Monday, November 22, 2021

Cranes

 

Dmitri Hvorostovsky (16 October 1962 – 22 November 2017)

4 comments:

  1. Hi Sean - thanks for commenting on my Brumaire - I'm going to be learning a lot from being here ... your knowledge on many subjects is obviously very wide and broad - I look forward to more.

    I note he very sadly died from a brain tumour.

    All the best - Hilary

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    1. You are welcome, Hilary.
      Dmitri Hvorostovsky is my Luciano Pavarotti amongst the baritones. A fascinating character.

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  2. "...calling out like a bird from the heavens...", lovely, though sadly I suspect not. Probably for the best mind you. Everything must end. It is better that way, I do suggest, on reflection.

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    1. Dead is dead, I suppose, too. Exitus. Finish. The End. ;-)

      When thinking of his end four years ago, following lines, following metapher came into my mind: 'And it is a small gap in this order. Perhaps this place is for me. The day will come, and in such crane flock I'll swim in the same blue-grey haze'.
      That is why I chose this very song. Sentimental humbug, one could say. And why not? Thoughts are free.

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