Classical Harmonica

Larry Adler, harmonica (1914-2001)
George Malloy, piano (1945)
Two compositions by Larry Adler:
‘Folk Song’ and ‘Nocturne’
If you are intrigued and go to YouTube, and should do a search, the “Adler Trio” is NOT Larry Adler.
Here are some more YouTube URLs in case you are interested (you may have to cut-and-paste – sorry!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGyN4ubAsF4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmC4SJ42Z-s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzpGxyhKNFw
My, [...]

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Serbian Songs – -

A while ago, one of my Orthodox e-friends (riverdaughter) talked about a couple of CDs she had purchased from the Serbian Orthodox Monastery of St. Paisius in Arizona (Women’s Monastery). They contain both folk song tunes and composed music based on Serbian melodies with the words praising saints and the Theotokos (Mother of God).
Well, I [...]

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A smaller world

A smaller world
Nikiforos Vrettakos
Ι seek a shore where Ι can fence in
a patch of the horizon with
trees or reeds. Where, gathering infinity,
Ι can have the sense that: there are nο machines
or very few; there [...]

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Giving Thanks

Of all the prayers and services of Thanksgiving, I really like the Akathist of Thanksgiving (Glory to God for All Things) the best. The first Ikos says it all:
Glory to Thee, Who called me to life,
Glory to Thee, Who hast shown me the beauty of the universe,
Glory to Thee, Who hast opened before me the [...]

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A Hymn to Christ – St. Gregory Nazianzen –

Gregory Nazianzen.
I. HYMN TO CHRIST.
Se ton afqiton monarchn
(Dimeter ionicus.)
1.
O Thou, the One Supreme,
O thou, the deathless King,
Be Thou my only theme:
Grant me Thyself to sing.
To Thee the hymn, to Thee the praise,
Celestial choirs for ever raise.
2.
For Thee the ages run
In order as was given;
For Thee shines forth the sun,
The day-born eye of heaven:
For Thee the [...]

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Beauty –

So many things in this world are beautiful – and we just don’t appreciate them! Well, here is something that brought me to tears -

The sound is lovely, too!

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