Gorecki's Symphony »
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Augmented by the artwork of Van Gogh, Hugues Merle, and Francis Louis Mora, this Spadecaller video dramatizes the dominant theme of Gorecki's masterpiece, Symphony No. 3, Op 36 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs).
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Spadecaller
May 14, 2008, 10:54 a.m.Thanks to Quakpot's pesonal recommendation, I created this video to accompany Gorecki's powerful arrangement as performed by soprano Dawn Upshaw and conductor, David Zinman. Hope you enjoy!
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rdy2rck
May 14, 2008, 11:13 a.m.Excellant.Sad and beautiful symphony and a very excellant job spade of the imagery. It blends the truth, some disturbing imagery and words yet signs of hope.A Plus 5.
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engineer
May 14, 2008, 11:50 a.m.Awesome!! Really a tearjerker. Thanks SC
People like hyperbola should see this
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ML2007
May 14, 2008, 1:03 p.m.At first, I thought you were referring to just your own son, and that he had gotten killed in the war, but then, I realized you were referring to all our sons who die in senseless wars or by genocide, the overwhelming loss magnified by never really knowing where your child is laid to rest. The torment and frightening thought of such for a mother must be unbearable, and as a father, I felt the agony of despair wrought from viewing the video. How much more for a mother? Yet, in the midst of despair, arising from the song was a certain element of hope. A timely piece, SC. Thanks for sharing.
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BoxMonkey
May 14, 2008, 1:53 p.m.Good pick SC . It's way to hard to watch it all , having spoken with some survivors of the Death Camps . I knew in the opening words what was to happen . Very bleak and saddening . The seperation of families . I can hear the childern screaming as well as the gas chamber victims .
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Francisca
May 14, 2008, 7:32 p.m.Sadder, more powerful, more moving, even more beautiful than usual! In one word: Imposing...Music and imagery perfectly associated! So am I, during a bref instant I thought you were referring to your own son( I do hope Adam is doing well). I loved Dawn Upshaw's performance!
Thanks Spadecaller!
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Spadecaller
May 14, 2008, 7:51 p.m.I appreciate your comments and concern, but I want you all to know that Adam (my son) is home safe and is no longer in Iraq.
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texangelwings
May 14, 2008, 9:01 p.m.Hey, SC, that is the best news I have heard all day! Tell your son that I am proud of him! Thanks for the news!
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icono1
May 14, 2008, 8:24 p.m.Great great production.
The music as well as the message is absolutely haunting.
Whilst perusing the Collected Poems(1956-1998)(ECCO Paperback publish 2008) of the Polish writer Zbigniew Herbert I found this prose-poem titled "Mother":
"He fell from her lap like a ball of yarn. He unwound himself in a hurry and beat it into the distance. She held onto the beginning of life. She wound it on a finger hospitable as a ring; she wished to shelter it. He rolled down steep slopes, sometimes labored up mountains. He came back all tangled up and didn't say a word. He will never return to the sweet throne of her lap. Her outspread arms glow in the dark like an old town."
I think the last two sentences say it all. No matter how the child is lost.
Thanks for the invite spade.
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texangelwings
May 14, 2008, 9:09 p.m.The example of art and music at it's best. The results of the worst of humankind. Excellent choreography, that shines a light of hope that exists, by learning from the past!
I cried with this and cry whenever I read or watch a movie that covers the horrors of Hitler!
Thanks Spadecaller!
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Spadecaller
May 14, 2008, 10:52 p.m.BTW... Tell me; do you think that is the lamest photo propeller's art editor could have found for this article?
Sheesh...
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Shadowolf
May 15, 2008, 12:27 a.m....their photo/story matching software HAS to be castoff drek from the DMV...
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Uncle Dave
May 15, 2008, 12:48 a.m.Nicely done SC. Glad your son is home and I hope has gets to stay home.
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ETproductions
May 15, 2008, 1:14 a.m.What consummate evil hate-filled men can bring forth.
My son will commission as an infantry officer this week. Knowing how pointless the Iraq war is, what it was really all about, I can only hope he is one of those who come back, and who come back whole.
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blinkers
May 15, 2008, 4:33 a.m.Spade, glad I had chance to comment on this thread, thanks indeed for the notice.
This is such a heavy and poignant theme and it's almost impossible to add anything to all the fine sentiments expressed above. But I'll try.
The somber (but beautiful) music and accompanying visual art & poetry exemplify just how high the human spirit can soar -- but at the same time, the dreadful images of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp portray the absolute lowest depths to which humans can sink. It is a memorable juxtaposition.
(The composer, Gorecki, would've been in his mid to late teens when this hell-hole was operating at full capacity --his birthplace was only 20 miles away from those awful gates).
Glad your son is back, and may you both stay well, always.
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2sidestoeverything
May 15, 2008, 10:24 a.m.Heartbreaking and beautiful just as life can be. thanks SC you brought about great refection for me today.
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