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The gallery concerts were fine as expected, with some rare music that I will most likely never hear again in my life. The format is nice: six programs of 20 minutes each, all of them perfomed twice, in three galleries, so you can har a total of four different performances  hopping from place to place.  We chose pieces by C.P.E. Bach and Carl Heinrich Graun for two violas and harpsichord, a solo harpsichord recital with Froberger, Sweelinck, D. Scarlatti and Buxtehude, and third a set of quartets for oboe and strings and Gaßmann and Druschetzky, two rather undersetimated Haydn/Mozart contemporaries.  As if this wasn't enough, we went to the fourth and final concert of a series dedicated to the lesser known sides of Georg Philip Telemann today. Songs published in a magazine as exemplary examples for basso continuo practice, some so-called "moral cantatas" with humorous texts, and concertos and suites for flute and harpsichord, usually performed as trios, but also possible for just two players with the harpsichordist playing two parts at once. Georg Poplutz was the perfect tenor voice for this, who confessed enjoying this welcome secular music where sacred music is what he most often is called for. Daniela Lieb and Eva Maria Pollerus, both professors at the Frankfurt music high school, were great as always. We are lucky to have such great performers in our region, and this month is packed with great concert programs - I consider going to the Clavier-Abend Monday night, where students of harpsichord and fortepiano present what they are working on. 

Yes, they are both good.

I'm headed out now to watch the game.   The contest closes at 6:00 pm eastern. Good luck everyone, and thanks for playing!

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Here is a live blog from the game for instant updates. https://3downnation.com/2025/11/16/112th-grey-cup-live-saskatchewan-roughriders-and-montreal-alouettes/ ***** Grey Cup previews https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/game-day-riders-look-to-bring-grey-cup-back-to-saskatchewan/ https://pifflespodcast.com/blog/riderville-roundup-november-16-2025/