My husband is excellent at planning surprises. Among many others, he planned and organised a birthday party on a boat on the Norfolk Broads with family and friends and a two-night stay in Cambridge, all without me having an inkling of what he was up to. But the most wonderful night I remember was on […]
Tag: Music
Music of Montmartre
above the rooftops, ever-present Sacre Coeur – in a midnight bar bohemians sip absinthe and talk art over coffee Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on Pinterest My response to Carpe Diem #1093 Concertino pour harpe et piano by Germaine Tailleferre. I am grateful to Chèvrefeuille for introducing me to a female composer I have […]
Silence – Reprise
silence lies between rhythm, chords and melody dark blue disquiet © Kim M. Russell, 2016 I have chosen and slightly re-written a haiku I published last February as my twenty-eighth haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
Musical Dreams
in musical dreams fingers conjure golden notes echo of cello Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1092 Fantasy in G-moll for Cello and Piano by Fanny Mendelssohn Our musical inspiration for today is by another female composer, Fanny Mendelssohn, a German pianist and composer who composed over 460 pieces of music: Fantasy […]
Allegro
frost in the garden allegro con spirito everything glitters Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1091 Sonata in E, Op. 1/3 by Cecilia Maria Barthélemon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rk_iv0RD0E Chèvrefeuille has shared another piece of music by a female composer, Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (1767-1859), an English singer, composer, pianist, and organist who published sonatas and […]
Plague Pit Doloroso
Macabre plague pit like a womb, Skeletons carefully laid in rows: Dirt rained down on rotting flesh, There were no flowers And no tomb. Mass burial, only priests believed that souls were saved, A village of plague victims all buried in a huge grave. When the dying were taken to a monastery hospital, Did they […]
(Echo) Chamber Music
the polite murmur of woodwind and harpsichord echoes across time Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1089 Divertimento in D minor, Op. 3, no. 3 by Anna Bon di Venezia In today’s episode, Chèvrefeuille has introduced me to a female composer who is completely unknown to me and I was also unaware […]
Words are not Required
words are not required music speaks its own language golden tongues of sound Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1087 String Symphony No. 4 in C minor by Mendelssohn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhhEIEHfIks Today we’re letting the music inspire us with Mendelssohn’s String Symphony No. 4 in C minor.
Waltz of the Flowers
a Christmas delight memories of spring blossom on a winter night Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem #1086 Waltz of the Flowers by Tchaikovsky In this episode Chèvrefeuille hopes to inspire us with a beautiful piece of music by Tchaikovsky and has provided us with a background to the composer as well […]
A Stolen Kiss
secret stolen kiss lasts as long as our held breaths merging together Kim M. Russell, 2016 This video is created by Elliott Walsh (images and music are copyrighted and the copyright lays with the artists) My response to Carpe Diem #1085 The Kiss (Philip Glass) For today’s prompt, Chèvrefeuille has chosen a piece of music composed by […]
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