Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernis barbarie (Judith triumphant over the barbarians of Holofernes), RV 644, is an oratorio by Antonio Vivaldi, to celebrate the victory of Christians during the second great siege of Corfu. This battle took place in 1716, during the last Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–18). After the conquest of the Peloponnese in 1715, the Ottoman…
Stunning, like looking at Roman ruins of beautiful faces, ages old. Matches the song, which seems about that desperate human want to keep things as they are, our loves, our children, the moment, and that terrible recognition that it is transient and slipping away from us.
“And who are you?” she sternly spoke to the one beneath the smoke. “Why, I’m fire,” he replied, “And I love your solitude, I love your pride.” “Then fire, make your body cold, I’m going to give you mine to hold,” saying this she climbed inside to be his one, to be his only…
Dumnezeu vorbeşte fiecăruia numai înainte de a-l face, atunci se duce cu el tăcând în afară din noapte. Dar cuvintele, înainte ca fiecare să încapă, aceste noroase cuvinte, sunt: Trimis afară de simţurile tale, du-te până la marginea dorului tău; dă-Mi vestmânt. În dosul lucrurilor să creşti ca un foc, ca umbrele lor, întinse, să…
Bristol Cathedral There is no person in history who has impacted mankind more than Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus was deeply concerned for the continuation of His redemptive, reconciling work after the close of His earthly existence, and His chosen method was the formation of a small band of committed friends. He did not form…
A staircase! The first step, covered with a red carpet, had served as a cushion for his dream. A scarlet hanging rope formed the railing, and, on the other side, a diagonal row of ascending marble cones. Where am I? The man sprang up. Up or down? Up! Taking the steps…
