http://soflute.com you one! Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:36:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://soflute.com/2008/08/js-bach-matthaus-passion-nr-5758-er-hat-uns-allen-wohlgetan-aus-liebe-will-mein-heiland-sterben-bwv244/ 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 ... http://soflute.com/2008/07/bamboo-headjoint-in-buddhist-caves-pune-india/ Indian (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?) http://soflute.com/2008/07/ravi-shankar-alla-rakha-introduction-to-tala/ 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 ... http://soflute.com/2008/06/once-more-a-new-blog/ recorded 14th of June, 2008, Braun Professional Care with Timer, Motu Ultralight, Neumann KMS 105 Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me.... I once was lost but now am found, Was blind, but now, I see. http://soflute.com/2008/06/klangvolle-amazing-grace/ Georg-Friedrich Händel, Rinaldo, Act II, Scene 4 premiered 24th February, 1711 in London “Queen's Theatre” [...] Lascia ch’io pianga mi cruda sorte, e che so spiri la liberta, e che sospiri e che sospiri la liberta! lascia ch’io pianga mia cruda sorte, e che sospiri la liberta! Il duolo infranga quest ritorte, de’ miei martiri sol per pieta de’ miei martiri sol per pieta Philippe Jaroussky "Lascia ... http://soflute.com/2008/04/handel-%e2%80%9clascia-ch%e2%80%99io-pianga-mia-cruda-sorte%e2%80%9d-a-youtube-powered-guide-to-classical-music/ View from the castle hill of Dornburg over the Saale valey Thuringia. Taken 30th of March, 2008 at 10:53AM http://soflute.com/2008/04/dornburgs-castlesgonnertal-panorama/   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 ... http://soflute.com/2008/03/mozart-%e2%80%9cder-holle-rache-kocht-in-meinem-herzen%e2%80%9d-a-youtube-powered-guide-to-classical-music/   Two ambient recordings from the Buchenwald Memorial, recorded Easter Sunday, 2008, Weimar           Stepping upstairs through the snow in direction to the bell tower [audio:http://soflute.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/upstairs.mp3] Ambient sounds inside one of the mass graves with its surprising reverb from the round walls [audio:http://soflute.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/ring.mp3] http://soflute.com/2008/03/klangvolle-stairways-of-buchenwald/ taken Easter Monday 24th of March, 2008 at 12:03PM, composition of 17x3 (-1ev, 0ev, +1ev) pics using Photoshop, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20   view from the Leuchtenburg in direction to Jena (6x3 images)   http://soflute.com/2008/03/leuchtenburgkahla-panorama/