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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI hope you all will go see the video embedded in the post I'm talking about here...
It is without question one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever recorded. Sheshe2 has posted it to wish all of us a happy holiday season!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101788036
I was thrilled to see and hear it!
annabanana
(52,791 posts)(My kid Sis linked me to it this morning)
csziggy
(34,137 posts)Downwinder
(12,869 posts)With a full orchestra.
rurallib
(62,448 posts)Thanks Peggy, you angel of the lounge
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)It brought me into the Christmas mood for the first time this year, too...
Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)and then some!
Thanks Peggy. Thanks Sheshe2
Lionel Mandrake
(4,076 posts)expresses something that fits perfectly with the holiday spirit. It has become the European international anthem. The crowd was singing it their own language.
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)But I still think this is the best video with Ode to Joy...
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)crim son
(27,464 posts)I posted it on FB. Thank you, Peggy!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)I'm glad you did!
And I'm glad you enjoyed it even more...
Scruffy Rumbler
(961 posts)took me back to my childhood and one of the few good things about my father, his love for classical music and the joy of laying on the floor, eyes closed, earphones on and floating away on the waves of beauty, soaring on the wings of strings.....
truly the first positive flush of the Holidays.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)It took me into the Holidays too.........brought that spirit into me.
elleng
(131,107 posts)Thanks for the gift, CalPeg and She2.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)I wasn't sure how many folks get into the Video forum, so that's why I posted the link over here.
elleng
(131,107 posts)If I get there, it's late at night, and not there yet tonight.
Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)In_The_Wind
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MiddleFingerMom
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All the children dancing and conducting and especially the little girl frozen in rapt attention
to the right and slightly behind the conductor throughout much of the piece until right at
the very end, when she had almost mysteriously disappeared.
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Thank you for posting that.
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davsand
(13,421 posts)I love how the actors' faces register reactions along with the song!
Laura
Stuart G
(38,445 posts)From the 9th Symphony, Ode to Joy, Beethoven lived for that symphony. But he had gone deaf. couldn't h ear a note, (at least that is what I read ) and..........it is my absolute favorite piece of classical music. Thanks for posting here.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)It is among my top favorites too...