Music from Germany – Heinrich Heine & Friedrich Silcher

Heinrich Heine, born in 1797 was a german poet. Friedrich Silcher, born in 1789, was a german composer, best known for his Lieder. Listen to “Die Lorelei”; text by H.Heine, music by F. Silcher, and voice by Peter Seiffert:

Music from Germany – Franz Josef Degenhardt

Franz Josef Degenhardt was a german poet and folksinger. Here’s his song “Lied für die ich es sing”:

Music from South Africa – Gert Vlok Nel

Gert Vlok Nel is a south african poet, born in 1963. Here’s his song “Waarom ek roep na jou vanaand”:

World Music – Word

One of  Jim´s quotes , he was really a poet …..

Spring, a classic one

This spring as it comes bursts up in bonfires green,

Wild puffing of emerald trees, and flame-filled bushes,

Thorn-blossom lifting in wreaths of smoke between

Where the wood fumes up and the watery, flickering rushes.

 

I am amazed at this spring, this conflagration

Of green fires lit on the soil of the earth, this blaze

Of growing, and sparks that puff in wild gyration,

Faces of people streaming across my gaze.

 

And I, what fountain of fire am I among

This leaping combustion of spring? My spirit is tossed

About like a shadow buffeted in the throng

Of flames, a shadow that’s gone astray, and is lost.

The Enkindled Spring.

D. H. Lawrence

Music from the US – OPM

Today I would like to present you the Californian band OPM. They got popular with their song “Heaven is a Halfpipe“:

Music from Italy – Enzo and Stefano

An interpretation of “Il Postino” by Enzo (piano) and Stefano (accordion). This music was created by Luis Henriquez Bacalov.
A beauty!

Christmas Songs: Music from the UK – Tellison #1

Tellison is an indie band from London, UK. Here’s their christmas song “Good Luck It’s Christmas” :

And a few words from Timothy Dudley-Smith:

A song was heard at Christmas
To wake the midnight sky:
A saviour’s birth, and peace on earth,
And praise to God on high.
The angels sang at Christmas
With all the hosts above,
And still we sing the newborn King
His glory and his love.

So I want to say thanks for all your visits so far(hope you could get an insight to the christmas music in other countries), and I wish all of you a Merry, Merry Christmas and peace, love and calm to everyone, wheather he’s Christian, Muslim, Jew, Buddhist, Hindu or something else!
Merry Christmas!

Xandi