WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary….
Something Wonderful: Mozart | Lacrimosa from Requiem in D minor | Theremin*** choir and piano
byVanderleunonOctober 9, 2020
[HT: Jewel who notes in passing, “Here’s a young man playing with himself, and yet he never once touches his instrument inappropriately.”]
*** The theremin (/ˈθɛrəmɪn/; originally known as the ætherphone/etherphone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox) is an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the thereminist (performer). It is named after its inventor, Leon Theremin, who patented the device in 1928.
The instrument’s controlling section usually consists of two metal antennas that sense the relative position of the thereminist’s hands and control oscillators for frequency with one hand, and amplitude (volume) with the other. The electric signals from the theremin are amplified and sent to a loudspeaker. — LaWik
Here’s another wonderful something. It’s a cross between a guitar, a piano and a stenographer’s machine. And it works! As a pianist with iddy biddy hands, I could learn to play this. My classical guitar skills wither from arthritis and short painful reach.
Mozart’s Requiem is my all time favorite piece of music. I wore out two LP’s of Herbert Von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic playing it. The Lachrimosa is the saddest, and most haunting piece of music in the mass. This young man’s rendition captures all the sadness, and the theremin really gives it an other-worldly quality. Oddly enough, I first heard about this piece in Playboy Magazine’s interview with Timothy Leary. Go figure.
JWM
WiscoDaveOctober 10, 2020, 2:06 AM
Full of tears will be that day
When from the ashes shall arise
The guilty man to be judged;
Therefore spare him, O God,
Merciful Lord Jesus,
Grant them eternal rest. Amen.
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Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
Gerard Van der Leun
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Here’s another wonderful something. It’s a cross between a guitar, a piano and a stenographer’s machine. And it works! As a pianist with iddy biddy hands, I could learn to play this. My classical guitar skills wither from arthritis and short painful reach.
How unexpectedly lovely!
I never knew a theremin could be played in a way that wasn’t… well, so theremin-y.
Mozart’s Requiem is my all time favorite piece of music. I wore out two LP’s of Herbert Von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic playing it. The Lachrimosa is the saddest, and most haunting piece of music in the mass. This young man’s rendition captures all the sadness, and the theremin really gives it an other-worldly quality. Oddly enough, I first heard about this piece in Playboy Magazine’s interview with Timothy Leary. Go figure.
JWM
Full of tears will be that day
When from the ashes shall arise
The guilty man to be judged;
Therefore spare him, O God,
Merciful Lord Jesus,
Grant them eternal rest. Amen.