Yesterday my friend R. gave me a little piece of chocolate for "on the road to the Library". Being the silly goose that I am, I put the chocolate in my bag (for safe keeping) and forget about it during my walk.
Oh well.
I was very happy to later find a somewhat squashed and melty piece of chocolate in my bag! Luckily the piece was still wrapped in foil and free of Roaming Bag Fuzz, leaving me with a clean bag and an edible bit of chocolate. Hooray!
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I think chocolate rejuvenates those who are weary from reading pages and pages about fallen and blessed angels.
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R.'s little gift of chocolate reminded me of the communal aspect of food. As I shared the melty candy with the fellow-book-reader-to-my-right, I realized that even a little square of chocolate can bring people together. Remember when Hagrid brings Harry a pack of squishy sausages and that birthday cake (with green icing letters)? What a very merry and beautiful act of kindness, pocket fuzz and all. Harry receives cake and a friend!
Rather like in Betsy-Tacy, or Heidi, or The Odyssey.
Mmm. Much to ponder. I'm looking forward to Soup Saturday with chumlet S.
Tonight I played a game of "Name That Musical Excerpt" with my computer. It's not as easy as "Name That Movie" or "Name That Book" since I can't search Google for notation, pitch, or rhythms like I can search for words or quotes. Silly me.
Nevertheless, I tried everything to identify the little excerpt that had been stuck in my mind (all day!).
Then I searched for "famous orchestral pieces". Stravinsky's Rite of Spring popped up first.
....Erm...no....not exactly. At all. Nope.
"Really beautiful orchestral openings" didn't help much either.
Or,
"Opening rhythm consisting of Run-Pon-y Run-Pon-y."
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Fail again.
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My next search was for all the works composed by Gustav Holst.
Closer, but not quite.
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And then I called my sister.
Me: "A.! Who composed this piece?" (repeat above Bum-buhdahs.)
A: "Ohhhhh...It sounds like----"*cshhhhhczzzzshhhhhhczzssshhh* (curse you, Finicky Connection!)
Me: "Like what??"
A: "You know, that piece by----"*cshhhhhczzzzshhhhhhczzssshhh*
Noooooooo.
Luckily, we still had the chat system. (Curse and bless you, Computer-Technology.)
My sister suggested I try "Grieg", and she was right.
The "Praeludium" from the Holberg Suite, Opus 40.
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Here are three different recordings:
the Piano version (original?),
the orchestral version,
and....saxaphones?!
It's fun to hear how the different combinations of instruments create
