Recitativo:
Er hat uns allen wohlgetan.
Den Blinden gab er das Gesicht,
die Lahmen macht er gehend;
er sagt’ uns seines Vaters Wort,
er trieb die Teufel fort;
Betrübte hat er aufgericht’t
er nahm die Sünder auf und an;
sonst hat mein Jesus nichts getan.
Aria:
Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben, aus Liebe,
aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben,
aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben,
Von einer Sünde weiß er nichts, nichts, von einer Sünde weiß er nichts.
daß das ewige Verderben und die Strafe des Gerichts nicht auf meiner Seele bliebe.
Aus Liebe, aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben,
aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben,
von einer Sünde weiß er nichts, nichts, von einer Sünde weiß er nichts.
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben
Download Score from Werner Icking’s Archive
read comments (0)Bamboo Headjoint in buddhist Caves, Pune (India)
Posted by soflute in Klangvölle, Picturesque
Few years ago I was traveling through India. While being on a trip around Pune I was visiting some old buddhist caves near Mulshi Lake with some frieds of Mystic Village. At that time I was into experiencing the sound capabilities of this instrument and also experimented with bamboo as an alternative material making flute headjoints.
So back to the caves: Their rich reverb brought me to do some recordings with my prototype bamboo headjoint mounted on my 200EUR Thomann flute:
Now here is some recording of a simular improvisation in the same room using the standart metal headjoint of the flute.
The intonation is not where it should be I admit, and actually that’s the point why I stopped investigating in that direction but still I do believe it was just my lack of craftsmanship rather than a fault of the material. So still I’m looking for a flute maker able to perfect my early experimental approches with bamboo headjoints.
Ravi Shankar, Alla Rakha - Introduction to Tala
Posted by soflute in A Youtube powered Guide to Classical MusicIndian (here Hindustani) classical music has an amazing depth. Often misunderstood as Jazz alike in the western worlds it represents an other rich but very different approach to reach the highest spheres of musical culture beside the western classical music. (isn’t “classical” actually a quite inapplicable term?)
To keep up with the change of times one needs to run: Once more soflute tries to catch up with some minor adjustment: It switched! from mighty .mac or nowadays mobile me to good old Wordpress. The old pages are once more not lost and can be found here. I try to move the content over within the next days.
Have pfun!
recorded 14th of June, 2008, Braun Professional Care with Timer, Motu Ultralight, Neumann KMS 105 read more »
Händel, “Lascia Ch’io Pianga Mia Cruda Sorte”- A Youtube Powered Guide to Classical Music
Posted by soflute in A Youtube powered Guide to Classical MusicGeorg-Friedrich Händel,
Rinaldo, Act II, Scene 4
premiered 24th February, 1711 in London “Queen’s Theatre”
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View from the castle hill of Dornburg over the Saale valey Thuringia. Taken 30th of March, 2008 at 10:53AM
Mozart, “Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen” - A Youtube Powered Guide to Classical Music
Posted by soflute in A Youtube powered Guide to Classical Music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Die Zauberflöte, Act II, Scene 8, No. 14 Aria
premiered 30th September, 1791 in Vienna “Theater im Freihaus”
If operas only received their budget from the payments of their visitors instead of getting supported by governments they probably would just (need to) perform the “Zauberflôte” to cover their expenses. People just love this Singspiel - and for good reason since it’s rally one of the most amazing operas. Mozart is a master of developing characters with and in his music. The most famous examples are the Arias of the Queen of the Night esp. “Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen”, Sarastros “In diesen heil’gen Hallen” and Papagenos “Der Vogelfänger bin ich” (just to mention a few).
So here are two version of the famous aria No. 14. read more »
Two ambient recordings from the Buchenwald Memorial, recorded Easter Sunday, 2008, Weimar
taken Easter Monday 24th of March, 2008 at 12:03PM, composition of 17×3 (-1ev, 0ev, +1ev) pics using Photoshop, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20
view from the Leuchtenburg in direction to Jena (6×3 images)