Kari Turunen

Choral conductor, artistic director of @VanChamberChoir, singer, cricket lover, amateur philosopher. Finn living in Canada.

[Kari Turunen @karituru]

@JamesLucasIT It’s actually quite amazing that both Bramante and especially Michelangelo were visual artists and the latter was very reluctant to accept the commission of building St. Peter’s.

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@hispanicnomad Finnish has two words that translate to happiness: iloisuus (being merry, joyous) and onnellisuus (being content, deeply happy). So in a way the contentment many people mention is what a Finn would probably think of as happiness. It has little to do with external expressions.

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@Matt_Pinner Dottie

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@JoshPhillipsPhD Underworld and American Pastoral deserve to be shortlisted

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@StevenQuartz Tradition, focus play a part. Swedish NHL players: 72, Norwegian: 1.

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@poetcinematic For me, this scene was one of the most evocative and touching depictions of the significance of shared art. The moment when the audience reached their hands toward Hamlet was magical and true.

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@Paul_Heron_ Only ones written in English (and with some slight cheating):
1984 (1949)
Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)
The Sea, the Sea (1978)
Midnight's Children (1981)
American Pastroral / Underworld (1997)
Experience (2000)
Wolf Hall (2009)

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@flodyssey Me too. It encapsulates why art is essential. Not because it is ingenious but because it helps us understand the most difficult things in life and share those moments of seeing togehter.

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@StephenSwartz1 @playinglesshurt The development of all the C clefs (alto, tenor, soprano, mezzosoprano) would look similar, I guess, as would the baritone in comparison to bass.

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@Gibboanxious Musicians in the film looking like they just started playing their instruments last week.

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@johnstorgards Magnificent composer, one of the most original voices. Requiescat in pace.

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@jswestpiano Adopt Dallas as a favorite! All those Finns!

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@balsheh_al35352 @culturaltutor Great questions and I believe much of it is documented. There were spurts of active buildong and then long lulls for a century or so. I seem to remember that when they were building the dome, there 900 men at work and ramps that horses could be driven up.

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@Klassical_Kat In Bach and Brahms, who are probably closest to my heart, you hear the craft and al the hours of toil. In Mozart, none. It is so often eerily perfect. And no one has ever been able to turn the mood so deftly, often with one single note.

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@colingorrie Finnish has ’koira’ from a word referring to a male dog (koiras is still generically any male animal). Koira seems to have superceded ’peni’ in a similar manner to the way dog took over.

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@EstonianPhilCC Thank you! It was my great pleasure!

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Thank you, Kari Turunen (@karituru) for wonderful collaboration! ❤️ The "Winter Journey" was like a ray of light in the midst of darkness.

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@jswestpiano Agreed. I think adding a language is like adding a parallel view of the world for free!

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@MichaelVaughan Likewise, Michael. Keep up the good work! I love your passion and respect for the game and the players.

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@Oggie_A @nguyenhdi Well, he does make it easier with the ling essay on the philosophy of history at the end… In a weird way, finishing this world of a novel that way seems ingenious. But I do see your point, and Pierre, Andrei and Natasha have never left me.