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg), Princess Theodora (1906-1969; wife of Margrave Berthold of Baden), Princess Cecilie (1911-1937; wife of Hereditary Grand Duke Donatus of Hesse and by Rhine), and Prince Philip (b.1921; husband of Queen Elizabeth II; Duke of Edinburgh).

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Prince Georg Wilhelm and Princess Sophie of Hannover

Ernst August of Hannover and Viktoria Luise (née Prussia) with their grandsons Welf and Georg in 1953

Prince Georg Paul Christian of Hannover was born at Salem on 9 December 1949 as the second son and child of Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hannover (1915-2006), son of Prince Ernst August of Hannover, Duke of Brunswick (1887-1953), and Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia (1892-1980), and his wife Princess Sophie (1914-2001; née Greece and Denmark; formerly Hesse), who had married in 1946. Sophie was the daughter of Prince Andreas of Greece and Denmark (1882-1944) and his wife Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885-1969). Georg was preceded by an elder brother, Prince Welf (1947-1981), and followed by a younger sister, Princess Friederike (b.1954).

Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark with her first husband Prince Christoph of Hesse
Photograph (c) Mary Evans Picture Library/Charlotte Zeepvat

Civil wedding of Princess Christina of Hesse and Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia

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From his mother's first marriage to Prince Christoph of Hesse (1901-1943), Georg has five half-siblings: Princess Christina (1933-2011; former wife of Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia, and then of Robert van Eyck), Princess Dorothea (b.1934; wife of Prince Friedrich zu Windisch-Graetz), Prince Karl (b.1937; husband of Countess Yvonne Szápáry de Muraszombath, Széchysziget et Szapár), Prince Rainer (b.1939), and Princess Clarissa (b.1944).

Prince Georg of Hannover and Victoria Bee on their wedding day in 1973.
Also pictured is Georg's paternal grandmother Viktoria Luise, daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Countess Eleonore Fugger von Babenhausen, mother of Princess Victoria of Hannover

Prince Burchard and Princess Eleonore of Prussia, mother and stepfather of Victoria of Hannover (née Bee)

In 1973, Georg of Hannover married Victoria Ann Bee (b.1951), the daughter of Robert Bee (1920-1994) and Countess Eleonore Fugger von Babenhausen (1925-1992), who married in 1946 and divorced in 1959. In 1961, Victoria's mother Eleonore took as her second husband Prince Burchard of Prussia (1917-1988), son of Prince Oskar of Prussia (1888-1958) and his wife Countess Ina Marie von Bassewitz (1888-1973; created Countess von Ruppin in 1914; recognised as Princess of Prussia in 1920). Victoria of Hannover's mother Eleonore was thus married to the first cousin (Prince Burchard of Prussia) of Victoria's father-in-law Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hannover.

Princess Sophie of Hannover, the Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Philip), and the Landgrave of Hesse (Prince Moritz)
Photograph (c) Seeger-Presse

Princess Sophie, mother of Prince Georg of Hannover, sister of the Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Georg of Hannover, Princess Marianne and Prince Ludwig of Baden, Margrave Moritz of Hesse, and Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hannover (1997)
Photograph (c) Seeger-Presse

Prince Georg and Princess Victoria of Hannover have two daughters: Princess Vera Alice (b.1976) and Princess Nora Sophie (b.1979). In 2006, Princess Vera married Manuel Dmoch (b.1977), with whom she has two children. Princess Nora is married to Christian Falk (b.1972), with whom she has two children.

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