Akhenaten's Dream In Plato's Mind

It’s been a long way since Earth was created from cosmic dust plus initial energy from the Big Bang left unleashed especially for us by an un-metaphorically cause that still remains undisclosed, un-theological, & humanly grasped. Despite there’s no consensus about such a spectacular phenomenon; body, mind & intelligence remain as lively fate-hunters of what make sense about us that I have to welcome you, Friend, to the Drama of Human Condition in search of the Artist’s Signature.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Bernstein on Beethoven

A young Leonard Bernstein discusses the music of Ludwig van Beethoven in this TV footage from the mid 50s. (This was Bernstein's first television appearance.)

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One of my B's from the BBB

“You might speak of
‘the divine Rossini.’
You can also speak
of ‘the divine Mozart.’
But you cannot say
‘the divine Beethoven.’

That does not sound right.
You must say
‘the human Beethoven.’
It is in this way that he is great….
With Beethoven humanity enters
into music for the first time as the
principal argument in the place of
interplay of figures."

So mused Busoni in 1920... Go here or here

Let's take a chance and here what follows:

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
CONDUCTOR : Wilhelm Furtwängler /
ORCHESTRA : Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
(Berliner Philharmoniker) / year 1947

1. Allegro con brio (8:04)
2. Andante con moto (11:11)
3. Allegro - attacca (5:50)
4. Allegro (8:13)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor "Choral", Op. 125

CONDUCTOR : Herbert von Karajan
ORCHESTRA : The Philharmonia Orchestra
YEAR: 1955

1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso (15:04)
2. Molto vivace (10:09)
3. Adagio molto e cantabile (16:06)
4. Recitative: (Presto – Allegro ma non troppo – Vivace – Adagio cantabile – Allegro assai – Presto: O Freunde) – Allegro assai: Freude, schöner Götterfunken – Alla marcia – Allegro assai vivace: Froh, wie seine Sonnen – Andante maestoso: Seid umschlungen, Millionen! – Adagio ma non troppo, ma divoto: Ihr, stürzt nieder – Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato: (Freude, schöner Götterfunken – Seid umschlungen, Millionen!) – Allegro ma non tanto: Freude, Tochter aus Elysium! – Prestissimo: Seid umschlungen, Millionen! (24:07)

My Little Alexandria Library

Breaths So Far (An Index):

Hölderlin once said: "Language, most dangerous of possessions." Therefore, this is an attempt of writing a small book of poetry in a language that's not my own. However, I feel fortunate… Index (Suggested Order)

Next, you will find several extra poems which are related to the topics covered in the previous poems.

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Another small book under construction. It is called Sweats, and it is supposed to be as follows (once again, suggested order):

Index

Adornos’ Sweat
Lennon’s Sweat
Judas Sweat
Comming Soon!
Comming Soon!
Comming Soon!
Comming Soon!
Comming Soon!
Comming Soon!
Comming Soon!

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Other Poems

My Own translations:

Czeslaw Milosz
A Hölderlin (Rilke)
"Musée des Beaux Arts" (French for "Museum of Fine Arts") is the title of a poem by W. H. Auden

My Own English Poetry:

Think Different (a quite interesting movie ad) - my post