bric-à-brac: Small, usually ornamental objects valued for their antiquity, rarity, originality, or sentimental associations.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Virgil Thomson: Mass for Two Part Choir and Percussion
Gloriæ Dei Cantores
David Ortolani, percussion
Gloria C. Patterson, conductor
David Ortolani, percussion
Gloria C. Patterson, conductor
Monday, June 13, 2011
Guy Ropartz: Missa brevis in honor of St. Anne
Michael Piquemal Vocal Ensemble
Eric Lebrun, organ
Michael Piquemal, director
1. Kyrie
2. Gloria
3. Sanctus
4. Agnus Dei
Eric Lebrun, organ
Michael Piquemal, director
1. Kyrie
2. Gloria
3. Sanctus
4. Agnus Dei
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Quote of the day
If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.
—George Bernard Shaw
—George Bernard Shaw
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Mercedes Sosa: Todo cambia
rough translation:
Everything Changes
Surface things change
and so do things profound
your way of thinking changes
everything in this world changes
Climate changes over the years
a shepherd changes his flock
and since everything must change
that I should change is nothing strange
The finest brilliant thing
changes its luster from hand to hand
a bird’s nest can change
and so can a lover’s feelings
A walker changes directions
although it could cause harm
and since everything must change
that I should change is nothing strange
Changes, everything changes
Changes, everything changes
Changes, everything changes
Changes, everything changes
The sun changes in its path
when only night remains
a plant changes its garments
from the green it was in spring
Animals’ coats change
And old people’s hair
and since everything must change
that I should change is nothing strange
But my love doesn’t change
no matter how far away I travel
nor the memory nor the pain
of my country and my people
What changed yesterday
will have to change tomorrow
just as I am changing
in this distant country
Changes, everything changes
Changes, everything changes
Changes, everything changes
Changes, everything changes
Quote of the day
It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
—Mark Twain
—Mark Twain
Antonio Vivaldi: Lauda Jerusalem
Gemma Bertagnolli and Roberta Invernizzi, sopranos
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini, director
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini, director
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Reinhard Keiser: Croesus (Sinfonia avanti l'opera)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.
Director: René Jacobs
Director: René Jacobs
Relic for sale!
The head of St. Vitalis, patron saint of genital disease, was recently up for auction in Ireland.
Source
St. Vitalis of Assisi, as you no doubt know, was a Benedictine monk who lived a life of poverty after "an early life marked by licentiousness and immorality." And be aware! He is the patron saint of genital disease, generally, and not venereal disease, specifically.
Source
Nicola Matteis: Diverse Bizzarie Sopra la Vecchia
Assemblée des Honnestes Curieux
Amandine Beyer, baroque violin
Amandine Beyer, baroque violin
Friday, June 3, 2011
Stephen Spender: I think continually of those
I Think Continually of Those
I think continually of those who were truly great.
Who, from the womb, remembered the soul's history
Through corridors of light where the hours are suns,
Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition
Was that their lips, still touched with fire,
Should tell of the spirit clothed from head to foot in song.
And who hoarded from the spring branches
The desires falling across their bodies like blossoms.
Who, from the womb, remembered the soul's history
Through corridors of light where the hours are suns,
Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition
Was that their lips, still touched with fire,
Should tell of the spirit clothed from head to foot in song.
And who hoarded from the spring branches
The desires falling across their bodies like blossoms.
What is precious is never to forget
The delight of the blood drawn from ancient springs
Breaking through rocks in worlds before our earth;
Never to deny its pleasure in the simple morning light,
Nor its grave evening demand for love;
Never to allow gradually the traffic to smother
With noise and fog the flowering of the spirit.
The delight of the blood drawn from ancient springs
Breaking through rocks in worlds before our earth;
Never to deny its pleasure in the simple morning light,
Nor its grave evening demand for love;
Never to allow gradually the traffic to smother
With noise and fog the flowering of the spirit.
Near the snow, near the sun, in the highest fields
See how these names are fêted by the waving grass,
And by the streamers of white cloud,
And whispers of wind in the listening sky;
The names of those who in their lives fought for life,
Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.
Born of the sun, they traveled a short while towards the sun,
And left the vivid air signed with their honor.
See how these names are fêted by the waving grass,
And by the streamers of white cloud,
And whispers of wind in the listening sky;
The names of those who in their lives fought for life,
Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.
Born of the sun, they traveled a short while towards the sun,
And left the vivid air signed with their honor.
~ Stephen Spender ~
source: panhala.net
Surf's up!
Jesus on a surfboard (?), St. Andrew's Cathedral, Honolulu |
Virgin of Guadalupe on a surfboard, Encinitas, California |
Franz Schubert: Lebenslust
Elly Ameling, soprano
Janet Baker, alto
Peter Schreier, tenor
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bass
Gerald Moore, piano
Janet Baker, alto
Peter Schreier, tenor
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bass
Gerald Moore, piano
Quote of the day
Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
—Reinhold Niebuhr
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Olivier Messiaen: L'Ascension (movement 3)
Alleluia sur la trompette, Alleluia sur cymbale
(replaces Transports de joie in the organ version)
(replaces Transports de joie in the organ version)
Quote of the day
A paranoid man is a man who knows a little about what's going on. A psychotic is someone who just found out what's going on.
—William S. Burroughs
—William S. Burroughs
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Wilfred Owen: One ever hangs
One ever hangs where shelled roads part.
In this war He too lost a limb,
But His disciples hide apart;
And now the Soldiers bear with Him.
Near Golgatha strolls many a priest,
And in their faces there is pride
That they were flesh-marked by the Beast
By whom the gentle Christ's denied.
The scribes on all the people shove
and bawl allegiance to the state,
But they who love the greater love
Lay down their life; they do not hate.
Wilfred Owen
In this war He too lost a limb,
But His disciples hide apart;
And now the Soldiers bear with Him.
Near Golgatha strolls many a priest,
And in their faces there is pride
That they were flesh-marked by the Beast
By whom the gentle Christ's denied.
The scribes on all the people shove
and bawl allegiance to the state,
But they who love the greater love
Lay down their life; they do not hate.
Wilfred Owen
Monday, May 30, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Reinhard Keiser: Chaconne en rondeau "Betrübter Geist"
from Hercules und Hebe
Yeree Suh, soprano
Elbipolis Baroque Orchestra (Hamburg)
Just beautiful. Got to get to know more Keiser!
Yeree Suh, soprano
Elbipolis Baroque Orchestra (Hamburg)
Just beautiful. Got to get to know more Keiser!
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