Thinking about ‘Mental Health’ and ‘Enlightenment’ this Morning
I do not speak as an “enlightened” person with all the answers. I am just an ordinary person, and I like that way. MENTAL HEALTH Who am I? Is it […]
The Tempests: Someday | America
Let the music speak . . . “Someday, maybe baby somewhere / somehow, O sometime, I’m going to find you / and make you mine, mine O mine / Someday. […]
Kyrie and Ave Maria (arranged from “Intermezzo sinfonico”) | Plácido Domingo and Sissel
Kyrie Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Recondita Armonia | Plácido Domingo
The supreme tranquility of Plácido, when Plácido Domingo sings Recondita armonia. Romanticism never dies in us. . . But our Floria is Sophia. English What subtle harmony of different beauties!Floria, […]
“Ain’t That Peculiar,” Marvin Gaye Expresses How I Feel About America
THE MESSAGES AND MUSIC IN SOUL HAD AND STILL HAVE THE POWER TO HEAL GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES, CULTURE, AND REANIMATE THE NATION. . .
Solace and Inspiration in Gustav Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand”
Dear child, grow and become strong, skilled, and wise. In the arts, in music and instruments, in your voice, and in how to feel the air, and touch the clouds […]
Henryk Gorecki – Symphony No. 2, Op. 31: “Copernican”
First, it sounds as if war has begun against the gods. Then, like the laboring of a soul in profound melancholic sorrow, among the bones and bloody river of the […]
Song of Liberté—Veillons au Salut de l’Empire
“Liberté. Liberté!”
Kirsten Flagstad – Brünnhilde’s battle cry: “Ho jo to ho!”
Kirsten Flagstad having fun singing Hojotoho battlecry of Wagner’s Valkyrie! This scene is extracted from “The Big Broadcast of 1938” which is a Paramount film featuring W.C. Fields and Bob […]
Captain Marvel: “What Happens if I am Set Free” – I’m All Fired Up
“What god, what hero and what man will we celebrate?” τίνα θεόν, τίν’ ἥρωα, τίνα δ’ ἄνδρα κελαδήσομεν PINDAR Captain Marvel has earned over $900 million worldwide at the box […]
Alighieri’s vision: Giovinezza – 1922 (First Version)
“Salve o popolo d’eroi (Hail, people of heroes), Salve o patria immortale (Hail, immortal Fatherland), Son rinati i figli tuoi (Your sons were born again), Con la fede e l’ideale […]
Death in June: Unconditional Armistice
Hilariously Perfect… “Can I trust a human? Can I trust his soul? Like pigs they link together Like pigs in a sausage roll They all think they’re individuals They all […]
Carl Orff: Ecce Gratum (“Behold, the Pleasant”)
“Behold, the Pleasant” “They gloryand rejoicein honeyed sweetnesswho striveto make use ofCupid’s prize;at Venus’ command…” ECCE GRATUM Ecce gratumet optatumver reducit gaudia,purpuratumfloret pratum,Sol serenat omnia.Iam am cedant tristia!Estas redit,nunc receditHyemis […]
Carl Orff: Circa Mea Pectora
Circa Mea Pectora (“In My Heart”) is a love song in Latin and Middle High German, and the singing is put in the mouth of a man whose intentions were clearly […]
Liberté! Ou la mort! | Georges Delerue: La Marseillaise
The national SPIRIT of camaraderie in the song La Marseillaise is our spirit. Égalité! fraternité! the old republican revolutionaries and soldiers yelled. Liberté! Ou la mort (or give me death)!
Carl Orff: Veni, Veni, Venias
Carl Orff: Veni, Veni, Venias #Orchestra #Wisdom #Gnostic #Love #Mysticism
