“Bach, the immortal God of harmony” (Ludwig van Beethoven) “Now there is music from which one can learn something!” (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – on hearing Bach choral motets in Leipzig) “Bach is thus a terminal point. Nothing comes from him; everything merely leads to him.” (Albert Schweitzer) “In Bach, the vital [...]
Mail from Vienna :)
The other day I was remembering the special feeling of finding a real letter in the mailbox… the thoughts came to my mind while admiring some beautiful stationery: the finest writing paper embellished with an exquisite Florentine pattern. Yes, e-mail is ok, so fast, so convenient, we couldn’t do without it in our time… but [...]
10 December 1791: Mozart lives!
In the evening of 10 December 1791 the Requiem was heard for the first time! Gathered in St Michael’s Church to attend the memorial for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the audience, holding their breath, listened to the heavenly masterpiece that Mozart only heard within himself. As the Requiem unfolded to the world, Mozart was offering humanity his [...]
The night has come…
The papers of divorce between the world and the genius were deposited in the common grave of the Vienna cemetery on 6 December 1791, there where, to its glory, the World threw Mozart under the septic lime of final oblivion. And since then the scene has kept repeating. The night has come, Mozart… He [...]
An endless sorrow. Mozart.
It is 5 December. For 220 years humanity has been waiting for you to come back. Your music has survived and will go on. But we miss your living heart, your soul enlightened by a divine feeling of harmony! For you have been His gift, which we have not loved enough when He took you back. [...]
Saint Cecilia’s Feast Day
Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of the musicians and her Feast Day is celebrated on November 22. Born in 2nd Century Rome, the story says she heard heavenly music in her heart when she was married, and at the end of her short life, as she lay dying a martyr’s death, she praised God, [...]
Remembering Franz Schubert
A devout thought to the delicate composer whose sensible, beautiful music moves, delights, touches our souls so deeply… God bless you, Franz Schubert. Rest in peace. 31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828
Happy Birthday, Herr Leopold Mozart!
Johann Georg Leopold Mozart was born on 14 November 1719 in Augsburg and spent the largest part of his life in Salzburg. He was a talented and hard working composer, conductor, teacher and violinist. He received the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy and wrote a comprehensive treatise on violin playing, Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule - A Treatise on [...]
In loving memory of the wonderful Lucia Popp
She would have been 72 today, November 12. In our hearts she is alive. The miraculous beauty of her voice, the splendid artistry, the breathtaking Mozartian singing, the moving sensibility she expresses in each sound, in each word, in each gesture, she left them all to us, as her gift. When I hear her sing, [...]
29 October 1787, Prague: Don Giovanni
224 years ago, on October 29, 1787, Mozart was undergoing the last preparations for the Prague première of his opera Don Giovanni. Prague, the city so dear to him, had enthusiastically welcomed the great composer, who in turn had not hesitated to return their affection. “Meine Prager verstehen mich” – “My Praguers understand me” – this [...]
Happy Birthday, Dan Iordachescu!
Today, June 2nd 2011, Dan Iordachescu is 81 years old! Happy Birthday to the baritone with a velvet voice and song of gold, Happy Birthday to the wonderful artist Dan Iordachescu! May God give him health and a long life, may the joys he has offered to the souls in love with the Great Music return [...]
Happy Birthday, Music! Happy Birthday, Humanity! Mozart is born!
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on 27 January 1756 and left our world on 5 December 1791. Thirty five years was the time on earth of this wonderful child of humanity. God loved him too much and called him back. The angel who lightened our life returned to heaven. His body rests in the peace [...]
The Morning of the New Year
The first morning of a new year… Light of commencement, hopes and dreams born in fireworks, thoughts of love for loved ones, wishes of good for those in whose soul good speaks and beauty sings… A new year’s ephemeral morning, with Bach’s eternal music… “It may be that when the angels go about their task [...]
Winter Wonderland
A Christmas morning dressed in the quietness of snow flakes… a little house adorned with snow… a snowfall from a fairy tale, gentle and pure… from the snowbound street, now and then, tinkling of bells and children’s merry laughter… inside the house scents of fir tree and vanilla, festive lights and Mozart’s music: of commencement [...]
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