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HOFFMEISTER & STAMITZ: Viola Concertos
STAMITZ Viola Concerto no. 1
HOFFMEISTER Viola Concerto in Bb
HOFFMEISTER Viola Concert in D

Victoria Chiang, viola / Markand Thakar, conductor / Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
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THE MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO FEATURE
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Violist Carefully Polishes Rare Gems of the 18th Century
by Julie Amacher, Minnesota Public Radio
August 16, 2011

St. Paul, Minn. — Recently the bird watching world was all a flutter when a gray-hooded gull, from possibly Africa or South America, showed up on the shores of Coney Island. It was a rare find to catch a glimpse of this special gull with its light-gray head, pale eyes, red legs and red bill. Equally rare, were concertos for the viola in the 18th century. This may seem odd since the viola was a standard orchestral instrument and a member of the string quartet a very progressive and important music genre at the time. It probably had more to do with the lack of viola specialists. Victoria Chiang is just such a specialist. She's a founding member of the Aspen Ensemble Quintet, and she serves on the artist faculty at the Peabody Conservatory of Music and the Aspen Music Festival. Her latest recording features three 18th century viola concertos each

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Unconditional and Earned Love

François-Hubert Drouais (French, 1727 – 1775 ), Family Portrait, 1756, oil on canvas, Samuel H. Kress Collection

The good news is that we have to know only one thing, so life is basically simple. The bad news is that one thing is love, and that seems impossible to get right.

Love is at the center of human life, for love fulfills our spiritual nature by uniting us to all that is.[1] We grow and develop interiorly by becoming better and better lovers; however, we may fail to become good lovers unless we understand that love has two distinct modes.

We can love something because it is part of us or because it meets certain standards of excellence. If we are good, then anything that is a part of us is good, and we will love that also. This mode of love is unconditional. For example, we prefer our own language and customs above others, not because they are demonstrably superior, but because they are ours. For the same reason, we are often reluctant to discard old clothes and books even when they have become useless. We love them not for any intrinsic excellence but simply because they have become part of our lives.

The other mode of love focuses on the excellence of the object regardless of any connection to the self. A poet may love Robert

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