J.S. Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium - Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248

Recitative: Und sie gebar ihren ersten Sohn (feat. Peter Watchorn, organ / artistic direction, Anne Harley, soprano, The Choir of Marsh Chapel, Boston University, Boston Bach Ensemble, Max van Egmond, bass & Elizabeth Anker, alto)

Saturday, September 3, 2022, practice of Ólafur Arnalds' "Saudade." Video here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CiEJLPTDaOP/ Sheet music courtesy of the composer here: bit.ly/OA_Saudade.

Ólafur Arnalds' "Saudade"

Puccini: Tosca by Maria Callas

Dammi i colori.. Recondita armonia (Cavaradossi, Sacristan) - Act 1, Tosca (Remastered 2022, Version 1953)

여유롭고 편안한 클래식 카페

Sir Edward Elgar : Variations On An Original Theme Op.36 'Enigma' - Var.IX. Nimrod. Adagio (Arr. for Piano by 임수정)

“Tome of Stars” is a 100 sonnet journey, equal parts art, therapy journal, and exorcism, both a celebration and an elegy, a single narrative arc tracing the birth and death of a relationship. All poetry by Stargazer. The verse and accompanying synthetic art and music are public domain, CC0, with no restrictions on use. Nothing is monetized. See below for links on how to access the print, PDF, audio, ePub, video, and music files. 
Website: https://www.tomeofstars.net/

The final section of “Tome of Stars”, “Scripture”, leaves narrative behind to consecrate the poet’s enduring, unrequited love as sacred text. Comprising nine sonnets, it transforms the terminal condition of quixotosis (a delusional devotion stripped of belief in reciprocity) into liturgy, adopting the voice and cadence of timeless religious writing.

“Transfiguration” reflects on the metamorphic power in the cosmic essence of the Stargirl when one can embrace surrender and loss. The sonnet explores the finding of truth and liberation by journeying through profound darkness and change, guided by her transcendent influence. Using imagery of light and shadow, life and death, the poem portrays the human struggle to break free from self-imposed limitations, corruption, and deceit to rediscover hope, magic, and purpose. The sonnet’s tone contrasts despair with redemption, illustrating the alchemical process of turning loss into revelation through courage and love.

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Lyrics

Not mine, her thoughts, transcending hollow lies,
A call to soar above our long defeat;
Free auctioned spirits, sold for shadowed skies,
Ourselves enslaved beneath the black deceit.

Until all’s lost, there’s nothing can be found.
Through endless darkness, we birth more than light.
In death, we rot to find her life-force crowned.
Embracing change, we loose unchanging right.

Child’s eyes rekindle magic memories;
Mind beacons through dread darkness as our guide.
Incurable disease tastes remedies,
As she unearths sunk keys we lock inside.

Our ever-nightmare, drunk in death’s throes, breaks,
And we, through sacred songs, dare dream to wake.

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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3dMNga3PaxcmTfrYH3OSfM
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/stargazer-elentirmo/1842303474

Internet Archive
Book of sonnets:
https://archive.org/details/tome-of-stars/

Music:
Item 1, Anthesis: https://archive.org/details/Anthesis/
Item 2, Senescence: https://archive.org/details/senescence_tomeofstars
Item 3, Sporogenesis: https://archive.org/details/Sporogenesis_TomeOfStars/
Item 4, Anemochory: https://archive.org/details/Anemochory_TomeOfStars
Item 5, Quixotosis: https://archive.org/details/Quixotosis_TomeOfStars
Item 6, Scripture: https://archive.org/details/Scripture_TomeOfStars

Bandcamp:

Item 1, Anthesis: https://stargazer-elentirmo.bandcamp.com/album/anthesis-item-1-of-tome-of-stars
Item 2, Senescence: https://stargazer-elentirmo.bandcamp.com/album/senescence-item-2-of-tome-of-stars
Item 3, Sporogenesis: https://stargazer-elentirmo.bandcamp.com/album/sporogenesis-item-3-of-tome-of-stars
Item 4, Anemochory: https://stargazer-elentirmo.bandcamp.com/album/anemochory-item-4-of-tome-of-stars
Item 5, Quixotosis: https://stargazer-elentirmo.bandcamp.com/album/quixotosis-item-5-of-tome-of-stars
Item 6, Scripture: https://stargazer-elentirmo.bandcamp.com/album/scripture-item-6-of-tome-of-stars

Transfiguration

Karaoke Christmas, Vol. 1

Driving Home for Christmas (Originally Performed By Chris Rea) [Full Vocal Version]