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sheshe2

(87,496 posts)
Tue May 14, 2013, 11:24 PM May 2013

"Ode to Joy"

I know this has been posted before~However this one is for my friends a the BOG.

Probably the greatest musical expression of unbridled joy is the “Ode to Joy”, the fourth movement of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. It’s been a hell of a couple of weeks, so some versions of the Ode to take you soaring and lift your spirits.

Flash Mob “Ode to Joy”




And the most iconic performance of the “Ode to Joy”: Lenny Bernstein in commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall, renamed “Ode to Freedom”




Live life with joy. That’s what our opponents lack.


BOG

http://theobamadiary.com/2013/05/14/night-owl-chat-ode-to-joy/#more-119303

“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”
― Helen Keller, The Story of My Life

“I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl


“I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.”
― Kahlil Gibran

“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being,the more joy you can contain.
Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?
And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”

― Kahlil Gibran

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/joy?page=2
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"Ode to Joy" (Original Post) sheshe2 May 2013 OP
Okay, I'm crying now. Aristus May 2013 #1
Aristus~ sheshe2 May 2013 #13
So much beauty Cha May 2013 #2
The Lusty Month of May~ sheshe2 May 2013 #4
Hadn't heard that song before, Cha May 2013 #5
Camelot~ sheshe2 May 2013 #9
thank you.. ah yes, Camelot! Cha May 2013 #11
Two great clips ... Trajan May 2013 #3
*PERFECTION* n/t freshwest May 2013 #6
Oh thank you so much, Trajan! sheshe2 May 2013 #8
Thank you, Trajan.. amazing Cha May 2013 #10
Got us flying, sweet! All great truths and joy, my heart leaps at this. Love and joy to all! freshwest May 2013 #7
Oh, freshwest, Hello! sheshe2 May 2013 #12
The Wind beneath our wings~ sheshe2 May 2013 #14
That's wonderful. Thanks for posting. greatauntoftriplets May 2013 #15
I had to catch my breath Control-Z May 2013 #16
so very beautiful Whisp May 2013 #17
Thanks Whisp, sheshe2 May 2013 #18
Exquisite perfection IrishAyes May 2013 #19
Hi,IrishAyes~ sheshe2 May 2013 #20

Cha

(305,425 posts)
5. Hadn't heard that song before,
Wed May 15, 2013, 12:25 AM
May 2013

she. Now, I'll never forget it! lol tying to figure out what play Julie and Richard Burton were in?

You're doing a great job keeping us happy, she!

sheshe2

(87,496 posts)
9. Camelot~
Wed May 15, 2013, 12:38 AM
May 2013

Thanks Cha, I love my fellow BOGers. Uplifting yea it is and I am happy to give that to my friends.

BOG

 

Trajan

(19,089 posts)
3. Two great clips ...
Wed May 15, 2013, 12:03 AM
May 2013

I had posted both in Music Appreciation (where music clips go to die ....)

The entire Ode to Freedom concert is posted there ... It is magnificent ...

I would add ... this:

sheshe2

(87,496 posts)
8. Oh thank you so much, Trajan!
Wed May 15, 2013, 12:32 AM
May 2013

That was so beautiful. You are welcome to post in the Barack Obama Group anytime!

I posted this for my fellow BOGers, an Ode to Joy, because we do feel the joy. It is an uplifting song that makes our souls weep, yet it makes our hearts soar.

Welcome to the BOG, Trajan.

BOG

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
7. Got us flying, sweet! All great truths and joy, my heart leaps at this. Love and joy to all!
Wed May 15, 2013, 12:30 AM
May 2013

Don't forget to put this in your Journal for all to see and be uplifted.

sheshe2

(87,496 posts)
12. Oh, freshwest, Hello!
Wed May 15, 2013, 01:06 AM
May 2013

Getting us flying was my intent.

To fly is to soar!


We have the wind beneath our wings~

sheshe2

(87,496 posts)
14. The Wind beneath our wings~
Wed May 15, 2013, 01:38 AM
May 2013
“I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.”
― Kahlil Gibran

Our service, community service that our President wants us to do, asks us to do, our service is joy. We help those in need. That is our Democratic oath! We serve and protect.

Inspiring quote from Kahlil Gibran, amazing that what he said then is truer today.

Sweet dreams freshwest, gotta go~

Control-Z

(15,684 posts)
16. I had to catch my breath
Wed May 15, 2013, 03:13 PM
May 2013

and wipe away a tear or two. (Dang, I've been weepy lately for some reason.)

"Live life with joy. That’s what our opponents lack." You can see it in their faces. And in their deeds.

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
17. so very beautiful
Fri May 17, 2013, 01:00 AM
May 2013

the expressions on some of the audience were priceless - they truly felt the joy and it showed all over their faces.

IrishAyes

(6,151 posts)
19. Exquisite perfection
Sun May 19, 2013, 03:23 PM
May 2013

Sometimes people say that Moonlight Sonata is God's favorite piece of music, and I love it too; but surely Ode to Joy is a close contender. One should follow the other.

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