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This Issue’s Music: Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in D Minor for Strings (BWV 1052)

Life & Notes2007.05.05
This Issue’s Music: Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in D Minor for Strings (BWV 1052)
http://hyl510.googlepages.com/Bach-BWV1052.MP3 Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and String Orchestra in D minor (BWV 1052), first movement (Allegro) (conducted by Trevor Pinnock) It is said that Bach is one of the greatest composers in music history, second only to Beethoven in terms of his status in music history and his wide appeal among listeners today. Although I had long since heard of these great musicians by name, my first real encounter with Bach’s distinctiveness actually began with that famous work on logical paradoxes, Gödel, Escher, Bach. Indeed, Bach’s music is full of a sense of “circulation” (I don’t know how else to put it…), and its depth, harmony, and complexity can also…
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2007年5月5日
This Issue’s Music: George Winston – The Earth – Holding Your Hand

Life & Notes2007.04.29
This Issue’s Music: George Winston – The Earth – Holding Your Hand
http://hyl510.googlepages.com/04.MP3 George Winston: “Earth” George Winston: PLAIN 4. Put Your Hand in Mine / Waltz for a Little Girl Give Me Your Hand/La Valse Since I said my favorite instrument is the piano (though that is not entirely true; it depends on my mood), let me post a pure piano piece. Recently I’ve been listening to Royal Piano Classics, solo piano from the classical repertoire; it’s quite good. But considering that I should make the music I post as varied as possible, I chose a New Age piece. George Winston’s piano pieces generally do not emphasize piano technique, but are good at expressing the breath of nature and human feeling,…
everyday life music art
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2007年4月29日
[Repost] What Do Philosophy Graduates Go On to Do?

Life & Notes2007.04.27
[Repost] What Do Philosophy Graduates Go On to Do?
古雴 I’m reposting some information here (slightly revised according to later additions) Sender: anthonyricky (迷花倚书不倚石), Philo section Subject: Re: Asking for advice on where philosophy graduates go Posted at Peking University Weiming BBS (Monday, April 16, 2007, 23:00:30), forwarded 2002 cohort, graduated in 2006, undergraduate students My own incomplete statistics 40 people in the class 9 sent on to graduate study within the department (direct PhD track), 3 recommended to graduate study at Peking University outside the department (two to the School of Marxism, one to the School of Government) Recommended to other universities: 1 to Renmin University, 1 to Nankai 3 to the United States, 1 to Canada,…
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2007年4月27日
Chewing on Pure Critique by the Shores of Weiming Lake

Life & Notes2007.04.22
Chewing on Pure Critique by the Shores of Weiming Lake
Gnawing Pure Critique by the Side of Weiming Lake Gu Chi posted on 2007-04-22 19:18:50 April 14, 11:30 a.m., Langrun Garden April 15, 1:18 p.m., Langrun Garden April 15, 11:40 a.m., Langrun Garden (a cat was wandering around me; just as I was about to take its picture, it ran off) April 17, 2:47 p.m., Langrun Garden April 17, 3:56 p.m., Langrun Garden (that water-spraying thing has been on the whole time, sigh…) April 18, 12:15 p.m., Langrun Garden (willow catkins were flying all over the sky; I sat for a while and then left) April 18, 12:24 p.m., Weiming Lake (after leaving Langrun Garden, I wandered over here instead,…
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2007年4月22日
This Issue’s Music: Various – Medley (Traditional strathspey)

Life & Notes2007.04.18
This Issue’s Music: Various – Medley (Traditional strathspey)
http://www.ycnow.com/atts/200702/Music/45VpA4xH.MP3 The Eternal Harp 永恆的豎琴 1. Various – Medley (Traditional strathspey) A harp album I came across some time ago while looking for Irish music. If a flute is like the sound of wind, then the zither is like the sound of rain. Basically, that means I am, after all, an incarnation of rain. I’m not the sort of person who goes mad over music, but I do get a certain kind of feeling from it. Where that feeling comes from, I can’t quite say. This album is basically Celtic-style harp music. Some pieces are Irish folk music, others Scottish. They all sound pretty good, and I couldn’t decide what…
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2007年4月18日
Student salons are still worth doing

Life & Notes2007.04.17
Student salons are still worth doing
At today’s teaching discussion meeting, the matter of last year’s student salon came up by chance. It was held three times and then no more. As for why it was stopped, ZW seemed to have said something about the reasons; I wasn’t paying close attention. But after I got back, I kept thinking about it, and I always felt it was a pity that the student salon had been discontinued. From what Teacher Li said, the department still planned to provide support, which shows that the halt would not have been caused by obstacles from the department; the main issue was that the students no longer wanted to do it….
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2007年4月17日
Is “Xincai” Being Released Again?

Life & Notes2007.04.15
Is “Xincai” Being Released Again?
I heard that the junior and sophomore members still want to keep *Xincai* going, and I’m overcome with mixed feelings. As a veteran of *Xincai*, I always feel I ought to say something, but when the words come to my lips, I don’t know where to begin. So let me just offer a few random reflections. I dug out from my computer the six issues of *Xincai* that I laid out: November 11, 2004; December 1, 2004; December 31, 2004; March 21, 2005; April 30, 2005; May 30, 2005. Doing *Xincai* may have been the most meaningful thing I did in my first year of college, because through *Xincai* I…
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2007年4月15日
This Issue’s Music: Peasant Dance

Life & Notes2007.04.12
This Issue’s Music: Peasant Dance
Peasant Dance http://hyl510.googlepages.com/dtq05.MP3 Among classical instruments, aside from the piano, the one I’m most captivated by is the cello. This dance piece feels a bit hurried, but it seems to suit my recent mood rather well. Gentle, fervent, peasant, noble, joyous.
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2007年4月12日
Return to Weiming Lake!

Life & Notes2007.04.10
Return to Weiming Lake!
I remember that during this period two years ago, every day I would carry three or five books on my back and sit by the shore of Weiming Lake or the lake in Langrun Garden for an entire afternoon. When I grew tired of reading, I would gaze at the water for a while, staying until evening or even sunset, and only after I had finished several books would I leave—both carefree and at ease, and astonishingly efficient. For more than a year, although I would occasionally still wander around Weiming Lake, whenever I walked by the lake there was always a heavy shadow pressing on my heart. Several times…
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2007年4月10日
Celtic Civilization and Ireland

Life & Notes2007.04.08
Celtic Civilization and Ireland
UINC said she likes the grasslands of Ireland—what is so special about the Irish grasslands? Perhaps it is because Irish music (such as bagpipes) and Irish poetry (such as Yeats) are so impressive. But on this tiny speck of land called Ireland, what exactly is so special about her music and poetry, her nation and culture? If I just say Irish music, I can’t quite bring it to mind, but if I say Celtic music, then I know what it’s about. I once used a certain piece of background music for a while, and it was dismissed by UNIC as “the background music doesn’t seem quite good. A bit noisy~…
everyday life history music
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2007年4月8日