Concert recording 2017-11-19a

[Track 1]. From Neun Deutsche Arien. IV. Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle HWV 206 [Track 2]. VIII. In den angenehmen Büschen HMV 210 / George Frideric Handel -- [Track 3]. From Six Elizabethan songs. I. Spring [Track 4]. IV. Dirge V. Diaphenia / Dominick Argento -- [Track 5]. From Liederkreis, op. 39. I. In der Fremde [Track 6]. IV. Die Stille [Track 7]. V. Mondnacht [Track 8]. XII. Frülingsnacht / Robert Schumann -- [Track 9]. Abendempfindung an Laura K. 523 [Track 10]. Chi sà, chi sà, qual sia, K. 582 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- [Track 11]. Les Roses D\u27Ispahan / Gabriel Fauré -- [Track 12]. Si mes vers avaient des ailes / Reynaldo Hahn -- [Track 13]. Mandoline / Claude Debussy -- [Track 14]. Le Colibri / Ernest Chausson -- [Track 15]. Steal me, sweet thief from The old maid and the thief / Gian Carlo Menotti -- [Track 16]. Quando m\u27en vo\u27 from La bohème / Giacomo Puccini

Concert recording 2016-11-08

[Track 1]. Selve amiche / Antonio Caldara -- [Track 2]. Nuit d\u27étoiles / Claude Debussy -- [Track 3]. Silent noon / Ralph Vaughan Williams -- [Track 4]. Der Kuss / Ludwig van Beethoven -- [Track 5]. Dans un bois solitaire / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- [Track 6]. Come ready and see me / Richard Hundley -- [Track 7]. Una donna a quindici anni from Cosi fan tutte / Mozart -- [Track 8]. Spring / Dominick Argento -- [Track 9]. O del mio amato ben / Stefano Donaudy -- [Track 10]. Quando me\u27n vo\u27 from La boheme / Giacomo Puccini -- [Track 11]. O quante volte from I Capuleti e i Montecchi / Vincenzo Bellini -- [Track 12]. Pierrot / Debussy -- [Track 13]. Frühlingstraum / Franz Schubert -- [Track 14]. The roadside fire / Vaughan Williams -- [Track 15]. Ich trage meine Minne / Richard Strauss -- [Track 16]. Fantoches / Debussy -- [Track 17]. Chanson triste / Henri Duparc -- [Track 18]. Auf dem See / Johannes Brahms -- [Track 19]. Abendempfindung / Mozart -- [Track 20]. Do not go, my love / Richard Hageman -- [Track 21]. Ah, love but a day / Amy Beach -- [Track 22]. Nixe binsefuss / Hugo Wolf -- [Track 23]. Der Engel / Richard Wagner -- [Track 24]. Dreaming / Lori Laitman

Concert recording 2016-11-08

[Track 1]. Selve amiche / Antonio Caldara -- [Track 2]. Nuit d\u27étoiles / Claude Debussy -- [Track 3]. Silent noon / Ralph Vaughan Williams -- [Track 4]. Der Kuss / Ludwig van Beethoven -- [Track 5]. Dans un bois solitaire / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- [Track 6]. Come ready and see me / Richard Hundley -- [Track 7]. Una donna a quindici anni from Cosi fan tutte / Mozart -- [Track 8]. Spring / Dominick Argento -- [Track 9]. O del mio amato ben / Stefano Donaudy -- [Track 10]. Quando me\u27n vo\u27 from La boheme / Giacomo Puccini -- [Track 11]. O quante volte from I Capuleti e i Montecchi / Vincenzo Bellini -- [Track 12]. Pierrot / Debussy -- [Track 13]. Frühlingstraum / Franz Schubert -- [Track 14]. The roadside fire / Vaughan Williams -- [Track 15]. Ich trage meine Minne / Richard Strauss -- [Track 16]. Fantoches / Debussy -- [Track 17]. Chanson triste / Henri Duparc -- [Track 18]. Auf dem See / Johannes Brahms -- [Track 19]. Abendempfindung / Mozart -- [Track 20]. Do not go, my love / Richard Hageman -- [Track 21]. Ah, love but a day / Amy Beach -- [Track 22]. Nixe binsefuss / Hugo Wolf -- [Track 23]. Der Engel / Richard Wagner -- [Track 24]. Dreaming / Lori Laitman

Concert recording 2015-12-06

[Track 01]. Lachen und Weinen / Franz Schubert -- Zitronenfalter im April / Hugo Wolf -- [Track 02]. Ganymed / Franz Schubert -- [Track 03]. Gesang Weylas / Hugo Wolf -- [Track 04]. An Silvia / Franz Schubert -- [Track 05]. Der Gärtner / Hugo Wolf -- [Track 06]. Gott im Frühling / Franz Schubert -- [Track 07]. Elfenlied / Hugo Wolf -- [Track 08]. Schäfers Klagelied / Franz Schubert -- [Track 09]. Verborgenheit / Hugo Wolf -- [Track 10]. Gretchens Bitte / Franz Schubert -- [Track 11]. Die Zigeunerin / Hugo Wolf -- [Track 12]. Liebesbotschaft / Franz Schubert -- [Track 13]. In dem Schatten meiner Locken / Hugo Wolf -- [Track 14]. Die junge Nonne / Franz Schubert -- [Track 15]. Nimmersatte Liebe / Hugo Wolf -- [Track 16]. Liebe schwärmt auf allen Wegen / Franz Schubert -- [Track 17]. Er ist\u27s / Hugo Wolf -- [Track 18]. Der Musensohn / Franz Schubert -- [Track 19]. Storchenbotschaft / Hugo Wolf

Separating the influences of prereading skills on early word and nonword reading

The essential first step for a beginning reader is to learn to match printed forms to phonological representations. For a new word, this is an effortful process where each grapheme must be translated individually (serial decoding). The role of phonological awareness in developing a decoding strategy is well known. We examined whether beginning readers recruit different skills depending on the nature of the words being read (familiar words vs. nonwords). Print knowledge, phoneme and rhyme awareness, rapid automatized naming (RAN), phonological short-term memory (STM), nonverbal reasoning, vocabulary, auditory skills, and visual attention were measured in 392 prereaders 4 and 5 years of age. Word and nonword reading were measured 9 months later. We used structural equation modeling to examine the skills–reading relationship and modeled correlations between our two reading outcomes and among all prereading skills. We found that a broad range of skills were associated with reading outcomes: early print knowledge, phonological STM, phoneme awareness and RAN. Whereas all of these skills were directly predictive of nonword reading, early print knowledge was the only direct predictor of word reading. Our findings suggest that beginning readers draw most heavily on their existing print knowledge to read familiar words

Concert recording 2015-03-15a

[Track 01]. Bel piacere / George Frederick Handel -- [Track 02]. Non é ver! / Tito Mattei -- [Track 03]. Caro mio ben / Giuseppe Giordani -- [Track 04]. Flow, my tears / John Dowland -- [Track 05]. Si mes vers avaient des ailes / Reynaldo Hahn -- [Track 06]. Do not go, my love / Richard Hageman -- [Track 07]. Italienisches Liederbuch. Auch kleine Dinge können uns entzücken ; [Track 08]. Du denkst mit einem Fädchen mich zu fangen ; [Track 09]. Schweig einmal still, du garst\u27ger Schwätzer dort ; [Track 10]. Ich hab\u27 in Penna einen liebsten wohnnen / Hugo Wolf -- [Track 11]. Erbarme dich, mein Gott from St. Matthew passion / Johann Sebastian Bach -- [Track 12]. Faites-lui mes aveux from Faust / Charles Gounod -- [Track 13]. La mi sola, Laureola / Fernando Obradors -- [Track 14]. Air vif / Francis Poulenc -- [Track 15]. Money, O! / Michael Head -- [Track 16]. Chason à boire / Maurice Ravel -- [Track 17]. De soir / Claude Debussy -- [Track 18]. Jour et nuit je me mets en quatre from Les contes d\u27Hoffmann / Jacques Offenbach

Concert recording 2016-02-19

[Track 01]. My Johann / Edvard Grieg -- [Track 02]. Batti, batti bel Masetto / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- [Track 03]. Ah mio cor / George Frideric Handel -- [Track 04]. Bright is the ring of words / Ralph Vaughan Williams -- [Track 05]. Le colibri / Ernest Chausson -- [Track 06]. Do not go, my love / Richard Hageman -- [Track 07]. Go, lovely rose / Roger Quilter -- [Track 08]. Sonntag / Johannes Brahms -- [Track 09]. O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi / Giacomo Puccini -- [Track 10]. Spiel auf deine Geige from Venus in Seide / Robert Stolz -- [Track 11]. Die Spröde / Hugo Wolf -- [Track 12]. I want magic! from A streetcar named desire / Andre Previn -- [Track 13]. What if... / Lee Hoiby -- [Track 14]. Va! laisse couler mes larmes from Werther / Jules Massenet

Concert recording 2017-11-07

[Track 1]. Sitzzoso, mio stizzoso / Giovanni Pergolesi -- [Track 2]. Widmung / Robert Schumann -- [Track 3]. The roadside fire / Ralph Vaughan Williams -- [Track 4]. La promessa / Gioachino Rossini -- [Track 5]. Non é ver / Tito Mattei -- [Track 6]. Les Chemins d\u27amour / Francis Poulenc -- [Track 7]. Una donna a quindici anni from Cosi fan tutte / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- [Track 8]. Non più andrai from The marriage of Figaro / Mozart -- [Track 9]. Botschaft / Johannes Brahms -- [Track 10]. Du bist die Ruh / Franz Schubert -- [Track 11]. Gualitier Maldè...Caro nome from Reigoletto / Giuseppe Verdi -- [Track 12]. Mondnacht / Robert Schumann -- [Track 13]. Les Roses d\u27Ispahan / Gabriel Fauré -- [Track 14]. An Chloe / Mozart -- [Track 15]. Sogno / Francesco Tosti -- [Track 16]. Er ist\u27s / Hugo Wolf -- [Track 17]. Ah, je ris de me voir from Faust / Charles Gounod -- [Track 18]. Claire du lune / Claude Debussy -- [Track 19]. Kling! / Richard Strauss -- [Track 20]. Erstarrung / Schubert -- [Track 21]. I\u27m glad I\u27m not a tenor / Ben Moore -- -- [Track 22]. Apparition / Debussy

The Essential Toxin: Impact of Zinc on Human Health

Compared to several other metal ions with similar chemical properties, zinc is relatively harmless. Only exposure to high doses has toxic effects, making acute zinc intoxication a rare event. In addition to acute intoxication, long-term, high-dose zinc supplementation interferes with the uptake of copper. Hence, many of its toxic effects are in fact due to copper deficiency. While systemic homeostasis and efficient regulatory mechanisms on the cellular level generally prevent the uptake of cytotoxic doses of exogenous zinc, endogenous zinc plays a significant role in cytotoxic events in single cells. Here, zinc influences apoptosis by acting on several molecular regulators of programmed cell death, including caspases and proteins from the Bcl and Bax families. One organ where zinc is prominently involved in cell death is the brain, and cytotoxicity in consequence of ischemia or trauma involves the accumulation of free zinc. Rather than being a toxic metal ion, zinc is an essential trace element. Whereas intoxication by excessive exposure is rare, zinc deficiency is widespread and has a detrimental impact on growth, neuronal development, and immunity, and in severe cases its consequences are lethal. Zinc deficiency caused by malnutrition and foods with low bioavailability, aging, certain diseases, or deregulated homeostasis is a far more common risk to human health than intoxication

Predictors of single word spelling in English-speaking children: a cross sectional study

Background: The study aimed to explore to what extent variables associated with lexical and sublexical spelling processes predicted single word spelling ability, and whether patterns of lexical and sublexical processes were different across ages. Methods: Beginning (mean age 7-years, N=144) and advanced (mean age 9-years, N=114) English-speaking spellers completed tasks associated with sublexical processing (phonological ability and phonological short-term memory), lexical processing (visual short-term memory, visual attention span), and factors known to predict spelling (e.g., rapid automatised naming). Results: Phonological ability, rapid automatised naming, visual short-term memory and visual attention span were significant predictors of spelling accuracy for beginning spellers, while for more advanced spellers, only visual attention span was a significant predictor. Conclusions: The findings suggested that for beginning spellers, both lexical and sublexical processes are important for single word spelling, but with increasing literacy experience, lexically related variables are more important