Category: Classical Music
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Poem: Into the Land of Heroes | Wagner, Das Reingold: Vorspiel
INTO THE LAND OF HEROES AND FRIENDS By Dominique Johnson I rise with you,As you do in me.I am shedding my skins,To unfold youSitting on the throne of the slainLight about your pavilion, Brooding deep with three piercing eyes Whisper at this hour the things your two eyes have seen.I saw the well in a…
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Preludes, Book 1, L. 117: X. The Sunken Cathedral | Claude Debussy, Erich Kunzel
Believe that your potentiality is not at its end, That it has no end. Prepare a life towards renewal and hope. Rise up for the trials that still lie ahead. What wonders might you adorn?What shall your life be. . . .
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The Real Republican Mind: Upholder of Liberty and Virtue
AREPUBLICAN-mind abhors the chains of slavery — mentally, spiritually and physically. The republican believes that “the health (or welfare) of the People should be the Supreme Law” (Salus populi suprema lex esto). The republican rejects anti-secularism, monarchy, theocracy, clericalism, oligarchy, despotism and authoritarianism. The republican comes from a heritage and legacy of revolution and radical…
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Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor Op. 13 – Allegro con fuoco
Symphony No.1 in D minor Op. 13, fourth movement, allegro con fuoco. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy & Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Henryk Gorecki – Symphony No. 3, Op. 36: III. Lento, Cantabile Semplice
So even now though you feel without power, and in shame the world cries, come out from under the rubble and grab hold of it. Though it be unbearable to see the pain, provide the little ones shelter, when the rain comes. Be as Spring to the shadows.
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Shall I too Fall Asleep?
Some people tell me I am dramatic. In moments that mean more than they could comprehend! Bewildered by the dreary sleep those are caught in who tell me this, and who could not catch a star if it was bite sized and floated before them before going out. Similarly, they do not seem to grab…
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Carl Orff: Day, Night, and Everything (Dies, Nox et Omnia)
DIES, NOX ET OMNIADies, nox et omniamichi sunt contraria,virginum colloquiame fay planszer,oy suvenz suspirer,plu me fay temer.O sodales, ludite,vos qui scitis dicite,michi mesto parcite,grand ey dolur,attamen consuliteper voster honur.Tua pulchra facies,me fey planszer milies,pectus habens glacies,a remenderstatim vivus fieremper un baser. DAY, NIGHT, AND EVERYTHINGDay, night, and everythingis against me,the chattering of maidensmakes me weep,and…
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Gustav Holst: Saturn, Bringer Of The Old Age
Come forth DREAMER, MIGHT of elder father, so that you may rise again; Dream as you would when in longing, It is from an Old Age your gifts sprang. It was the churning hot elements from the stars that bore you.
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Carl Orff: In Taberna Quando Sumus – Kurt Eichhorn
“Here no-one fears death,but they throw the dice in the name of Bacchus…May those who slander us be cursedand may their names not be written in the book of the righteous.” Precisely my sentiment. When we’re in the tavern In taberna quando sumusnon curamus quid sit humus,sed ad ludum properamus,cui semper insudamus.Quid agatur in tabernaubi…
The American Minervan 