Jörg Widmann is a composer, clarinettist, and conductor of the Irish Chamber Orchestra. What did the musician and conductor to do during lockdown? “I always wanted to have some months off, when I could compose without interruption. Now I’ve had several months, and I could hardly work. Isn’t that strange?” (He’s working again, and happy about it.) – Irish Times
Tag: 07.25.20
Modern Construction Is Threatening The Prehistoric Traces Of Human Migration
Rapid development in India is threatening knowledge of how humanity came to be. Sites are crumbling into rivers, being turned into rice fields, and being destroyed for buildings. “With sites holding the evidence of India’s past rapidly disappearing, reearchers worry about whether complex questions about humankind’s distant past can be answered.” – Wired
As The Tate Modern Reopens, Its Disturbing Art Is Almost Comforting As A Reflection Of Our Times
You can take one of two paths through the 20-year-old museum as it reopens, and nothing is comforting – not that that’s new. “Tate Modern has never been a relaxing place to visit. But we’ve never needed its clear eye for the restless more than we do now, as we learn the true meaning of modern times.” – The Guardian (UK)
Regis Philbin, TV Host And ‘Everyman,’ 88
Philbin hosted everything from Regis and Kathie to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, but was far more than that. “He also wrote five books, appeared in movies, made records as a singer, gave concerts and was a one-man industry of spinoffs, from shirts and ties to medical advice and computer games.” – The New York Times