Today: 8 August 2013

Two thunderous booms, one flash of lightning, thirty raindrops on the external side of my bedroom window, and a little post-lightning rumbling... then it's over.  Just an afternoon storm; here and quickly gone.

This song entirely expresses how I feel today:

"Primavera" by Ludovico Einaudi

Daily Gratitude - Monday Music Edition

I am once again reviving my Daily Gratitude posts.  It is so beneficial for each of us to take a moment each day to stop, reflect, and recognize how much we have to be thankful for and happy about.

Today (and probably on other occasions) I am sharing with you music of unparalleled beauty that has deeply inspired me recently.  I hope you enjoy this departure from my usual lists.

"Ora" by Ludovico Einaudi

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"Letting Go" by Isaac Shepard

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"Racing Against the Sunset" by Philip Wesley

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"Der Holle Rache" (Queen of the Night) by Mozart,

from the 1969 production of "The Magic Flute,"

sung by the incomparably talented coloratura soprano Lucia Popp 

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"Solveig's Song" by Edvard Grieg (music) and Henrik Ibsen (lyrics),

from the 1982 production of "Peer Gynt,"

once again sung by Lucia Popp