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It's Christmas Eve and I have chosen a really nice piece of music by J.S. Bach, the Christmas Oratorio. Just enjoy the music and maybe it inspires you.
This is the complete version of Bach's Christmas Oratorio. I wish you all a wonderful Christmas time full of joy and laughter.
Are you inspired through this music? Please share your haiku, tanka or other Japanese poetry form with us all.
This episode is open for your submissions tonight at 7.00 PM (CET) and will remain open until December 28th at noon (CET).
Well ... our first day of December has almost gone. I had a day off, but it was a day planned fully with all other things I had to do, but hadn't time for. Today my mom and I visited the graveyard to see how beautiful my dad's grave has become after placing the tombstone. It has become really beautiful, but it was also very emotional to be there after eight months. We stood there in deep silence, only the sound of nature and the beating of our hearts ... finally we can start to mourn really.
Today I have a nice piece of music for you by one of my favorites composers, J.S. Bach. I have played a lot of his oeuvre and I enjoyed that very much. I played on the organ of our church and I had my own chamber organ with the sound pipes enclosed in its body. I really enjoyed playing it. It brought the church organ into our home.
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
J.S. Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motiveorganization, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions, and over three hundred cantatas of which around two hundred survive. His music is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual depth. Bach's abilities as an organist were highly respected during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognized as a great composer until a revival of interest in and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.
The piece of music which I love to share today to inspire you is Air by J.S. Bach, it's a wonderful composition and I have played it several times myself.
heavenly music birds praising their Creator a new day rises
This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until December 6th at noon (CET). I will try to publish our new episode, Serenade by Schubert, later on.
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Another day in our wonderful Haiku Kai. This month it's all about haiga and spring. Today I love to inspire you with a few haiku by Jane Reichhold and a nice piece of music.
Today our prompt is air a nice one I would say to create haiga with.
The thin spring air her scent is awesome and with the breeze all those wonderful perfumes of new life comes to us. If you smell those perfumes you know that spring is there ... those perfumes are filling me with joy and hope ... new life ... maybe even new times in which peace will come a little bit closer.
The above video is created by Nelson Doroso and it shows you David Garrett performing Air by J.S. Bach. In my opinion on of Bach's most nice and fragile pieces of music. I am a "fan" of the music by Bach I even played a lot of his organ-works at home and in church.
Listen to the music and let it inspire you to create haiku / haiga.
This episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until April 14th at noon (CET). I will try to publish our next episode, a new Tokubetsudesu episode, later on. For now .... have fun!
