dear merudanda we must be realistic. sigh. I am doomed to be forever a philistine about opera. Cecilia and her 3 octave voice are amazing. Somehow she does not move me. I think it is the melodic tone of traditional opera that doesn't resonate for me. OTOH I like the songs in Phantom of the Opera. Perhaps I am simply a silly romantic when it comes to music.
It is kapha season now. Perhaps the 2 winds won't be so turbulent. Wishing union for you with your wright one (-: ________________________________ From: merudanda <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 5:04 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mind boggling!? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOAK2xF15Rc "Agitated by two winds trembling waves in the turbulent sea and the frightened steersman already awaits to be shipwrecked. By duty and by love this heart is assailed; it cannot resist and seems to give up and begins to despair." "Agitata da due venti" by Vivaldi Originally written for a Castrato singer --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > dearest I always wish the utmost happiness for you. Including someone who > inspires your heart to constancy and an ever present song runnning through > your body > > Rushing to Dome ...and me going to sleep Stars! (Stelle! e fia ver? ah! dopo tante pene Un momento di pace a me sen viene!) ah! after so many pains A moment of peace in me doth come! And with Cecilia Bartoli we sing Riedi al soglio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myfj2dvAuRU Share60 o mio ..al soglio: irata stella Se ne chiuse a te il sentiero, Pura fede, amor sincero Ti richiama al tuo splendor; Non più affanni in me non sento, Ah felice appieno io sono, Se serbai la vita, il trono All'amato... > > > > > ________________________________ > From: merudanda no_re...@yahoogroups.com > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 4:25 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mind boggling!? > > >  > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOAK2xF15Rc > ay ay ay ay ay > Surrounded by my colours (cool blue and FFL threads) >  I was posting one day(frankly one night) > ay ay ay ay ay > Cecilia Bartoli sings high E flat - Riedi al soglio > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myfj2dvAuRU > BTWmy pure pitta(or pure and pitta) Share be please patient enough to scroll > downfor more to come > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" cardemaister@ wrote: > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rISjBGOtHhs > > > > :D > >Surrounded by my cool blue colours >  I was painting one day >  when my Muse >  came to torment me. >  >  With sadness then I left >  my happy task >  of celebrating the charms >  of the fair FieldL. >  >  My Muse asked me to depict >  a more spiritual subject; >  but she asked in vain, >  for I could not do so. >  >  > With sadness then I left >  my happy task >  of celebrating the charms >  of the fair FieldL. >  >  An inconstant heart >  may know beauty, >  but its cruel destiny >  prevents it from singing. >  >  With sadness then I left >  my happy task >  of celebrating the charms >  of the fair FieldL. > >  What a delightful piece which has been recorded numerous times over the > years is this "En medio a mis colores" or, more commonly called la Canzonetta > spagnuola! Narratively speaking the song about a slightly depressed > painter accounts his inability to paint a worthy picture of "fair Nice"-"of > the fair FieldL(FFL)". is a bit of a contrast to the extremely bouncy music > style: Actually the torments of the hero are presented in a very simple > piece- basically a prolonged crescendo of sound as the artist becoming more > and more agitated , consisting of three strophes ending with the same > couplet. > Of course you could take the whole thing to a whole new level by following > precisely the crescendo indications, by actually sped up with each couplet, > starting somewhere near a snail's stroll > .... > finishing with a dangerously fast -tormenting- allegro. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSI92fHjB-M >
