Saturday, November 26, 2005
Greensleves
Don’t you just love this time of the year?
Regardless of the rampant commercialism that I don’t care much for, Christmas has a special flavor for me. Even in California!
When I was in upstate New York, this time was simply magical. Now, even without the snow and the freezing temperatures (thank God), it is still fabulous.
I specially love to tune to my favorite radio station, Capital Public Radio, KXPR in Sacramento, and hear beautiful carols and other celebrative classical music. Just today, I heard Greensleves, as my inaugural seasonal piece. This kind of traditional music puts me in such a state of bliss that nothing in the world will cause it to be disrupted. I particularly like the ones played with harps and brass. They sound like the smell of pine and cinnamon filling the air with an incomparable sweetness.
It is like listening to Dvorak or Mozart or Beethoven or Mahler, my most favorite composers of all time. Classical music, and in this case, Christmas traditional music fills my soul with the wonder of the divine. Who can get angry or aggravated or upset, when God’s music fills the senses?
Regardless of the rampant commercialism that I don’t care much for, Christmas has a special flavor for me. Even in California!
When I was in upstate New York, this time was simply magical. Now, even without the snow and the freezing temperatures (thank God), it is still fabulous.
I specially love to tune to my favorite radio station, Capital Public Radio, KXPR in Sacramento, and hear beautiful carols and other celebrative classical music. Just today, I heard Greensleves, as my inaugural seasonal piece. This kind of traditional music puts me in such a state of bliss that nothing in the world will cause it to be disrupted. I particularly like the ones played with harps and brass. They sound like the smell of pine and cinnamon filling the air with an incomparable sweetness.
It is like listening to Dvorak or Mozart or Beethoven or Mahler, my most favorite composers of all time. Classical music, and in this case, Christmas traditional music fills my soul with the wonder of the divine. Who can get angry or aggravated or upset, when God’s music fills the senses?
