I am always fascinated by stories of personal transformation. How does anyone achieve redemption, wisdom, grace and meaning after experiencing or witnessing prolonged suffering? I’m especially interested when those stories come from caregivers. Steve Litwer is a volunteer guitarist for patients in hospice care. His book, The Music Between
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Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Georg Philipp Telemann – Musique de Table quartet in G major
quartet in G major for flute, oboe, violin and continuo Largo Allegro Largo Vivace Moderato Vivace Grave Vivace
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Holiday Baroque Interlude – Bach – Mass in B minor BWV 232 – Van Veldhoven | Netherlands Bach Society
Warm Wishes to you all! 🙂 Have a great Holiday Season.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Pride Goeth
Charley Pride is kissin’ angels, in the morning. The iconic country star passed away of COVID-19. #BREAKING: Groundbreaking Black country musician Charley Pride has died of #COVID19 complications at 86. One month ago, he performed at the CMA Awards. pic.twitter.com/SS1OWIA7gw — Austin Kellerman (@AustinKellerman) December 12, 2020
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – The Full Brandenburg (BWV 1046 – 1051)
Sometimes you just have to get back to the master. Enjoy folks, I know I am. No. 1 (BWV 1046) 00:31 No. 2 (BWV 1047) 19:35 No. 3 (BWV 1048) 31:09 No. 4 (BWV 1049) 41:45 No. 5 (BWV 1050) 57:26 No. 6 (BWV 1051) 1:17:11
Continue readingwmtc: listening to joni: #16: taming the tiger
Taming the Tiger, 1998 Taming the Tiger is markedly different than Joni’s previous album, Turbulent Indigo. Where Turbulent Indigo is dark, intense, and enigmatic, and the lyrics largely topical, this one has a light, lyrical feel, the music shimmering and weightless, the lyrics more personal. Many critics regard it as
Continue readingwmtc: billy joe shaver, rest in peace, and in music
Many well-known rock and pop musicians have died lately, including Helen Reddy, Eddie Van Halen, and Jerry Jeff Walker. More names will be coming fast and furiously as the icons of the Boomer generation age. One such death came to the country and blues music communities recently, that of Billy
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Remembrance Day – What was done for Peace
Music for a thoughtful day. Da pacem Domine Da pacem Domine is the incipit of two different Latin texts, a hymn and an introit. Both have been the base for compositions to be used in church liturgy, beginning with chant. Paraphrased versions of the hymn were created by Martin
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Come away, come away, death – Roger Quilter
Browsing through the English Art songs, I like this one by Quilter. Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid. Fly away, fly away, breath; I am slain by a fair cruel maid. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Prelude in c minor BWV 847 for Six Instruments
My apologies for the slow week. Been focused on a getting another vehicle after an accident. Search was successful, let us celebrate with the Master.
Continue readingwmtc: current musical obsession: electric president (ben cooper): safe and sound
It’s been a very long time since I’ve posted a musical obsession. I’m watching The Blacklist and I cannot tear myself away from this song. frame>
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