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    MEbU: UMS ‘n JIP, AV_ID (Part 3)

    by 5:4 October 20, 2025 • 08:54
    October 20, 2025 • 08:54

    Day 3 Drive along the valley and up the mountain to the Oberwald, viewing what remains of the receding Rhône glacier. On to the Grimselpass, already partially covered in snow, and further to the Grimselsee, site of the centuries old Hospiz hotel and the months old Spitallamm dam built right …

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    MEbU: UMS ‘n JIP, AV_ID (Part 2)

    by 5:4 October 18, 2025 • 09:30
    October 18, 2025 • 09:30

    Day 2 Drinking cappuccino while watching the sun touch the tops of the mountains, i realise what i think are the heavily filtered sounds of doves making it through the triple glazing are actually UMS’s recorder, coming from the rehearsal directly below me. JIP’s voice joins in, gently cooing, and …

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    MEbU: UMS ‘n JIP, AV_ID (Part 1)

    by 5:4 October 16, 2025 • 09:07
    October 16, 2025 • 09:07

    Prologue Tewkesbury to Birmingham to Geneva, then on one of the most beautiful train journeys i’ve known, round Lake Geneva and along the Rhône valley into the mountains. Going beyond Leuk, where i’ve always disembarked on my trips to Switzerland, feels weird and wrong. i acknowledge the Schloss on one …

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    Warsaw Autumn 2025 (Part 2)

    by 5:4 October 13, 2025 • 11:54
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    Warsaw Autumn 2025 (Part 1)

    by 5:4 October 7, 2025 • 06:00
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    Fermata MEbU

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    Neglected symphonies: Rued Langgaard

    by 5:4 October 1, 2025 • 06:25
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    Neglected symphonies: Lepo Sumera – Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6

    by 5:4 September 25, 2025 • 06:00
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    Fermata Warszawa

    by 5:4 September 24, 2025 • 06:00
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    Neglected symphonies: Miloslav Kabeláč – Symphony No. 2

    by 5:4 September 20, 2025 • 11:29
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    Neglected symphonies: Elsa Barraine – Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2

    by 5:4 September 16, 2025 • 10:27
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    (Un-)broken hearts and harmonies

    by 5:4 September 9, 2025 • 11:16
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    Lido, Berlin: The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble / The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation

    by 5:4 September 4, 2025 • 11:22
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    Fermata Berliner

    by 5:4 August 28, 2025 • 06:00
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    Seismograf Playlist

    by 5:4 August 26, 2025 • 11:41
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    Tormis 95; Olev Muska

    by 5:4 August 25, 2025 • 10:53
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    Miguel Azguime – Listening to the Earth

    by 5:4 August 20, 2025 • 10:03
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    Aggregate – new works for automated pipe organs

    by 5:4 August 15, 2025 • 16:29
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    Grażyna Bacewicz – Orchestral Works, Vol. 2

    by 5:4 August 5, 2025 • 14:43
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    FRUM – Whirlpool

    by 5:4 July 30, 2025 • 17:07
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