Note to self

by chuckofish

It is Monday morning. Need some morning inspiration? Here is Dame Kiri Te Kanawa singing Richard Strauss’ “Beim Schlafengehen” from “Vier Letzte Lieder”. It is one of those pieces that is impossible to hear without choking up (as I did this morning). But it is inspiring and beautiful. Listen to the whole thing.

Remember Linda Hunt as Billy Kwan in Peter Weir’s great movie The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)? Billy listens to this music obsessively during an important juncture of the story. I remember buying the Strauss LP after seeing the movie and listening to it over and over. Yes. Nerd. C’est la vie.