Category Archives: Orpheus

Do you see images when you play ?

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Michaela

Listening to Orpheus (4) What is important is when you play you are telling a story and the listener is getting the story. And then he goes on to demonstrate just how to do that. Daniel Barenboims masterclass on the … Continue reading →

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Deep inside their hearing

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Michaela

Listening to Orpheus (3) This is my curious and slightly miraculous turn of attention to an archetype deeply rooted in all of us – Orpheus. The father of music and poetry, the one who lived in communion with nature and … Continue reading →

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A basic pulse

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Michaela

Listening to Orpheus (2) Daniel Barenboim teaching a masterclass on Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas. A spiritual teaching about the sound of life. Watch the intense connection between teacher, student and the spirit of Beethoven.

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A savage creative storm

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Michaela

Listening to Orpheus (1) A tree ascended there. Oh pure transcendence! Oh Orpheus sings!Oh tall tree in the ear! And all things hushed. Yet even in that silence a new beginning, beckoning, change appeared. …so begin the “Sonnets to Orpheus”, … Continue reading →

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Listening to Orpheus

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Michaela

Listening to Orpheus (0) I am about to paint a picture of Orpheus and how his spirit is a living principle in all of us. As a lead in – a propaedeutic – I will post the master class on … Continue reading →

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Orpheus: to live again

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Michaela

This is the 3rd and last part of Anthony Minghella’s adaptation of the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice. A tale of love and death, faith and doubt.Its always just when you think you have things in your grasp that you … Continue reading →

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Orpheus: I will charm death himself

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Michaela

This is the second part of Anthony Minghella’s adaptation of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice. Not just a story – but a myth, full of pointers and hints to a profound truth

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Orpheus: Listen to the Silence

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Michaela

So I think we all should listen – really listen – to the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice. It’s so much more than a story. This video-clip is the first of three in a beautiful adaptation of Anthony Minghella, who … Continue reading →

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Orpheus, the archetype

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Michaela

The myth of Orpheus resonates throughout time as a powerful archetype because it shows how art, poetry, and music can be used to bridge multiple realms of existence: mundane and celestial, living and dead, conscious and unconscious, chaotic and harmonious, … Continue reading →

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Orpheus with his lute

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Michaela

“Orpheus with his lute” Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1952) Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing: To his music plants and flowers Ever sprung; as sun and showers … Continue reading →

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