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Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy, Hörbuch, Digital, 374min
Frances Mayes, whose enchanting number one New York Times best seller Under the Tuscan Sun made the world fall in love with Tuscany, invites listeners back for a delightful new season of friendship, festivity, and food, there and throughout Italy. Having spent her summers in Tuscany for the past several years, Frances Mayes relished the opportunity to experience the pleasures of primavera, an Italian spring. A sabbatical from teaching in San Francisco allowed her to return to Cortona - and her beloved house, Bramasole - just as the first green appeared on the rocky hillsides. Bella Tuscany, a companion volume to Under the Tuscan Sun, is her passionate and lyrical account of her continuing love affair with Italy. Now truly at home there, Mayes writes of her deepening connection to the land, her flourishing friendships with local people, the joys of art, food, and wine, and the rewards and occasional heartbreaks of her villa's ongoing restoration. It is also a memoir of a season of change, and of renewed possibility. As spring becomes summer she revives Bramasole's lush gardens, meets the challenges of learning a new language, tours regions from Sicily to the Veneto, and faces transitions in her family life. Filled with recipes from her Tuscan kitchen and written in the sensuous and evocative prose that has become her hallmark, Bella Tuscany is a celebration of the sweet life in Italy. Language: English. Narrator: Frances Mayes. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bant/000240/bk_bant_000240_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Six Impossible Things: Wayne Family, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 404min
The Village of Greenhurst, headquarters for the Wayne family, is aflutter with excitement and festivity in anticipation of Miriam Arkwright's upcoming marriage to the Italian count. All the Waynes descend on brother Nicholas, including red-headed Julia, who had been sent to Italy to become a concert pianist and returns home not quite sure what she wants to be. She is no longer the child Nicholas remembers, but is still enough of a scatter-brain to mix up her luggage... thereby involving Nicholas in the most wonderful love of his life. The luggage in question ends up in the hands of Elaine Morley, the most beautiful young woman Nicholas has seen in many a year. Elaine, however, to her increasing dismay, is already engaged - to a most determined and quite nasty fellow who refuses to let her go... Julia, so intent on solving the romantic problems of others, suddenly realizes she has not one - but two of her own. One is a new arrival in town; the other, Derek Arkwright, who has always seemed just the boy next door... And even Nicholas' rather formidable secretary, Miss Stoker, is caught up in the shower of orange blossoms. Although that well-known course is certainly fraught with obstacles for everybody, including Miriam and her Count, Mrs. Cadell can handle it all, and does, in her usual engaging, spontaneous, and eminently sensible way. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stevie Zimmerman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/114658/bk_acx0_114658_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Christmas Courting , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 492min
Fall in love this holiday season with heartwarming tales of Christmases past in A Christmas Courting, an enchanting collection of Regency romances. Love and Joy Come to You by Jennifer Moore - Lord Covington has planned a quiet holiday with his grieving mother but finds his plans rudely disrupted when lovely Cassie Weatherby and her young siblings are invited for Christmas. Despite his reservations, however, he begins to recognize in Cassie a kindred spirit. A Christmas Courting by Chalon Linton - When obligations keep her in London, Keturah Hensley sadly anticipates missing the festivity of Christmas at her family’s country home and the company of her best friend, Christopher Shepherd. When she learns that Christopher will be joining her family in London for Christmas, she is delighted - but her elation is short-lived. Christopher is coming to Town to court the woman of his dreams, and Keturah fears she may have lost the chance to win his love. Mistletoe Memories by Jen Geigle Johnson - From childhood, Patrick, Duke of Montrose, knew he’d found his perfect match in Lady Alice Tarrington. When he’s sent on a grand tour of the world, Patrick is confident he’ll marry his sweetheart upon his return. But when he receives word that Alice is to marry another, will he be too late to claim her heart? Second-Chance Christmas by Heidi Kimball - Francie and Gerard have been friends since childhood, but their friendship ended when she declined his heartfelt proposal of marriage. However, when her interactions with Gerard’s holiday houseguests provoke in Francie unexpected jealousy, she realizes she must fight for Gerard’s affections or risk losing him forever. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Aubrey Warner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/dsrt/000641/bk_dsrt_000641_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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True Crime: The Mockingbird Hill Massacre of Ronald Gene Simmons , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 43min
True Crime portrays the disturbing story of Ronald Gene Simmons, who murdered his whole family in cold blood in the United States. This all took place in one week in 1987. He systematically murdered 14 members of his family, an estranged co-worker, and an innocent bystander.In 1979, Simmons resigned as an Air Force Master Sergeant following 20 years of administration. The insecurity that pursued his military days exacerbated his longing for authority over his family. Simmons utilized terror, mortification, and savagery to declare dominance over everything, except one of his relatives. He enabled a gentler side to surface for his most beloved girl, Shelia, whom he forced into a forbidden relationship and, in the end, fathered her baby.His desire to control and use force and fear caused his family to despise him. He became more isolated, even losing his job. His dissatisfaction with himself developed to untold dimensions when Sheila left the family home and wedded another man. With his plans to demolish and his hold softening, Simmons shockingly supported his family's longing for a major Christmas festivity. The stage was set for an inspiring gathering, yet he had an altogether different arrangement of plans.True Crime will take you deep inside the mind of a deranged, psychopathic killer who murdered his family in what has been know to be called the "Mockingbird Hill Massacre". This chilling, true story will shock you and question just how someone can get to the point of violence and become a serial killer.If you are sensitive to hearing about extreme violence and the torture of children, you may not want to listen to this book.If you want to understand the true nature of how a serial killer operates and face it, then this is just the book you are looking for.Scroll up, and click on the Buy button now. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Candy Wilson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/139689/bk_acx0_139689_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Choral Fantasies
Choral Fantasies - Music Festivity and Nationhood in Nineteenth-Century Germany: ab 31.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Choral Fantasies
Choral Fantasies - Music Festivity and Nationhood in Nineteenth-Century Germany: ab 24.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Days of National Festivity in Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1823-1889
Days of National Festivity in Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1823-1889: ab 75.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Shakespeare on the Global Stage
Shakespeare on the Global Stage - Performance and Festivity in the Olympic Year: ab 27.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Shakespeare on the Global Stage
Shakespeare on the Global Stage - Performance and Festivity in the Olympic Year: ab 27.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Remember
The choral selections on this recording cover a wide spectrum in their approach to life and it's inevitable ending. The composers of these pieces have created strong emotional works that can move the listener to tears, but at the same time raise that listener's spirit. Listening to this music is a chance to remember - but that can be experienced in different ways. Five of the compositions are directly related to war. Three of them are based on texts from World War I. Of those, two are set to Laurence Binyon's timeless poem For the Fallen. Canadian composer Eleanor Daley's setting makes evocative use of the trumpet so often associated with military ceremonies. Mike Sammes' composition for male voices is incredibly moving and ends with the piano playing the final notes of The Last Post. It has been sung at every Saskatoon Chamber Singers' Remembrance Day concert as the Act of Remembrance. Many choral compositions have been written to the words of John McCrae's In Flanders Fields. Canadian composer Kirkland Adsett has chosen to use violin and cello to create a melodic and lyrical setting of this famous text. We Remember Them by American composer Donald McCullough (The Holocaust Cantata) has a distinctively sad and melancholy character. The text by Rabbi Sylvan Kamens and Rabbi Jack Riemer is, in many ways, reminiscent of Binyon's poem mentioned above. The text reminds us that we must all remember the terrible things that can happen in the world when hate, prejudice and oppression go unchecked, so we can try to prevent them from happening again. A Soldier's Prayer by Canadian composer Beverly Lewis is set to an anonymous text found by a hospital nurse in the Philippines during World War II. The text begins "Let them in, Peter, for they are very tired" and then goes on to enumerate those things that the dead will never see or do or know. The fallen in war deserve to be given "things they like" and be told that "they are missed." The plaintive sound of the oboe adds to the poignant mood of this piece. Following along the lines of these pieces is Michael Horvit's Even When God Is Silent. The text for this piece was found by Allied troops in Cologne, Germany, written on a basement wall by someone who had been hiding from the Gestapo. It was commissioned by Congregation Emanu-El on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Kristallnacht. In Ose Shalom, John Leavitt uses clarinet, violin, cello, bass, and piano to accompany the choir in this moving plea for God to create not only peace in the heavens, but also peace for the Jewish people. Four of the selections are more traditionally sung as hymns. There are two settings of O God, Our Help in Ages Past. Paul Christiansen uses chorale-like arrangements of the familiar tune "St. Anne" for verses one, three, and five. The first and fifth are for male voices and the third for mixed voices. Each of these verses is joined by a contrasting verse that creates a sense of tension and despair. Alan Hovhaness wrote his own tune and accompaniment and set only three verses of the text. The first and third are homophonic in nature, the second has the voices entering one after the other, and all are accompanied by organ. Stephen Hatfield's Amazing Grace is a wonderful and innovative setting of this very familiar tune. The actual hymn tune is heard only in the solo oboe, accompanied throughout by a very beautiful counter melody for the choir. My Shepherd Will Supply My Need was arranged by our accompanist, Rod Epp. He has taken the traditional tune associated with this text and created a wonderfully tender and melodic piece. Both British composer William Walton and Canadian composer Jeff Enns have set Phineas Fletcher's poem "Litany" to music. Although Walton seldom wrote church music, A Litany, composed when he was only fourteen, already foreshadows his distinctive style. Jeff Enns' Litany, inspired by Walton's version, is a composition that is both heartfelt and uplifting and full of beautiful melodies and rich harmonies. The text begins "Drop, drop, slow tears." The shedding of tears is a natural part of the grieving and remembering process. Three of the compositions on this recording are better known for their text than the music to which they have been set. Australian composer Graeme Morton chose Tennyson's timeless poem Crossing the Bar, in which the final stages of life are paralleled with the sailor's evening return to port at journey's end. Christina Rossetti's poem Remember is the text used by Canadian composer Stephen Chatman. The sentiments of this poem reflect much of what we are asked to do when we remember: never should we let the pain of memory take away the joy of living. Chatman's piece is reminiscent of chant in that the character and movement of the piece are reliant on the ebb and flow of the words of the text. Canada's senior composer, Healey Willan, has written a sublime piece to a text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, How They So Softly Rest. One of Willan's early works, it hints of Russian church music with it's rich chords for both male and female choirs and is typical of his soaring melodic lines. Canadian composer Allan Bevan has written a truly beautiful arrangement of Ave Maria for two soprano soloists and women's voices. This piece won first prize in the equal voices category in the 1999-2000 Association of Canadian Choral Communities' choral composition competition. The beautiful melody and harmonies unite to create a piece that soars majestically to it's conclusion. Another Canadian composer, Stephanie Martin, set to music comforting words from the Eastern Byzantine rite (circa 842). Kontakion, although homophonic in nature and sung with a feeling of chant, creates a sense of peace now that death has come and a sense of jubilation about what is yet to come. The words of the faithfully departed ask that they be given rest with the saints in a place where there is no longer pain, sorrow, or sighing, but only life everlasting. Cellist Pablo Casals composed O Vos Omnes to a short text from Lamentations. At first Casals sets the male voices against the female voices, but soon they come together as one to reflect a united sorrow. I'm Stillen Friedhof by Hugo Wolf is one of his early compositions and was probably written for the Ritterbund, a close group of friends who came together on a weekly basis for music and good company. The sombre mood first set by the opening chords of the piano gives way to a rhapsodic melody that is sung in turn by the four voices before once again returning to the same sombre mood of the opening. The piece asks us to consider the speed with which the body within a grave can be forgotten, since life seems to continue unaffected. Canadian composer Pierre Mercure wrote Cantate pour une joie in 1955. It is a remarkable work of seven movements, six of which depict the horror and savagery and sadness of war and the state of the world. The cantata concludes, however, with a joyous A Cry of Joy in which the opening piano introduction imitates the pealing of bells on some auspicious occasion, and this sense of festivity and celebration continues throughout the piece. Mercure was concerned with the yearning for joy rather than the concept of joy itself. Jeff Enns' God Be in My Head serves as a suitable conclusion or benediction for this CD. Sung in unison, it's simplicity of melody and text calls us back together to do what the title of the CD first asked us to do - Remember.- Shop: odax
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