Credo … 2/2 … Arvo Pärt

Credo … 1/2 … Arvo Pärt

A XXI Century Pietà … Winner of the World Press Photo 2011!

A XXI Century Pietà … Winner of the World Press Photo 2011!

“I have always reckoned myself among the greatest admirers of Mozart, and shall do so till the day of my death.”
— Ludwig van Beethoven 

Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger: Toccata arpeggiata … Baroque Music!

“Pur ti miro
Pur ti godo
Pur ti stringo
Pur t’annodo
Piu non peno
Piú non moro

O mia vita
O mio tesoro

Io son tua
Tuo son io
Spemme mia
Dillo di
tu sei pur”

Claudio MonteverdiL’incoronazione di Poppea: “Pur ti Miro …”

“Ah! mes amies …” … how I love this aria from La fille du régiment by Donizetti.

"I am nothing.
I will never be anything.
I cannot wish to be anything.
Bar that, I have in me all the dreams of the world."

Fernando Pessoa

Music from the New World … Aaron Copland: The Promise of Living

The Portuguese guitar by Carlos Paredes: “Canção de Embalar” … the boy in the photo is José de Sousa Magano … a Portuguese from Azores that went to the USA in 1916. 

This is lovely … from the Messiah by Handel: “His yoke is easy and his burden is light”

"I know not what tomorrow will bring."

— The last sentence written by Fernando Pessoa.

vazfaz asked: Y u no sing?

Cannot compute! Stack overflow!!!!

tumblrbot asked: WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU ARE IN A BAD MOOD?

A nice “piece” of classical music! :)

Symphony finales … I am a big fan! Sibelius: Symphony nº 2.