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Recent content by fiveqs

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    Vivaldi

    Started with Four Seasons, then discovered the recorder concertos, then Listening to Scarlatti Harpsichord stuff got me to listening to Vivaldi's other works. Great composer! Paul Q
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    Favorite time period?

    BAroque and a bit earlier. Tallis, Byrd, to Bach, Telemann, Vivaldi etc. Amazing era. Paul Q
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    A Composer Game

    Trio Sonata #1 in B minor Op.2 HWV386b Very nice :-) Paul Q
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    Who here are Handel music lovers?

    Handel has an amazing amount of works that are great! Water Music is amazing. Also pretty much anything with Harpsichord, Lute or Violins. Not too keen on His operatic stuff tho. Paul Q
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    Rachmaninoff's choral masterpieces for Orthodox Church

    Tchaikovsky's Liturgy of St.John Chrysostom is amazing as well. Here's a site with lots of reviews of Orthodox albums etc. musicarussica dot com I go back and forth between this site and Amazon a lot looking at reviews :-) Paul Q
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    Ever get touched?

    Swan of Tuonela - Sibelius Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin - Wagner Bruckner's 4th Symphony 1st movement 2nd movement of Beethoven Violin concerto (listen while watching lit up snow at night) Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Debussy Leonore Overture III - Beethoven Herouvimska - Dobri Christov...
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    Rachmaninoff's choral masterpieces for Orthodox Church

    Absolutely amazing music! I was first introduced to Russian Orthodox music by a "Music from the Hearts of Space" show (Music from a Russian Cathedral). Got me hooked. Then an Album from Slavyanka Mens Chorus. There's lots on Youtube now also. God Bless! Paul Q
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    Had to stop early...

    Hi all, I felt strongly led to start a water fast about two weeks ago and started last tuesday night after raw fruits and salads in diminishing quantities leading up to it. Day 2 I went out to work in the garden a while, pretty strenuous. Had to stop after a while, heart pounding, felt like I...
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    Has anyone out there lost a child?

    Hi All, We lost our 20 yo Son a little over a year ago. It was type I (Juvenile) diabetes. He was low at work, someone even made him eat a candy bar, but in his low blood sugar state his mind said, "Oh, I ate something, I need to take insulin" which he did. He made it home but went to bed, went...
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    What Type Of Vegetarian Are You

    My Wife and I have been Vegan for over a year now with our thirteen year old Daughter joining us more recently. My blood pressure was quite high (168/113) so I originally cut out salt and started eating light when I had some really funky chicken. I thought, "there is something very wrong here"...
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    Taking communion while fasting?

    A couple years ago I did a ten day Mastercleanse fast. It started out just for health reasons but ended as Spiritual. It just happened that the day I was ending my fast was communion Sunday at our Church. Breaking the fast with the taking of Communion was a very moving and intense experience...
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    Who likes Black Gospel?

    Love the "Dixie Hummingbirds" especially the 60's gang :-) God Bless! Paul Q
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    Sad Classical Music

    Looked all thru these, some amazing music. I had never heard the Elgar Cello Concerto before, beautiful. I was surprised, however, not to find any mention of "The Swan of Tuonela" by Sibelius. Probably my all time favorite sad classical piece... I'd post Youtube links, but apparently my post...