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February music

The February image shows small flowers in a bright colour intensified by sunlight, seen from above, close together with little green between. On the main page today, 300 years after its first performance, Bach's cantata BWV 125, - a lovely very intimate piece, with peace and joy in the title. Enjoy listening with score - I discovered that only now! - Today is also the birthday of James Joyce, who has an article by many authors. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:13, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt: Wonderful cantata, as always! The first ,second, and fourth movements were all amazing in their own way. Sorry, but we can't use that channel for copyright reasons though; see my edit summary at the article and my edit to your stories page (I hope the latter was OK); the recording I found was a bit faster than yours, but it still sounds very good to my ears. And no score, sorry. I see you mentioned Schubert's recent birth anniversary, which I wasn't aware of, on your talk page. Next month I'll be in Adelaide for a Schubert concert featuring his last songs and last piano sonata, performed by baritone Matthias Goerne (for the first work) and Daniil Trifonov (for both). It should be amazing! I'm also hoping to meet some Wikipedians while I'm there. In preparation for the concert, I'm trying to tackle some Schubert on the piano (a departure from my usual Bach); I was brave (or stupid?) enough to start with his famous Moment musicaux No. 3, which is a challenge, but I think I'll get there. Graham87 (talk) 01:41, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, and wonderful outlook to Schubert music, both pieces and artists, - I heard both at the RMF, and just received their promising book of the 2025 season (founder's birthday tomorrow, 81). Today's conductor: I wonder if you can access the subtitles I see (in Japanese and English), - the talk - while he's on a podium rehearsing horn players - is in Japanese with a bit of music, - it's short and fun anyway. I found a new info saying that his "firsts" were not necessarily Japanese premieres, but first times with Japanese performers, but for the hailed Moses und Aron, there's info that it was also the Japanese premiere. He's already off the main page. I'm back home, and catching up: three articles of people who died waiting, but at least the German former president found others to help him to the main page.--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:44, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt: Nope, no subtitles for me this time. It's always good to come home. Graham87 (talk) 11:36, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My story torday is about an actor who played in almost every German TV series and in internal cinema. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:46, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

today: a German-born Spanish art collector, - the video in her honour is remarkable, as what she gave the world. While you can't see it, you can hear how she talked: with enthusiasm. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:34, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I find today's birthday child particularly inspiring, by enthusiasm and determination. That was - believe it or not - a pictured DYK in 2021, without the last line though. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:01, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Plishka, a bass who sang 88 roles of all kinds at the Met was interviewed before his (first) retirement. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:49, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today's story is about Edith Mathis, who portrayed young women by Mozart. The video of a 1993 interview has videos of her performances. If you like I can make a list of the musical excerpt and their times. - I saw my brother on stage, - in places. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:47, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Look at places also for Valentine's food and flowers ;) - with a story, and more music there --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:02, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I point at a composer today, as the main page does. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:56, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 February 5 § Category:Eponymous categories

A category or categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 February 5 § Category:Eponymous categories on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 08:20, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This seems to be due to my creation of Category:Wikipedia categories named after musical compositions to contain Category:The Well-Tempered Clavier. Also see this related undeletion request (permalink). I like to submit basic undeletion requests there because it can sometimes be faster than posting here and when I used to have a template indicating I'd handle such requests, {{User recovery}}, on my user page, I found the userfication requests tedious, so hopefully admins there will find my requests interesting. I touched on my use of the user recovery template in the 2014 section of my personal Wikipedia timeline. Graham87 (talk) 10:16, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day!

Graham you're getting old! Drmies (talk) 02:59, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, and congratulations! - in a few weeks my edits will be old enough to drink. - (And maybe they should.) Antandrus (talk) 05:17, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! In a few weeks my edits will be old enough to be considered ... a young child, apparently, but baby steps (no pun intended), I guess. charlotte ^👸♥ 05:28, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unsolicited advice

I don't disagree that the capitalist bit was opinionated, and that all of it needed to be reverted at Collie, Western Australia, but, sweet Jesus, there are better ways to handle stuff like that Graham 😔. You might have just bit, but not ALL of it was opinionated. Maybe something along the lines of "capitalist bit is opinionated and unencyclopedic, and the rest is either misleading (Noongar country extends beyond the South West region) or vague (is the corroborrie ground entirely coincident with Collie, or is one a part of the other?)" would have been better? Elrondil (talk) 02:07, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Elrondil: Yeah, maybe, but also one of the biggest problems with the edit was that it was unsourced. And the highly emotive edit summary made me much less inclined to engage with the editor; we have an essay about expressing strong opinions in Wikipedia called beware of the tigers. Graham87 (talk) 02:14, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I also don't disagree with your call for sources, although here too only the "corroborrie bit" really needed a source. Elrondil (talk) 02:23, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

March music

My image shows little yellow flowers in daisy shape seen from above (actually on the green of a divided major road). Today is the birthday of Chopin and Ricardo Kanji, see my stories of today and yesterday, with dream music by the first (played by a pianist I met when we were younger) and Bach played by the other. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:04, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt: Wow at both ... but especially at you meeting Murray Perahia; that must've been incredible! He's one of my favourite classical pianists of all time. He's amazing at everything I've heard him perform, from Bach and Handel to Schubert, Chopin, and Brahms, and doubtless with many other composers. Graham87 (talk) 11:18, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Now I'm re-listening to an interview perahia did with Australia's best and most famous radio interviewer, Margaret Throsby, featuring a generous helping of his playing, among other music. Also, I'd mentioned him on my talk page before. Graham87 (talk) 11:28, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) I met him briefly (at the home of the concert agent who had engaged him, a friend's friend) when he was on a tour with Mozart concertos. He had just had a chance to play instruments from Mozart's time in Salzburg, and was very impressed by their sound that he found still similar to harpsichord. A meeting to be remembered. I tell you and only you about it, - a bit too private ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:31, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today's story is about outstanding music, Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott, BWV 127. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:50, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Today: Carmen turns 150, as the main page and my story tell you. I chose a 1962 concert of the Habanera, - enjoy! What you can't see: it's introduced by the overture, and the singer is filmed close-up during it, "living" the music in her face, - stunning! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:12, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]