One of my favourites too.
Written after witnessing a big thunderstorm in the south of Sweden from across a lake. Very moving traditional tune and awesome lyrics.
One of my favourites too.
Great, I still have 2 old vinyl LPs of the great man, you have motivated me to find and play them. Thanks.J.S. Bach - Piano Concerto in D Minor BWV 1052
Performed by Dinu Lipatti, one of the greatest pianists ever.
This is a real treasure. Very rare record.Great, I still have 2 old vinyl LPs of the great man, you have motivated me to find and play them. Thanks.
I hear the Swedes are having no trouble with social distancing. They stay 1.5 meters apart in regular times.Written after witnessing a big thunderstorm in the south of Sweden from across a lake. Very moving traditional tune and awesome lyrics.
I hear the Swedes are having no trouble with social distancing. They stay 1.5 meters apart in regular times.
That's true words of wisdom I completely agree and that's why I wouldn't voluntarily go Diogenes all the way, despite my low opinion of wealth. It's just that it's something I can't produce whenever I want, so I'm using music for that purpose instead.OMG, I haven't heard Melanie sing that for 45 years!
I'm retired on a limited income so I sympathize (and empathize) with your situation. When I'm feeling particularly short on funds I remember what my father always said:
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Useful advice I was given today. In case we're wondering how wide 2 metres (our social distancing space in UK) might be,I hear the Swedes are having no trouble with social distancing. They stay 1.5 meters apart in regular times.
What if there are no red kites handy? Will two black ones, wingtip to wingtip, do?Useful advice I was given today. In case we're wondering how wide 2 metres (our social distancing space in UK) might be,
it's a bit more than the wingspan of a red kite. So if a red kite can swoop between the two of you, you're okay
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Alternatively, six feet six inches in old money.Useful advice I was given today. In case we're wondering how wide 2 metres (our social distancing space in UK) might be,
it's a bit more than the wingspan of a red kite. So if a red kite can swoop between the two of you, you're okay
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Not long ago there were about 2 of them left, somewhere in Wales. Then they started reintroducing them, and they're as common as pigeons around the Northern Forest now, and quite a lot of other places in Britain too. They're fine birds, great when they swoop past my window in the sunshine, but probably more than enough now.What if there are no red kites handy? Will two black ones, wingtip to wingtip, do?
The Epistle to the Phillipians. Chapter 4The piece of music that has always affected me most deeply is this,
Ne irascaris Domine, Be not wrathful with us, Lord -
and especially the second part (begins at 4'20) Civitas sancta tua,
'Your holy city is laid waste ...'
by William Byrd, contemporary of Shakespeare, and for me he is the Shakespeare of music
Incidentally, the performers are Stile Antico, among the finest performers of renaissance polyphony.
As for my beliefs - I cultivate Keats's 'Negative Capability,
that is, when a man (or woman!) is capable of being
in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason'
At the heart of our experience of being human is a mystery beyond words,
and, as Wittgenstein put it, Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen.
(“Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.”)
"Praise Ye the Lord"
You may have to turn your volume up for this.
No explanation about its lyrics, you will soon find out...