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Leonard Cohen-TONIGHT WILL BE FINE (“Sometimes I find I get to thinking of the past.”)

Sometimes I find I get to thinking of the past.
We swore to each other then that our love would surely last.
You kept right on loving, I went on a fast,
now I am too thin and your love is too vast.

But I know from your eyes
and I know from your smile
that tonight will be fine,
will be fine, will be fine, will be fine
for a while.

I choose the rooms that I live in with care,
the windows are small and the walls almost bare,
there’s only one bed and there’s only one prayer;
I listen all night for your step on the stair.

But I know from your eyes
and I know from your smile
that tonight will be fine,
will be fine, will be fine, will be fine
for a while.

Oh sometimes I see her undressing for me,
she’s the soft naked lady love meant her to be
and she’s moving her body so brave and so free.
If I’ve got to remember that’s a fine memory.

And I know from her eyes
and I know from her smile
that tonight will be fine,
will be fine, will be fine, will be fine
for a while.

Leonard Cohen: “A Thousand Kisses Deep”

“A Thousand Kisses Deep”

The ponies run, the girls are young,
The odds are there to beat.
You win a while, and then it’s done –
Your little winning streak.
And summoned now to deal
With your invincible defeat,
You live your life as if it’s real,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.I’m turning tricks, I’m getting fixed,
I’m back on Boogie Street.
You lose your grip, and then you slip
Into the Masterpiece.
And maybe I had miles to drive,
And promises to keep:
You ditch it all to stay alive,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

And sometimes when the night is slow,
The wretched and the meek,
We gather up our hearts and go,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

Confined to sex, we pressed against
The limits of the sea:
I saw there were no oceans left
For scavengers like me.
I made it to the forward deck.
I blessed our remnant fleet –
And then consented to be wrecked,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

I’m turning tricks, I’m getting fixed,
I’m back on Boogie Street.
I guess they won’t exchange the gifts
That you were meant to keep.
And quiet is the thought of you,
The file on you complete,
Except what we forgot to do,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

And sometimes when the night is slow,
The wretched and the meek,
We gather up our hearts and go,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.

The ponies run, the girls are young,
The odds are there to beat . . .

Louis Armstrong plays for his wife in Giza, 1961 — Classic Pics (@classicepics)

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this pressed For your “Ou sont les neiges d’antan…” Salvador Dali kisses the hand of Raquel Welch after finishing his famous portrait of her, 1965 — Classic Pics (@classicepics)

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Epitaph in der katholischen Pfarrkirche (Stiftskirche) St. Chrysanthus und Daria in Bad Münstereifel (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Saint of the Day for Saturday, October 25th, 2014

St. Daria

There is very little known about them. Chrysanthus was an Egyptian, son of a Patrician, Polemius. He was brought to Rome from Alexandria during the reign of Numerian, and despite the objections of … continue reading

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St. Daria St. Ambrose Edward Barlow St. Boniface I St. Chrysanthus Sts. Crispin & Crispinian St. Cyrinus St. Dulcardus St. Fronto St. Fronto and George St. Fronto and George St. Fructus

St. Goeznoveus St. Guesnoveus St. Hilary St. Hildemarca St. John Houghton St. John Roberts St. Lupus of Bayeux St. Marnock St. Minias of Florence St. Tabitha

this pressed: El Monte residents tell us how they envision their town — KCET-TV SoCal (@KCET)/Wikipedia

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de Muertos) is a Mexican holiday observed throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico where the day is a bank holiday. The celebration takes place on October 31, November 1 and November 2, in connection with the triduum of Allhallowtide: All Hallows’ Eve, Hallowmas, and All Souls’ Day.^[1][2] Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars called ofrendas, honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed, and visiting graves with these as gifts. They also leave possessions of the deceased.

Scholars trace the origins of the modern Mexican holiday to indigenous observances dating back hundreds of years and to an Aztec festival dedicated to the goddess Mictecacihuatl. The holiday has spread throughout the world. In Brazil Dia de Finados is a public holiday that many Brazilians celebrate by visiting cemeteries and churches. In Spain there are festivals and parades and, at the end of the day, people gather at cemeteries and pray for their dead loved ones. Similar observances occur elsewhere in Europe, and similarly themed celebrations appear in many Asian and African cultures.

Day of the Dead
Representations of Catrina, one of the most popular figures of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico
Observed by	Mexico, and regions with large Hispanic populations
Type	Cultural Synthetic Christian
Significance	Prayer and remembrance of friends and family members who have died
Celebrations	Creation of altars to remember the dead, traditional day of the dead’s food
Begins	October 31
Ends	November 2
Date	October 31
Next time	31 October 2014
Duration	3 days
Frequency	annual
Related to	Hallowmas

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this pressed for your rght to know: Ebola: NY had jump-start, Dallas had to learn fast (from reacting to preparing…only in reverse!)

Ebola: NY had jump-start, Dallas had to learn fast Ebola: NY had jump-start, Dallas had to learn fast
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and DAVID B. CARUSO
Oct. 25, 2014 9:57 AM EDT

via Ebola: NY had jump-start, Dallas had to learn fast

NEW YORK (AP) — Talk about a tale of two cities: A Dallas hospital got a pop quiz in Ebola and made an early mistake. New York got a peek at the answer sheet and was better prepared at the start.

The contrast in handling two Ebola diagnoses highlights how differently cities and hospitals prepare for health emergencies.

“The lesson I would take from New York is you have to practice,” Dr. Amesh Adalja, a representative of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. “Preparedness isn’t something you just make a plan for and put it on the shelf.”

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Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto in e minor op 64: GREAT COMPOSITIONS/PERFORMANCES

Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto in E minor op. 64

Kanaal van viool7

***Isaac Stern: violin
***Philadelphia Orchestra – Eugene Ormandy: conductor-1958
(The second recording of this concerto by Stern and Ormandy)
1. Allegro molto appassionato
2. Andante
3. Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace

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Serenade from The Fair Maid of Perth (Bizet) Richard Lewis: make music part of your life series

Serenade from The Fair Maid of Perth (Bizet) Richard Lewis

Beulah21

This extract comes from a live 1949 performance released on BEULAH (12PD23) compact disc.Available in all good record stores or direct from Beulah at
http://www.eavb.co.uk/lp/12pd23.html
You can also download tracks from iTunes. Use the link above and select iTunes.

The strong cast reflects the best of British singers of the day. It includes: * Gwen Catley * Lorely Dyer * Richard Lewis * Trefor Jones * Norman Walker * Owen Brannigan
John Quinn writes for Classical Music on the Web: There is some surface noise from the acetates but overall the sound quality is good. The notes include a comment made by Philip Hope-Wallace when the broadcast was repeated in 1979 to mark the centenary of Beecham‘s birth. He wrote: “the beguiling melodies are exactly the sort of light music which Beecham could give a delicacy and vitality all its own. It is a lovely recording which does not sound its age of nearly 30 years ago.” Twenty-two years further on those comments remain entirely apt. …
…admirers of Bizet should snap up this issue while they can. The same applies to devotees of Beecham, the more so since this is a ‘live’ performance caught on the wing and a splendid example of his art in music to which he was so well suited.
Two disc set 134 minutes.

Feuerwerksmusik , MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS – Georg Friedrich Händel: great compositions/performances

Feuerwerksmusik , MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS – Georg Friedrich Händel

Stadtkapelle Tulln

Stadtkapelle Tulln @ Stadtpfarrkirche Tulln Sankt Stephan, Kirchenkonzert 2012 (LIVE)
Stadtkapelle Tulln @ Church of Saint Stephan Tulln, Church concert 2012 (LIVE)

***Orchester / Orchestra: Stadtkapelle Tulln (Niederösterreich / Lower Austria)

***Dirigent / Conductor: Hans-Peter Manser

Inhalt / Content/Movement:

1. Ouvertüre/Ouverture 0:00 – 7:12
2. Bourée 7:27 – 8:58
3. La Paix 9:01 – 12:27
4. La Réjouissance 12:42 – 14:32
5. Menuet I & Menuet II 14:33 – 17:15

***Arrangement: Albert Loritz / RUNDEL

***More Informations on: http://www.stadtkapelle-tulln.at

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, KV 467 “Elvira Madigan”: great compositions/performances

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, KV 467 “Elvira Madigan”

Wolfgang Amadé Mozart

Derek Han, piano.
Philharmonia Orchestra, Paul Freeman.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, KV 467 “Elvira Madigan”:

I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro vivace assai
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, was completed on March 9, 1785 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, four weeks after the completion of the previous D minor concerto, K. 466.^[1][2]

Structure

The concerto has three movements:

1. Allegro maestoso; in common time. The tempo marking is in Mozart’s catalog of his own works, but not in the autograph manuscript.^[3]
2. Andante in F major. In both the autograph score and in his personal catalog, Mozart notated the meter as Alla breve. ^[4]
3. Allegro vivace assai

The opening movement begins quietly with a march figure, but quickly moves to a more lyrical melody interspersed with a fanfare in the winds. The music grows abruptly in volume, with the violins taking up the principal melody over the march theme, which is now played by the brass. This uplifting theme transitions to a brief, quieter interlude distinguished by a sighing motif in the brass. The march returns, eventually transitioning to the entrance of the soloist. The soloist plays a brief Eingang (a type of abbreviated Cadenza) before resolving to a trill on the dominant G while the strings play the march in C major. The piano then introduces new material in C major and begins transitioning to the dominant key of G major. Immediately after an orchestral cadence finally announces the arrival of the dominant, the music abruptly shifts to G minor in a passage that is reminiscent of the main theme of the Symphony No. 40 in that key.^[5] A series of rising and falling chromatic scales then transition the music to the true second theme of the piece, an ebullient G major theme which Mozart had previously used in his Third Horn Concerto. The usual development and recapitulation follow. There is a cadenza at the end of the movement, although Mozart’s original has been lost.

The famous Andante is in three parts. The opening section is for orchestra only and features muted strings. The first violins play with a dreamlike melody over an accompaniment consisting of second violins and violas playing repeated-note triplets and the cellos and bass playing pizzicato arpeggios. All of the major melodic material of the movement is contained in this orchestral introduction, in either F major or F minor. The second section introduces the solo piano and starts off in F major. It is not a literal repeat, though, as after the first few phrases, new material is interjected which ventures off into different keys. When familiar material returns, the music is now in the dominant keys of C minor and C major. More new material in distant keys is added, which transitions to the third section of the movement. The third section begins with the dreamlike melody again, but this time in A-flat major. Over the course of this final section, the music makes it way back to the tonic keys of F minor and then F major and a short coda concludes the movement.

The final rondo movement begins with the full orchestra espousing a joyous “jumping” theme. After a short cadenza, the piano joins in and further elaborates. A “call and response” style is apparent, with the piano and ensemble exchanging parts fluidly. The soloist gets scale and arpeggio figurations that enhance the themes, as well as a short cadenza that leads right back to the main theme. The main theme appears one final time, leading to an upward rush of scales that ends on a triumphant note.

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