"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music.

I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. I get the most joy in life out of music."

~ Albert Einstein

Sunday, May 31, 2015

Cistercian chant - Testamentum Eternum

Notes from the You Tube post:

Cistercian chant of the Late Middle Ages.
Title: "Testamentum Eternum"
Service: Matins of the Feast of St Bernard of Clairvaux.
Performers: Ensemble Organum, Director: Marcel Peres
Album: "Chant Cistercien"

Monday, May 18, 2015

Prabhujee (Ravi Shankar and George Harrison)

The 1997 album " Chants Of India" was the final album on which Ravi Shankar collaborated with George Harrison. Harrison's work on this album commenced his work in chant music."Prabhujee" is a track from that album. It was written by Ravi Shankar.


 

Lyrics to Prabhujee (English)

Oh Master,show some compassion on me,
Please come and dwell in my heart.
Because without you, it is painfully lonely,
Oh Master,show some compassion on me,
Please come and dwell in my heart.
Because without you, it is painfully lonely,
Fill this empty pot with the nectar of love.

I do not know any Tantra, Mantra or ritualistic worship
I know and believe only in you.
I have been searching for you all over all the world,
please come and hold my hand now.


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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Sunday, May 10, 2015

The Pleiades and Orion (John Michael Talbot)

John Michael Talbot is a contemporary songwriter who became a lay brother in the Franciscan Order in the Catholic Church and later founded the order of The Brothers and Sisters of Charity. "The Pleiades and Orion" was recorded in 1981 on the double album, Troubadour of the Great King, on the occasion of the 800th birthday of St. Francis of Assisi. The text for the song is based upon Amos 5:8.