A daily dose of Bach
Keyboard Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829 - 3. Courante
Maria Tipo, piano
Compliment of shutterstock, the other tributes to some of the greatest scientific minds of the last century, Newton, Tesla, Turing, and Lovelace. Would have loved to see one done of Stephen Hawking. Beautiful and inspiring none the less.
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Jug with the Lion of Saint Mark possibly made in Netherlands-probably made in Germany, 1590.51.3.250 (via Jug with the Lion of Saint Mark | Corning Museum of Glass)
Opera/Vocal Wednesday
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini
Act I - 8. Che Gelida Manina - La BohèmeRolando Villazón (Tenor) - Rodolfo
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks - Bertrand de Billy, cond.Text:
Che gelida manina,
se la lasci riscaldar.
Cercar che giova?
Al buio non si trova.
Ma per fortuna
é una notte di luna,
e qui la luna
l’abbiamo vicina.
Aspetti, signorina,
le dirò con due parole
chi son, e che faccio,
come vivo. Vuole?
Chi son? Sono un poeta.
Che cosa faccio? Scrivo.
E come vivo? Vivo.
In povertà mia lieta
scialo da gran signore
rime ed inni d?amore.
Per sogni e per chimere
e per castelli in aria,
l’anima ho milionaria.
Talor dal mio forziere
ruban tutti i gioelli
due ladri, gli occhi belli.
V’entrar con voi pur ora,
ed i miei sogni usati
e i bei sogni miei,
tosto si dileguar!
Ma il furto non m’accora,
poiché, poiché v’ha preso stanza
la speranza!
Or che mi conoscete,
parlate voi, deh! Parlate. Chi siete?
Vi piaccia dir!
Trans:
What a frozen little hand,
let me warm it for you.
What’s the use of looking?
We won’t find it in the dark.
But luckily
it’s a moonlit night,
and the moon
is near us here.
Wait, mademoiselle,
I will tell you in two words,
who I am, what I do,
and how I live. May I?
Who am I? I am a poet.
What do I do? I write.
And how do I live? I live.
In my carefree poverty
I squander rhymes
and love songs like a lord.
When it comes to dreams and visions
and castles in the air,
I’ve the soul of a millionaire.
From time to time two thieves
steal all the jewels
out of my safe, two pretty eyes.
They came in with you just now,
and my customary dreams
my lovely dreams,
melted at once into thin air!
Bu the theft doesn’t anger me,
for their place has been
taken by hope!
Now that you know all about me,
you tell me who you are.
Please do!
Stained Glass Staircase, Hakone Outdoor Museum, Kanagawa, Japan
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