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Foto. We must preserve a gentle quiet reverence for life. We have grown a bit loud; i think. We have grown a bit glib; i think. We have let too many things fall; perhaps; into an irrevocable decline.❤🌹
HERE IS A beautiful quote; and musical piece; and story i want to share with you.-Et in terra pax hominus. And on earth, peace; to men of goodwill. Which is a most important message; for all of our humans; and all of our leaders; of our time. This piece is gorgeous; this piece is simply glorious!
Which is maybe why it is called the Vivaldi Gloria. Which in my life; i played at one time; on my cello.-Lucky me! With our premiere high school choral group.-Who daily mesmerized; and uplifted and transfixed me! While they sang the sublime songs of angels; to my most diligent important fundamental orchestral ground. Did anyone one want to play? they asked. And well of course; i did! As you will also see in my last story; The Cello Girls.❤🌹
IN HIGH SCHOOL; i played in eight musicals that way; both spring and summer. And innumerable choral works with our choir! And also; concerts with the string and symphony orchestras. And for a young high school girl; that was not only a blessing; but a solid musical grounding; and sublime addiction; of course; for a lifetime. And i will always be grateful for that; and hope the schools still offer that!
Because the music of the gods will never be less than great. And surely; the purest work of Vivaldi; has been some of the greatest. And now; without an orchestra; and by the inspiration of all of those sweet years; i am singing too!
Because once you start a life of music, of course; it cannot stop. You will see that; you will know that.-It cannot stop. And which doesn't mean you cannot start at any time! Go ahead and start any time! And your life will be sublime.
And maybe; all of our lives on earth would be better too. Because you cannot invent or launch a bomb; i think; if you have just sung or played the Gloria. Many other things; better things; would occur to you than that.❤🌹
Postscript. I was even transfixed by their warmups. To have an entire choir of angels singing arpeggios to me.
I was on the ground floor with the conductor; and they were on risers; that went quite high; facing me.-Do you want to play? the conductor asked. And well, yes; of course i did; and so; she yelled out the chords for me.
Shall we do it again? she asked the choir when the warmup was done. And everyone nodded.-Yes; again. Sweet as pie; higher than the sky. And which was just fine with me.
The only sad part of this story being; that just like Jacqueline du Pre; in my Cello Girls post; this conductor also died too young; in the prime of her life; from breast cancer.
But she surely made an invaluable contribution to our young lives those years; that would not be forgotten. As our dear orchestra conductor too.-Who played the bass; and directed us for the musicals. And for string and symphony orchestra too. You always remember the invaluable few.❤🌹
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