"Eva Cassidy, the versatile, much-missed vocalist praised for her emotional range and interpretive skills, receives a unique reimagining as her poignant vocal performance of the classic song "Autumn Leaves" is paired with the backing of the London Symphony Orchestra. This inspired musical context was created by isolating Eva's 1996 live vocal performance recorded at the Blues Alley Jazz Club in Washington, DC and combining it with a new orchestral arrangement by the team of four-time Emmy Award winner William Ross and Grammy winner Jochem van der Saag." (YouTube)
This Music inspired today's photo set This piece starts out really slow at first And you might say, "BORING - NEXT!" But STAY WITH IT It builds and builds and builds To one of the most intensely sublime climaxes I've ever experienced
I'm asking for 9 and a half minutes
of your time and undivided attention
To truly listen to the finale of
Gustav Mahler's Symphony #2 "Resurrection"
This is the Sound of Ecstasy
Overwhelming, Powerful, Unbridled JOY
And like the drug Ecstasy
You'll probably want to hug and kiss everyone
When you finish listening to it
: )
This symphony depicts judgement day
When all souls are freed from death
To rise to enter into eternal spiritual bliss
Here's an excerpt from what Mahler said:
"...The last trumpet sounds; the trumpets of the Apocalypse ring out. In the eerie silence that follows, we can just barely make out a distant nightingale, a last tremulous echo of earthly life. The gentle sound of a chorus of saints and heavenly hosts is then heard: “Rise again, yes, rise again thou wilt!” Then God in all His glory comes into sight. A wondrous light strikes us to the heart. All is quiet and blissful. Lo and behold: there is no judgment, no sinners, no just men, no great and no small; there is no punishment and no reward. A feeling of overwhelming love fills us with blissful knowledge and illuminates our existence.” (Source)
I first listened to this when I was 15 years old
I'd get tingles down my neck and spine
Everytime I listened to the amazing climax
Now that I am older
I cannot listen to this without tears and gasps
The more I've listen to it,
the more sublime it has become for me
I realize this music may be a bit heavy
But I believe if you really give it a chance
And truly listen to all of it
You will begin to love it, too
Don't let anything stop you
Turn off your phone
Get rid of any distractions
This is supremely special
(It's how I feel about it anyway)
Don't let the slow beginning turn you off
Stay with it
By the end you may (hopefully) be thanking
God, Mahler, YouTube, me - the Universe
: )
I hope you get something special
From your journey with this music
I often suggest that you listen to the music
while you continue viewing AOMMD
Not today
If you have time,
First
Listen and watch Bernstein conduct
(Watching him is a joy in itself)
Then Listen to it viewing the photo set below And if you are game
Listen again with your eyes closed
The more you hear this music
The more you will get out of it
Quotes from YouTubers about this performance:
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"Just look at Bernstein's expression...
he's the embodiment of music itself?"
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"It is perhaps the most sublime comfort music can offer: the hope that there is something beyond, something transcendent. Maybe the belief that we are more than the sum of our parts. Perhaps that spark of the divine that is in each of us found its expression in this music. Whatever it was/is, it is magnificent."
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"This one symphony has done more to give me strength through hard times than any other music I have ever heard."
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"I played this for my wife some 15 years ago. She described it as "the angels opening the doors to heaven."
~*~ There is ampther video of the same performance That is a bit better video quality But the audio is just a millisecond behind their movements So I finally decided to post this one If you would like to see the other video on YouTube Here is the link:
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