Showing posts with label classical music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label classical music. Show all posts

Friday, March 29, 2013

Good Friday

I am Catholic and it's Good Friday,
even though I don't agree with everything the Catholic church says,
I think Jesus was one of the coolest people ever...
celebrating my Good Friday with
J. S. Bach's Jesus bleibet meine Freude



and eating Hot Cross buns from Bread and Cie.



Hot Cross buns are a lovely tradition

Wednesday, December 05, 2012

The Benedictines of Mary "Advent at Ephesus"

truly beautiful and holy music
the best for this Christmas!
the The Benedictines of Mary "Advent at Ephesus"
really sounds like heaven on Earth
if you buy the album from the sisters' web-page
the funds will go directly to them

Monday, December 03, 2012

December 2012 mom visit

my mom is visiting and we are having fun!
thanks to mister Smorg's recommendation
we went on Saturday to the Handel's Messiah
sing-a-long with the San Diego Master Chorale
it was lovely! (mainly 'cause I didn't sing)

and yesterday we went on a 3 hour walk
to Balboa Park, around and back

it's good to have a fun healthy mom
to walk with!

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Gustavo Romero plays Debussy

just got my ticket to see Gustavo Romero playing Debussy this Sunday at the The Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, ah, he'll play some Gershwin too, but I really care about Debussy, can't wait! Thanks to Jena and Mike for introducing me to these Summer Festivals!
Will listen to:


Claude Debussy
Suite bergamasque
Images, series 2
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Claude Debussy
Estampes
George Gershwin
Three Preludes
Claude Debussy
Valse romantique
L’isle joyeuse

http://www.ljathenaeum.org/musicfest.html


and take a look at this vidoe on Vimeo
Gustavo Romero & David Dubal on Debussy

Thursday, September 15, 2011

the classics

this little post
i started so many days ago
life taking over the blog again
but today, i need this little classic break
'modern' people seem to forget
the beauty of 'classics'
for me, any 'old classic' art
brings a breath of timeless breath
i think of Dickens, when i read this little
ghost story, walking around London so long ago
and Mendelssohn writing his music
and i like to think
that so many lives has past between them and me
that i feel little, but in a good way
and my maladies seem small, not big
so here here sharing today this
"Song" Lieder, Op. Posth Pagenlied, Felix Mendelssohn
singer: Maria Mohrmann-Messing



the Charles Dickens Ghost Story
To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt
or The Trial for Murder as it's called here
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext98/3ghst10h.htm#3

from this wonderful little collection
The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories
Selected and Introduced by Michael Cox and R. A. Gilbert

Monday, September 05, 2011

mixed teas and a little piece

it's been so long since i wrote here
life took over
the summer, my mom's visit
the search for a new home, Monday organ concerts,
cats, work, walks

but one thing in common had my summer nights
trying new mixed teas, herbal loose teas
or technically correct, infusions

my mom found this Rose tea (made of little rose buds)
at 99 Ranch, the all-Asian store
and i started mixing it with chamomile, lavender,
even green sencha tea

the results, marvelous!
the rose buds tea has many properties, throat soother
mood enhancer, etc. and with a bit of honey is great

green sencha tea with rose buds and tea bag

fluffy tea bag with fragrant tea

pretty and tasty tea, the discovery of the summer

chamomile, the good old remedy

chamomile, the good old remedy, a perfect mix for rose buds

chamomile and lavender, another fragrant elixir for quiet nights

lavender tea is another long-time remedy with many benefits

one of my favorite cups to brew tea

ah! and here 'A Little Piece' literally
from a lovely compilation of classical music
for the piano designed to soothing your pets
(Herr Gato and Frau Kitty sure seem to like it!)
this piece is called Stückchen,
Album For The Young in C Major, Op. 6: V. Stückchen
that means in German, Small Piece
written by Robert Schumman
enjoy! if your dog or cat is not relaxed already
i hope you are!