New Year's Concert (2020)

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Andris Nelsons 18 November 1978

Same Procedure as Every Year

If counted well the Germans today can/could watch Dinner for One (The 90th Birthday) 16 times at different times on various TV-channels, and apart from the original in various German dialects, inclusive Schwiizerdütsch (Swiss German). Very strange folks, the Germans. Well, judge for yourself. 

Tiny tip-off: Be absolutely determined not to laugh. 

 

Dinner for One

Afternoon pleasures

Kitchen view
while freshly prepared espresso's scent
was spoiling my olfactorium.

On the Road

. . .

 

Merry Christmas!

Every year again
Comes the Christ Child
Down to earth
Where we humans are.

Stops with its blessing
At every house
Walks on all paths
With us in and out.

Merry Christmas, then,
Goodwill to all people
and Peace on Earth.

Magnificat

Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March 1685 – 28 July 1750)

Jordi Savall * 1 August 1941

Magnificat

Adventskonzert

 

Semperoper

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden (founded 1548)

Lorenzo Viotti *15 March 1990

Daniel Hope * 17 August 1973

Hanna-Elisabeth Müller * 3 May 1985

Chocolate Jesus

 

Tom Waits * 7 December 1949

On the Road

Homewards.

Paco de Lucía

To enjoy on youtube

Paco de Lucía (21 December 1947 – 25 February 2014)

Pepe de Lucia - vocal 
Ramon de Algeciras - guitar 
Juan Manuel Canizares - guitar 
Carlos Benavent - bass 
Jorge Pardo - saxophone & flute 
Rubem Dantas - percussion / cajón flamenco 
Joaquin Grilo - dancer

Beers & Books XL

I often feel,
and ever more deeply I realize,
that fate and character
are the same conception.

Novalis 2 May 1772 – 25 March 1801

Beckett rencontre Beckett

Rufus *19 December 1942

Samuel Beckett 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989

Walter D. Asmus *1941

Waiting for Godot

Beers & Books Havel

Moc Bezmocných* (1978)
literally translated:
The Power of the Powerless
*
The German publishers titled:
Versuch, in der Wahrheit zu leben
(Attempt to Live in Truth)
1980 / 1989 / 1990
*
The English title:
Living in Truth (1986)

 

Václav Havel (5 October 1936 – 18 December 2011)