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[Florestan]

Beyond them and within them and through them. Christianity expresses the within/through part via the Incarnation.

Yes. Christianity is essentially a person, not a doctrine. Contrary to Protestantism, first and foremost contrary to Calvinism, action is essential. A "pagan" whose behavior is consistently moral is more Christian than a "saved" person who delude themselves with the "once saved, always saved" fallacy.

[Karl Henning]

[Karl Henning]

[brewski]

From December 8, the 2025 Nobel Prize Concert from Stockholm, with violinist María Dueñas, conductor Semyon Bychkov, and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Dessner's piece is a knockout.

Bryce Dessner: Mari (2020, dedicated to Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic)
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

@Dry Brett Kavanaugh @VonStupp

Nice video and wonderful composition! Especially I like the final movement.
Bream is wearing a stripe shirt, check jacket and flower tie. He makes me dizzy.

[DavidW]

I'm seeing so many of my favorites on this thread today! Anyway, thread duty:

I decided to revisit Dausgaard/SWO's Schubert 8 and 9, and this time I was in the mood for his lean, aggressive Schubert. I enjoyed it.

I followed that up with a mediocre Tchaikovsky 6 and a better Romeo and Juliet.

[Linz]

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Complete ballet
London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn

[Symphonic Addict]

Rey: Fatih Sultan Mehmet 'Le Conquérant'

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Rey: Fatih Sultan Mehmet 'Le Conquérant'

Nice!

[Symphonic Addict]

Valen: Le Cimetière marin

Quite haunting and atmospheric. Twelve-tone music I can enjoy.

[Daverz]

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Complete ballet
London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn

I opted for Ozawa/Boston

[Symphonic Addict]

Chisholm: Pictures from Dante

Tremendous diptych, the sort of work that features that important inner contrast I often seek in music.

[Symphonic Addict]

Brahms: Symphony No. 3

I had the urge to push the play button on this work. The familiar stuff is familiar for a reason. After the 4th, my favorite of his symphonies.

[Linz]

Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, 1894 Original Version. Ed. Leopold Nowak
Südwestfunk-Sinfonnieorchester Baden-Baden, MSichael Gielen

[brewski]

Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy (Jiří Bělohlávek / BBC Symphony Orchestra, live recording from the Proms, July 18, 2008).

[Mapman]

Schubert: Quintet in C, D. 956
Yo-Yo Ma, Cleveland Quartet

I chose to listen to this because of the recent discussion in the "Saddest music in a major key" thread. I'd forgotten how gorgeous the 2nd subject in the first movement is!

[AnotherSpin]

Lamentations by Agricola, Morales, Arcadelt & Lassus.

Osho: Life is like a nightmare: if you are suffering in a nightmare, all that you need is to put your total energy into waking up. Nothing else is needed. If you are being chased by a lion, you need not kill the lion because there is no lion at all. If you are being crushed under a rock, you need not remove the rock. It may be just your own pillow. All that you need is to wake up.

[Symphonic Addict]

Antheil: Ballet Mécanique (original version)

Holy mackerel! The revised version of this piece can't hold a candle to the original one, the latter simply is unbelievable. Relentless, busy, fun music at its best!

[Linz]

Mauricio Ohana Concierto: Tres gráficos para Guitarra y orquesta
Antonio Ruiz-Pipó Tablas para Guitarra y orquesta
Narciso Yepes
Orquesta Nacional de España, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

[Number Six]

Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Richard Strauss
Antonio Pappano, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia