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Joyous Catastrophe: 10/1/12 - 11/1/12
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Elektra at the Lyric. A Reformation Sunday Recital. The Luminarium: English literature. Peculiar Royals in History. Elektra at the Lyric. I cannot understand people who consider opera to be boring. Well, no, that is not true at all: there are many examples of opera that can be boring, I readily admit. But this is not an inherent flaw of the genre; indeed, opera, when it approaches the ideal of Gesamtkunstwerk. Strauss's score for Elektra. Certainly we won't, as a culture, if our popular music remains lim...
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Joyous Catastrophe: 12/1/12 - 1/1/13
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Organ Preludes and Postludes through Laetare. The Luminarium: English literature. Peculiar Royals in History. Organ Preludes and Postludes through Laetare. 5 January (Installation of Fr R.):. JS Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 541. Op 91, No. 10. Johann Pachelbel: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern. Louis Vierne: Carillon, Op. 31, No. 21. 13 January (Epiphany I, Baptism of the Lord):. Anonymous (from the Lüneburg Tablature). Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam. Gerald Near: Omnes qui in Christo.
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Joyous Catastrophe: 4/1/13 - 5/1/13
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Arthur Schopenhauer, Fanboy. The Luminarium: English literature. Peculiar Royals in History. Arthur Schopenhauer, Fanboy. Whose The Rest Is Noise. You should read. Go get it) alerts us. To an account (related in David Cartwright's biography) of Schopenhauer and his musical idol, Rossini:. Is a particularly egregious example. The depth of the despair of the Theotokos, whose heart was pierced also, is expressed as an. Hour-long overblown extroverted operatic tour-de-force. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Joyous Catastrophe: 8/1/12 - 9/1/12
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Autumnal Organ Preludes and Postludes. Further Adventures in Good Drinkery. A Word or Two About the Harmonium. The Luminarium: English literature. Peculiar Royals in History. Autumnal Organ Preludes and Postludes. Attr J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in F Major, BWV 556. JS Bach: Jesu, meine Freude. Dieterich Buxtehude: Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 149. Johann Pachelbel: Magnificat sexti toni. Attr J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 558. Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer: Fugue in G Major. 1/2 measu...
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Joyous Catastrophe: 9/1/13 - 10/1/13
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Admirable Words, Vol. VIII. The Luminarium: English literature. Peculiar Royals in History. Admirable Words, Vol. VIII. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Joyous Catastrophe: 5/1/13 - 6/1/13
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A Few More Preludes and Postludes. A Recital for Corpus Christi. The Luminarium: English literature. Peculiar Royals in History. A Few More Preludes and Postludes. JS Bach: Fugue on Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr. Niels Gade: Aleneste Gud i Himmerig. Girolamo Cavazzoni: Magnificat octavi toni. Johann Pachelbel: Meine Seele erhebet den Herren. 2 June (Corpus Christi, observed):. Olivier Messiaen: Le banquet céleste. Alexandre Guilmant: Strophe sur l'hymne Pange lingua. Jean Langlais: Suite Médiévale.
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Joyous Catastrophe: 3/1/14 - 4/1/14
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The Luminarium: English literature. Peculiar Royals in History. The weather makes it difficult to believe that Lady Day. Is already upon us. (For some reason I am reminded of the O'Hara poem " The Day Lady Died. Babies are born with some regularity; while Jesus's birth was a good thing (I suppose), a birth is a rather ordinary event, in the grand scheme of things. But the very beginning of the Incarnation? That depict the moment. I am very fond of Dürer's. As always), and Fra Angelico's. But my current f...
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Joyous Catastrophe: 1/1/14 - 2/1/14
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The Luminarium: English literature. Peculiar Royals in History. Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun;. Not separated with the racking clouds,. But sever'd in a pale clear-shining sky. They join, embrace, and seem to kiss,. As if they vow'd some league inviolable:. Now are they but one lamp, one light, one sun. In this the heaven figures some event. Henry VI, Part III. Act 2, Scene 1. Today, whilst driving to classes in Iowa City, I spied a prominent sun dog. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Joyous Catastrophe: 6/1/12 - 7/1/12
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The Luminarium: English literature. Peculiar Royals in History. In Hillerød, is especially stunning. It appears that the Danish language is, in fact, a conspiracy perpetuated by the entire nation, for nearly every Dane speaks flawless English. Danish has but two phonemes, the glottal stop and the schwa, and these bear no relation to orthography. How anyone manages to speak, much less understand, the language is a most vexing matter. Perhaps the first thing any tourist must overcome is the fear of being s...
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Joyous Catastrophe: 2/1/13 - 3/1/13
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Admirable Words, Vol. VII. Bring Up the Bodies. The Luminarium: English literature. Peculiar Royals in History. Lent, for all its inconveniences, is quickly becoming one of my favorite seasons. (Ah, well, the idea of a "favorite season" is less than useful. Advent and Christmas and Easter are also some of my favorite seasons. One might observe, I suppose, that the tempus per annum. The other day an acquaintance posted a germane poem (on, sigh. Facebook). I'll let the Jesuït speak for himself. Give Our Lo...
