Email: Cousin’s birthday. Loves holidays, classical music. (Australia)
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Beethoven – Symphony No 9 (‘Choral’)
Beethoven – Symphony No 3 (Eroica)
Mozart – Symphony No 41 (Jupiter)
Beethoven – Symphony No 1
Dvorak – Symphony (New World)
Beethoven – Symphony No 6 (Pastoral)
Mahler – Symphony 8 (Of a thousand)
Rachmaninov – Symphony No 1
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No 3
Mendelssohn – Symphony No 4
Berlioz – Symphony (Fantastique)
Brahms – Symphony No 1
A transformative guide to deeper, profound listening & creativity. Over 6 weeks, we’re given terrific tools to become better listeners to our environment, people, above all – ourselves. Rewards for learning to truly listen are immense. As we learn to listen, our attention is heightened, we gain healing, insights, clarity. Above all, listening creates connections, ignites creativity.
Each week, we’re challenged to expand our ability to listen in a new way, beginning with listening to our environment, culminating in learning to listen to silence. The Listening Path reminds us of the power of hearing. In a time of unnecessary noise, listening is really the creative way forward.
An avid gardener offers an inspiring work about the healing effects of gardening, it’s ability to decrease stress, foster mental well-being in our everyday lives.
The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature – Amazon
Our garden is often seen as a refuge, a place to forget worldly cares. We connect with the cycle of life in nature through which destruction & decay are followed by a beautiful re-growth & renewal. Gardening is a quintessential nurturing activity, yet we understand so little about it. The Well-Gardened Mind provides a new perspective on the power of gardening. Sue Stuart-Smith investigates many ways in which our mind & our garden interact. Explores how the process of tending to a garden plot can be a way of sustaining our inner-most self.
A book for gardeners & nature lovers…
Classical music inspired by the SUN.
Richard Strauss – Alpine Symphony Op. 64
A sunny day mountain climb in the Bavarian Alps. Largest orchestra ever assembled, overwhelming. Symphony closes with the sun setting at the base of a mountain.
Richard Strauss – Also sprach Zarathustra
Orchestra erupts in glorious major-key fanfare. Ends on a long, stained major chord full organs blazing. Dawn of a new day. A Space Odyssey.
Haydn – String Quartets Op. 20 ‘Sun’
Sun quartets gave Haydn great success. A sensational composition.
Bruckner – Symphony No. 4
Bruckner’s most popular work is Symphony No. 4, called ‘Romantic’ symphony.
Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt Op. 23 ‘Morning Mood’
Lyrical alternating flute, oboe melodies slowly unfold the magnificent climax with sunrise.
Richard Strauss – Four Last Songs
Iconic piece of music, poignant. Emotional effect of the beautiful sun setting over an enduring horizon.
Neilson – Helios Overture
Inspired by the sun rising over the Aegean Sea in Greece. “Silence, darkness, sun rises with a joyous song of praise, wanders golden way, sinks quietly into the sea.”
Ferde Grofe – Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)
Sunrise opens to a world of bird calls, pastoral music. Flying like a bird, high over landscapes, catching thermals as sun rises in the sky.
Reading an insightful book on how food works? Is red wine good for our heart? Will caffeine raise our blood pressure? How Food Works gives answers by investigating a variety of foods from a biological stand point. We discover nutritional facts about the food we eat, learn the benefits of superfoods & anti-oxidants, go behind the scenes of modern food production.
Packed with infographics & colourful images, book delves into the science behind ways of eating like gluten-free & vegan, as well as unique, amazing diets from around the world. We understand why food intolerances occur, what actually makes food organic, how important sell by dates really are, how much salt we should be eating? An indispensable health & dietary companion.
