ZBIGNIEW PREISNER
- Concert in Wieliczka, Poland, 1995
This concert was recorded in the underground church of Wieliczka, near Krakow Poland, excavated in an ancient salt mine 130 meters below ground. It is a unique place and classified by UNESCO, and its acoustics are considered to be the most beautiful in Europe.
Music by Zbigniew Preisner
Remastering by Zbigniew Preisner
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Credits:
Cello – Jerzy Klocek
Composed By – Zbigniew Preisner
Conductor – Zdzisław Szostak
Countertenor Vocals – Piotr Łykowski
Flute – Jacek Ostaszewski
Guitar – Janusz Strobel
Harp – Anna Sikorzak-Olek
Orchestra – Sinfonia Varsovia
Piano – Konrad Mastyło
Saxophone – Jerzy Główczewski
Soprano Vocals – Elżbieta Towarnicka
Violin – Piotr Kwaśny, Wiesław Kwaśny
See all: https://www.discogs.com/release/1184180-Zbigniew-Preisner-Preisners-Music
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DR. PIM VAN LOMMEL, M.D.
- explains the role of music in the so-called Near Death Experience, NDE.
Pim van Lommel researched the phenomenon as a cardiologist, together with patients who had a cardiac arrest, and experienced the phenomenon. Their stories, though these patients did not know each other, had similarities, that have been archived, studied, analysed and published as a research in the iconic medical journal "The Lancet".
The book: Endless Consciousness was published in 2008 and has been translated in several languages.
His website: https://pimvanlommel.nl/en/ (active link in the comment below)
THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE
- Article in Dutch, published on the website of "Preludium", a monthly journal of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Concertgebouw Orkest.
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Google translation:
Article: What does a near-death experience 'sound like'?
By: Pim van Lommel
Published: March 27, 2019
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Science never stands still – not even in music. In Preludium we highlight the latest insights. This month, cardiologist Pim van Lommel highlights the role of music in near-death experiences.
Throughout human history, there have been people who tell about an extraordinary experience after a life-threatening crisis. This is now called a near-death experience (NDE). These experiences are increasingly being reported: as a result of improved resuscitation techniques, more and more people survive a crisis, and the content of the NDE and its effect on patients seems to be the same worldwide.
An NDE, or an experience of expanded consciousness, can occur under various circumstances, both during a total failure of all brain functions in cardiac arrest and under circumstances in which the brain functions normally, such as during meditation. Various elements of an NDE are reported, such as observing your own resuscitation, a tunnel, a bright light, an unworldly environment with beautiful colors.
Or, for example, with transcendental, harmonious melodies, a life review, meeting deceased family members, or a conscious return to the body. A very profound experience, which falls outside our normal expectations, for which there are actually no words and which usually remains undiscussed.
✴ FINDING WORDS FOR THE "INCREDIBLY INTENSE AND MUSICALLY PERFECT HARMONIES" IS VERY DIFFICULT
Finding words for the 'incredibly intense and musically perfect harmonies' is particularly difficult. As someone described it: 'Music, but completely different, like I had never heard it on earth. It is as if countless beautiful and harmonious voices are singing a heavenly melody that accompanies an orchestra of softly sounding instruments. Each voice in the choir harmonizes with the whole. The music radiates an incredible love and joy that deeply moves you. This is music on a level that goes beyond hearing; it is experienced and felt internally.’
Several musicians have tried to bring these sounds to life after their NDE, such as Steve Roach with his Structures of Silence and Mike Oldfield with Music of the Spheres. Also Symphony No 7 (Angel of Light) by Einojuhani Rautavaara and Harmony of the Spheres by Joep Franssens are examples of compositions that touch on the musical experiences of people with an NDE.
Vocal music by the medieval mystic Hildegard von Bingen, some compositions by Arvo Pärt, Aleksandr Skrjabin and Erik Satie, but also choral works by Johann Sebastian Bach often evoke deep emotions and recognition in people who have experienced an NDE. The same applies to Peter Vigh's Totaliter Aliter, which has been performed in the Small Hall of the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, on April 4, 2019.
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Picture: Dr. Pim van Lommel, MD
Source: Website "Antwerp Symphony Orchestra" https://www.antwerpsymphonyorchestra.be/en/pQMa1U7/hoe--klinkt--een-bijna-doodervaring-
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ORGAN & WIND ENSEMBLE
Quadriptych for organ and wind ensemble - Christiaan Janssen | St. Michaël Thorn Chamber Winds
Organ: @laurensorganist
Performed by: St. Michaël Thorn Chamber Winds
Conductor: Joost Smeets
I. Prelude (hectic and emotional)
II. Menuet (frivolous)
III. Fugue (fugitive
IIII. Final – nostalgic
St. Michaël Thorn Chamber Winds
Opening Concert Organ Festival Limburg
Fransiscus Huis Weert
14-07-2017
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 11 ‘The Year 1905’ Op. 103 (1957)
Premiered: Moscow, 1957
No. 11 evokes the first uprising of 1905, when peasants stormed the Tsar’s Palace. Saturated with popular and revolutionary songs, it has been described as wordless one-act opera, and won Shostakovich a Lenin Prize in 1958.
Read on: classical-music.com/features/arti…mphony-no-11/
See also: markwigglesworth.com/notes/marks-…phony-no-11/
SOUNDCLOUD
url: soundcloud.com/etta48/sets/shostakovich-symphony-no-11
Ignat Aleksandrovich Solzhenitsyn (born 23 September 1972) is a Russian-American conductor and pianist. He is the conductor laureate of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and the principal guest conductor of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra.
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SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Article: How Rachmaninoff’s manuscript became a reason for cooperation between Russia and US
Published: February 20, 2025
In: RT https://www.rt.com/russia/612924-rachmaninoffs-manuscript-russia-us/
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DANCE OF THE LUCKY FISH ~ MUSIC: BRUNO SANFILIPPO
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Mark Farago, concert pianist, performs: Liszt: "Abendglocken" and Debussy: "Clair de lune"
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