tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post2183652222583809633..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: Musical Interlude For SpringAlways On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-27170115279644994672014-05-05T04:56:24.223-05:002014-05-05T04:56:24.223-05:00FT,
Apparently, only you and I like "highbrow...FT,<br />Apparently, only you and I like "highbrow" music.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-79002407121303358612014-05-04T13:59:32.899-05:002014-05-04T13:59:32.899-05:00An unusually beautiful performance of the Vivaldi....An unusually beautiful performance of the Vivaldi. It's often been said among musicians that Vivaldi wrote the same piece at least four hundred times -- meaning that he wrote to formula, never expanded his harmonic vocabulary, and used similar figurations and accompaniment patterns through his work. There's a lot of truth to that, but in The Seasons -- particularly this segment on La primavera (spring) -- a remarkable sensitivity and a good deal of originality in making musical "pictures" comes out wonderfully. The images accompanying this are some of the most beautiful -- and appropriate -- I've ever seen in a music video.<br /><br />I'd love to know who the performers were and where they came from, etc. FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-21860895105318288972014-05-04T13:40:01.721-05:002014-05-04T13:40:01.721-05:00_ At Bellingrath Gardens _
Intoxicated spring
Wi..._ At Bellingrath Gardens _<br /><br /><i>Intoxicated spring <br />With lovely flowers crowned<br />Forgets they form the bridge <br />'Twixt heaven and the ground.</i><br /><br />~ FreeThinke<br />FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-6998381805793153822014-05-04T13:20:57.534-05:002014-05-04T13:20:57.534-05:00'Tis spring, sweet spring.
The bird is on the ...<i>'Tis spring, sweet spring.<br />The bird is on the wing.<br /><br />That's odd; I always heard<br />The wing was on the bird!</i><br /><br />- Anonymous<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-69110036616939938732014-05-04T05:17:50.590-05:002014-05-04T05:17:50.590-05:00It's definitely spring! This morning, I heard...It's definitely spring! This morning, I heard baby birds chirping in the birdhouse on our front porch.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-84304339717140749232014-05-04T04:59:26.747-05:002014-05-04T04:59:26.747-05:00The lovely spring weather does have a downside, ho...The lovely spring weather does have a downside, however. The pollen count! We're in the red zone here today and for the next several days, so I won't be going outside much. **sigh**Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.com