Arthur Benjamin's Piano Concerto

Tempo ◽  
1952 ◽  
pp. 19-21
Author(s):  
John Cowan
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
New Work ◽  
Musical Form ◽  
Piano Concerto ◽  
Widespread Interest

The solo concerto, and in particular the piano concerto, is still the most popular musical form amongst the general public to-day. Therefore the appearance of a new work of this variety by a well-known composer is inevitably a matter of widespread interest.

London, Maida Vale and Greenwich: Deirdre Gribbin (and a CD release)

Tempo ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (266) ◽  
pp. 80-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Conway
Keyword(s):  
Symphony Orchestra ◽  
New Work ◽  
Piano Concerto ◽  
Form Part ◽  
Time Form

Deirdre Gribbin's piano concerto, The Binding of the Years, written between 2009 and 2012, was given its UK première by soloist Finghin Collins with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Alan Buribayev at a Maida Vale Studio concert on 15 March. Its evocative title refers to the gathering and securing of 52 reeds that symbolized the old years in Aztec culture; that civilization's rituals connected with fire and time form part of the inspiration behind Gribbin's new work.

scholarly journals A Practical Guide to Analyzing and Reporting the Movement of Nanoscale Swimmers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Wang ◽  
Thomas Mallouk
Keyword(s):  
Brownian Motion ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
General Public ◽  
Experimental Designs ◽  
Practical Guide ◽  
Widespread Interest

The recent invention of nanoswimmers– synthetic, powered objects with characteristic lengths in the range of 10-500 nm - has sparked widespread interest among scientists and the general public. As more researchers from different backgrounds enter the field, the study of nanoswimmers offers new opportunities but also significant experimental and theoretical challenges. In particular, the accurate characterization of nanoswimmers is often hindered by strong Brownian motion, convective effects, and the lack of a clear way to visualize them. When coupled with improper experimental designs and imprecise practices in data analysis, these issues can translate to results and conclusions that are inconsistent and poorly reproducible. This Perspective follows the course of a typical nanoswimmer investigation from synthesis through to applications and offers suggestions for best practices in reporting experimental details, recording videos, plotting trajectories, calculating and analyzing mobility, eliminating drift, and performing control experiments, in order to improve the reliability of the reported results.

Mendelssohn's Second Piano Concerto, Op. 40, and the Origins of his Serenade and Allegro Giojoso, Op. 43

2003 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 358-387
Author(s):  
Marian Wilson Kimber
Keyword(s):  
New Work ◽  
Piano Concerto ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
History Of ◽  
Compositional History

Felix Mendelssohn's Serenade and Allegro giojoso, op. 43, was composed rapidly for his performance in a concert in Leipzig on 2 April 1838. Originally entitled Adagio and Rondo, the concert piece underwent substantial revision before its publication in late February the following year. The autograph sources reveal that Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, op. 40, composed less than a year before in 1837, influenced the Serenade and Allegro giojoso's musical content. Not only do the two works for piano and orchestra share a key and thematic material, but an extended sketch found in the Mendelssohn Nachlaßß 19 (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preußßischer Kulturbesitz) was part of the compositional history of the concerto, yet served as the basis for a transition, later rejected, between the Serenade and Allegro giojoso's two movements. Revisions to the Mendelssohn Nachlaßß 30 draft of op. 43 show Mendelssohn working to make his new work more like the D minor concerto. Not only were parts of the early stages of op. 43 derived from op. 40 sketches, but the finished work suggests that Mendelssohn, facing the proof sheets for op. 40 while working on the Serenade and Allegro giojoso, had not yet worked the concerto's musical material out of his artistic consciousness.

scholarly journals A Practical Guide to Analyzing and Reporting the Movement of Nanoscale Swimmers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Wang ◽  
Thomas Mallouk
Keyword(s):  
Brownian Motion ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
General Public ◽  
Practical Guide ◽  
Mean Squared Displacement ◽  
Widespread Interest

The recent invention of nanoswimmers– synthetic, powered objects with characteristic lengths in the range of 10-500 nm - has sparked widespread interest among scientists and the general public. As more researchers from different backgrounds enter the field, the study of nanoswimmers gains new opportunities but also significant experimental and theoretical challenges. In particulr, the accurate characterization of nanoswimmers is often hindered by strong Brownian motion and the lack of a clear way to visualize them. When coupled with improper experimental design and imprecise practices in data analysis, these issues can translate to results and conclusions that are inconsistent and poorly reproducible. In light of the increasing popularity of nanoswimmer research and its challenges, we here offer suggestions of best practices for reporting and analyzing their movement. A particular emphasis is on the calculation and analysis of mean squared displacement, the key method for quantifying the mobility of a nanoswimmer. When applied carefully and systematically, the suggested practices can significantly improve the reliability of analyses and prevent embarrassing mistakes

scholarly journals Communicating science to college students and the general public

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (01S) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Geeta
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
General Public ◽  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Great Success ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Widespread Interest

As teachers we try to find ways to effectively communicate with our students, in order to help them to learn. Education is a two-way process that consists of teaching and learning. Whether this package results in the desired effect (i.e., “education”) depends on how well the subject matter is communicated. Obviously, effectiveness of communication depends upon transmission and reception, the ultimate goal being that the transmitted and received messages carry the same meaning for the teacher and student. In other words, we want the recipients of our communication to understand our words and phrases and concepts in the same way as we do. Whether or not we achieve this goal depends upon a variety of factors, including how instructors present their material, and how students learn. We also communicate science to the general public in different contexts. One effective way to learn something is to teach it – something most of us have experienced. What better way for students to learn a concept or fact than to communicate it to the public? Here, I present our experiments at the University of Delhi in using this approach to convey the principles of evolutionary biology. Our annual celebrations of Evolution and Evolutionary Biology around “Darwin Day” (12th February, Charles Darwin’s birthday) have turned out to be an excellent opportunity to illustrate this point. It is difficult to determine the results of these experiments, but anecdotally we can say that our efforts have been a great success in terms of garnering widespread interest and enthusiastic participation by students, faculty, staff and the general public.

Precipitation on Low Angle Boundaries in Al-Zn-Mg

1980 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 374-375
Author(s):  
Diane M. Vanderwalker
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Boundary Structure ◽  
Aircraft Industry ◽  
Precipitate Free Zone ◽  
High Angle ◽  
Adjacent Region ◽  
Free Zone ◽  
Widespread Interest

There is a widespread interest in understanding the properties of Al-base alloys so that progress can be made toward extending their present applications in the aircraft industry. Al-Zn-Mg is precipitation hardened to gain its high strength; however, during aging the formation of heterogeneous precipitates on the grain boundaries creates a precipitate-free zone in the adjacent region. Since high angle grain boundaries are not easily characterized, it is difficult to establish a relationship between the precipitate and the boundary structure. Therefore, this study involves precipitation on low angle grain boundaries where the boundary and the precipitate can be fully analyzed.

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