Topic: NOTES IN LATVIAN (Read 8400 times)

bk · « **on:** January 14, 2023, 12:10:12 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, some of the notes were in Latvian, and now it is time for you to post until the Latvian cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** January 14, 2023, 12:12:41 AM »

And the word of the day is: FRABJOUS!

singdaw · « **Reply #2 on:** January 14, 2023, 03:04:46 AM »

Good morning, friends.

singdaw · « **Reply #3 on:** January 14, 2023, 03:05:08 AM »

I am glad to know who Spartacus is.

singdaw · « **Reply #4 on:** January 14, 2023, 03:05:23 AM »

The things you learn at HHW!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 14, 2023, 03:40:33 AM »

Good morning, all!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 14, 2023, 03:44:17 AM »

I slept rather well. Stella, who's very bossy about wanting a cuddle, came by several times just after midnight. It got quite chilly around 3:00, and Thatch joined Annabelle and me. Around 4:00, Annabelle crawled under the blankets where she then claimed 2/3 of the bed for her comfort, and I tried to sleep wile Tom Paxton's "Marvelous Toy" kept running through my head.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 14, 2023, 03:45:25 AM »

My days today and tomorrow are tied up with the ballet. I have an Amazon Fresh delivery showing up some time this morning.

singdaw · « **Reply #8 on:** January 14, 2023, 03:51:34 AM »

Something seems to be seriously amiss. I didn't win 1.3 billion dollars last night.

singdaw · « **Reply #9 on:** January 14, 2023, 03:52:03 AM »

I blame Tiler Peck for my not buying a ticket.

singdaw · « **Reply #10 on:** January 14, 2023, 03:52:59 AM »

Wouldn't it be funny if Tiler Peck ever Googled herself and found that she is a regular on HHW?

singdaw · « **Reply #11 on:** January 14, 2023, 03:57:11 AM »

I like this album a lot. First off, you have the incomparable Robert Shaw leading the choir (and orchestra). You've got the boisterous and infectious Walton Belshazzar's Feast, and the lovely Bernstein Missa Brevis, an adaption of his choruses from his incidental music to "The Lark." The album is on iTunes.

singdaw · « **Reply #12 on:** January 14, 2023, 04:03:02 AM »

"The Lark" music was incidental music Bernstein composed to accompany Jean Anouilh's 1952 play based on the trial and execution of Joan of Arc.

singdaw · « **Reply #13 on:** January 14, 2023, 04:03:34 AM »

There were choruses in French and in Latin.

singdaw · « **Reply #14 on:** January 14, 2023, 04:04:45 AM »

For the Missa Brevis, he retrofitted the music with the text of the Mass.

singdaw · « **Reply #15 on:** January 14, 2023, 04:23:32 AM »

As opposed to Bernstein's other setting of Mass.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 14, 2023, 04:40:06 AM »

singdaw · « **Reply #17 on:** January 14, 2023, 04:43:26 AM »

singdaw · « **Reply #18 on:** January 14, 2023, 05:15:11 AM »

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singdaw · « **Reply #19 on:** January 14, 2023, 05:23:35 AM »

My goodness, the first paragraph of today's Notes had me grinning with glee and - dare I say - laughing out loud. I don't know how you say that in Latvian.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 14, 2023, 05:48:07 AM »

Bernstein's score for The Lark was the impetus for Hellman to suggest a musical treatment of Voltaire's Candide. I have this this recording of all the choruses for The Lark, which I prefer to the faux-missa brevis. The melody for the soldier's chorus may be an old French folk song. The same tune was used in Louis Ganne's early 20th century opera comique, Hans le Joueur de flûte.
The soldier's chorus is at 3:39 on this recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SscepL0FTQ

singdaw · « **Reply #21 on:** January 14, 2023, 05:49:32 AM »

That is interesting! Thank you, DR elmore3003.

singdaw · « **Reply #22 on:** January 14, 2023, 05:55:08 AM »

It's funny that on that recording, Reich's 'Clapping Music' is programmed right next to Bernstein's 'Spring Song,' which shares an almost identical rhythmic motive.

John G. · « **Reply #23 on:** January 14, 2023, 06:01:29 AM »

Good morning, all.

John G. · « **Reply #24 on:** January 14, 2023, 06:02:34 AM »

I haven’t the face
Of her grace, Ina Clare.
But I’ve still got my health,
So what do I care?

John G. · « **Reply #25 on:** January 14, 2023, 06:03:00 AM »

I just had to get that off my chest.

John G. · « **Reply #26 on:** January 14, 2023, 06:03:30 AM »

Wordle and Phoodle in 5.

John G. · « **Reply #27 on:** January 14, 2023, 06:03:47 AM »

I slept fairly well.

John G. · « **Reply #28 on:** January 14, 2023, 06:04:38 AM »

But i need to heat the hand before I can start the day.

John G. · « **Reply #29 on:** January 14, 2023, 06:05:35 AM »

Congratulations on your Tony nomination, BK.

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