Saturday, January 20, 2018

On Wings of Song

Listening Pleasures for Meditation

There are many ways of breaking a heart. We all know that ... but what really breaks one is taking away its dream, whatever that dream might be.   


What I'm listening to in reflection? An all-time favourite short piece "Auf Flügeln des Gesanges" (English: "On Wings of Song"), by composer Felix Mendelssohn. This lovely piece of music was dedicated by the composer to his beloved sister, Fanny Mendelssohn, also a composer.

The poet Heinrich Heine created the lyrics (1835) for its well-known operatic version. The video provides images of  various paintings from artists Chagall, Homer, O'keefe, Pissarro, Sargent, and Spadecaller portraying the beautiful night garden, where love is transported by the "Wings of Song." It's a Spadecaller Video: Mendelssohn's "Auf Flugeln des Gesanges." On the piano is Peter Nagy.   (Accessed January 20, 2018.)






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