tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post2330550995453934219..comments2024-03-24T17:49:05.886-04:00Comments on The Robert Moss BLOG: Played by DeathMarcia Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04530003059608361331noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-16131585456400747552009-03-26T08:03:00.000-04:002009-03-26T08:03:00.000-04:00Your place of healing waters reminds me of dreams ...Your place of healing waters reminds me of dreams I have embarked on that led me to waters of birth, transition and the many ways Death teaches us to cherish life, if we will pay attention. When I take the dream pathways to the Eternal Bethesda I notice that I can see my face reflected in the waters when they are still, that I can dip into the stirring waters to receive healing so that I can walk in the ways of my soul's deepest desires. Even if I am shocked or terrified by the bold presence of Death, toxicity will be rinsed out of me and I will be buoyed up to new life with my values and choices clarified. I emerge with new energy for Life.Carol Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165693767030781887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925549664214256461.post-88376659676881757552009-03-25T09:39:00.000-04:002009-03-25T09:39:00.000-04:00Louisa sent me the following gripping account of h...Louisa sent me the following gripping account of how Abbador played with Death soon after his surgery for stomach cancer: <BR/><BR/>"Having had surgery in summer of 2000, in October Abbado takes Berliner Philharmoniker to Japan, on a long tour that includes a production of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde. This is pure insanity: the damn thing is four hours long, with most of this time dedicated to serenading death in every imaginable way and a high corpse count in the end. Besides, the opera has already taken the lives of two conductors, both in Munich, Felix Mottl, who died in 1911 conducting the 100th performance of the opera, and Joseph Keilberth in 1968. According to the legend, Mottl died during Isolde's aria Death-doomed head, death-doomed heart, and Keilberth after Tristan's aria Let me die, never to awake. <BR/><BR/>Abbado had to relegate all stage rehearsals to his assistant and probably regretted going on this tour more than once, but the performances were a success and very well received by the Japanese public, and this served him well. <BR/> <BR/>In early 2001, the 100th anniversary of Verdi's death approaches, and Abbado decides to commemorate it with a performance of Requiem. By this time, his main challenge is not cancer per se, but starvation. He looks so frail that musicians are worried that he might not get through a rehearsal alive, let alone the ninety-minute, 200-player messa. The public raises eyebrows and wonders what in the world he is thinking. The concert is held on the exact day of Verdi's death, January 27th, and the 2,400-seat Philharmonie is sold out. <BR/> <BR/>I don't know what Abbado was thinking, but I will take a guess: he was consulting the Masters, the authority that he could trust, about what lies beyond life."Robert Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09231870716685877709noreply@blogger.com