 We heard some beautiful music, Sunday, and I want to thank everyone who came. This was an unusual class because this deeply reflective music can be difficult to listen to, one slow piece after another. Over our lifetimes, we build up associations with works such as Elgar's "Nimrod" and Barber's "Adagio for Strings" that can be painful and sad. Thank you for sticking with me! Here's what we heard: Allegretto from Beethoven's Seventh Symphony: Christian Thielmann conducts the Vienna Philharmonic: https://youtu.be/JNnuN8-wlwY Franz Biebl's Ave Maria: Chanticleer performs: https://youtu.be/9WSbq3TCcd0 "Nimrod" from "Enigma Variations" by Edward Elgar: Colin Davis conducts the London Symphony Orchestra: https://youtu.be/aqvOVGCt5lw Adagietto from Gustav Mahler's Fifth Symphony: Herbert von Karajan conducts the Berlin Philharmonic: https://youtu.be/Les39aIKbzE "At the River" by Aaron Copland: William Warfield, bass-baritone, Copland conducts the Columbia Symphony: https://youtu.be/liIePs_-ULQ Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber: Dover String Quartet: https://youtu.be/lKrxPTePXEQ "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" by Henryk Gorecki, David Zinman conducts the London Sinfonietta, Dawn Upshaw, soprano. We heard the second movement, starting at minute 26:48. https://youtu.be/Mcfy3UmnyDY "In Paradisum" from Gabriel Faure's Requiem: Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Choeur Accentus, conducted by Laurence Equilbey. "In Paradisum" starts at minute 33:15. https://youtu.be/PnQl18sVyig
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3/27/2017 12:37:36 pm
Thank you, David for this heart moving class. I felt my heart expanding and contracting like a rubber band listening to Nimrod. The tears softly wiped away by audience members validated the power of this experience that you created. I was stunned once again to see the room of a Grief event filled by the people of Portland. I am holding the vision that Portland is America's Grief City. The darkness, greenery and of course our tearful rain in the midst of profound beauty create the strength and safety so necessary to recognize, release and be transformed by our grief.
Mira Frohnmayer
3/27/2017 03:51:16 pm
A very eclectic and memorable selection.. am I surprised? NO!!!!! 11/26/2017 06:49:39 pm
Every person is intestinally having their own taste about music that seems to be differ for every reliability. My taste of music has been the same that you are having one. Leave a Reply. |
AuthorDavid Stabler is a teacher, writer, dad and cyclist. He's working on a novel based on his childhood years living in Africa. In 2017, he rode across America with his brother. Archives
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