I was in the midst of the final days of packing up the last family homestead in preparation for an early-September move when Warren and I decided to get married.
Miss Agent E1 year agoJohn Williams took just two notes and made generations of people terrified of the ocean.
0:00:00 J.S. Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air 0:04:17 Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto 0:10:17 Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor “Pathétique”: II Agagio cantabile 0:15:04 Marcello - Oboe Concerto in D Minor: II. Adagio 0:18:56 Ravel - Piano Concerto in G Major: II. Adagio Assai 0:28:15 Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 “Pastoral”: II Andante molto mosso (Szene am Bach) 0:40:56 Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: II. Largo 0:53:40 Brahms - Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio 1:03:23 Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 12 in C-Sharp Minor “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto 1:09:06 Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood 1:13:18 Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op.11: II. Romance. Larghetto 1:24:05 Fauré - Élégie, Op. 24 1:30:34 Mahler - Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto. sehr langsam 1:38:51 Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante "Elvira Madigan" 1:44:54 Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto 1:56:01 Mozart- Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio 2:03:21 Schubert - Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: II. Andante con moto 2:14:10 Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major K. 488: II. Andante 2:20:30 Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings, Op. 48: III. Élégie. Larghetto elegiac
In case anyone's wondering what this song's about: In the 19th and early 20th centuries, due to the lack of transportation technology, it wasn't plausible for workers at industries in isolated areas like mines or mills to get up and get to work from home on time and back every day. This issue was solved by the creation of company towns, little villages built around such industries where the workers could live, complete with stores selling living necessities. However, many of them paid workers in scrip, which was only good at the company town stores, so the workers had to buy goods from these stores, which could gouge prices as much as they wanted. At some of the worst, buying the bare necessities costed more than a man could earn, leaving the workers there perpetually and ever-increasingly in debt to the companies.
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Let's clear our minds with nearly four hours of Baroque Music:
Go HERE for an index to the above music.
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First, read about the Choir of King's College (emphases mine):
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, is one of the world’s best-known choral groups. Founded in the 15th century, it ranks among the oldest of its kind, and, while originally created for singing the daily services in the college chapel, now enjoys an international tour schedule that has seen it perform all over Europe and beyond. Every Christmas Eve, millions of people tune in to watch the choir’s A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s – a service which has been continuously broadcast since 1928.
Recorded in 1994, this reissue joins the group’s already extensive discography of Christmas music – recordings that have enhanced its worldwide fame and reputation. The compilation mixes some of the best-loved traditionals, including Once in royal David’s city and O Come all ye faithful, with more recent repertoire – such as Rutter’s rousing What Sweeter Music and Judith Weir’s striking Illuminare, Jerusalem (specially commissioned by the choir for its 1985 annual service). Also featured are traditional German, French, Dutch and Polish carols (including two settings of Dulce Jubilo) – works which, together with Pärt’s enchanting Bogoróditse Dyévo [meaning Mother of God and Virgin], contribute to a wonderfully eclectic disc that provides over an hour of festive cheer.
This music is an important part of our heritage of Western Culture, of Christianity. Volume up! The index to the selections is below the video.
Track list:
00:00:00 Once in royal David’s city
00:04:41 Rejoice and be merry
00:06:11 Ding dong, merrily on high
00:08:19 What Sweeter Music
00:12:37 O little town of Bethlehem
00:16:17 A Spotless Rose
00:19:25 Heer Jezus heeft een hofken (organ variations)
00:26:44 King Jesus hath a garden
00:30:10 The Lamb
00:33:39 Bogoróditse Dyévo
00:34:55 Infant holy, infant lowly
00:36:43 Illuminare, Jerusalem
00:39:12 While shepherds watched
00:41:54 Quittez, pasteurs
00:45:05 In dulci jubilo (organ prelude)
00:48:06 In dulci jubilo
00:50:46 The First Nowell
00:56:09 Coventry Carol
00:59:17 Personent hodie
01:01:49 O come all ye faithful
Artist: The Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
