Faithful Music Master Podcast

Faithful Music Master Podcast

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  • Opening up the Bible: Episode 1 - Advent I B

    This is the first episode in my series on the readings for upcoming Sundays. I hope to give my impressions and thoughts with this series.

    Tea of the day: Ahmad Cardamom tea

    The readings can be found on lectionarypage.net

    2:17 - Isaiah 64:1-9

    8:20 - Psalm 80:1-7, 16-18

    13:22 - 1 Corinthians 1:3-9

    23:52 - Mark 13:24-37

    46:40 - Sacred Song of the Week

    This song is called "Cantaremos, Bailaremos" by La Semilla. I am joined by Thanh Montes on the guitar in this audio from a livestream we performed.

    Here are the lyrics of the song:

    Cantaremos, bailaremos, Él cantó de la esperanza

    Habrá fiesta y todo el pueblo festejará su llegada.

    El nuevo día que nos traerá la plena mañana

    Renacerán en tus ojos sonrisas, sueños y esperanzas.

    Desde lejos van llegando, se hace fuerte nuestro canto

    Es el tiempo, y aquí estamos. Nuestra espera está acabando.

    Con la mañana la tierra alumbrará, un sol de justicia.

    No habrá más llanto, clamor, ni lagrimas, nacerá la vida.

    We will sing, we will dance, for he sang about hope.

    There will be celebrations and everybody will celebrate his arrival

    The new day that he is bringing is the full morning.

    Your smiles, dreams, and hopes will be reborn in your eyes.

    People are coming from afar and our song is getting stronger

    It’s time, and we’re here. Our wait is finishing.

    The earth will shine in the morning with the sun of justice

    there will be no more crying, yelling, nor tears, and life will be born.

    Here is a link to "Despertar," the album by La Semilla that contains this song.

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    53 min
  • Episode 1: Der Getreue Music-Meister

    In this inaugural episode, I talk about the inspiration behind the title of this podcast: Der Getreue Music-Meister, which translates to "The Faithful Music Master". I also explain that I am definitely not a music master, but I always strive to learn.

    I also talk about my frustrations with the inclusion of the Feast of Christ the King, which is taking place on November 22 this year, and I just wanted to put my two cents out there.

    Some highlights:

    Tea: Tazo Wild Sweet Orange (not my favorite)

    22:38 - Here is my poem I read

    My People (2013)

    Orange line. Home soon: school bag clad.

    One small brown girl stands near — glad;

    Her mom looks out — stale, drained, beat.

    Girl looks up and calls me “Dad.”

    34:20 - What I'm listening to: here is a good recording of Symphony 15 by Dmitri Shostakovich:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLng0R1FzC4

    44:34 - The word of the day is verity. Here are the two example sentences I wrote:

    An unfortunate verity onto which wordsmiths often cling is that excesses of Latinate words add pomp to their writing. It doesn’t make me want to read it.

    The verity of compassion is being challenged as people decide whether to wear masks in public or wash their hands.

    47:35 - Etymology of the day

    Getreue – has two components. My German is terrible, but I know that the beginning “ge” is some sort of adfix to the root word “treu". This word derives from Proto-Germanic “triwwiz”, which is also the root that gives us the English word “true”.

    The Proto-Germanic word “triwwiz” derives from the PIE root “drewh2” which means “steady, firm.”

    In German, the word “treu" and “getreue” have the meaning of “loyal and faithful” as possible definitions. I want to say that this is similar to older uses of the word “True” in English.

    51:22 - My thoughts on the Feast of Christ the King

    In regno Christi, inquimus, quippe nobis videbamur ad pacem redintegrandam stabiliendamque non posse efficacius, quam, Domini Nostri imperio instaurando, contendere.

    In the Kingdom of Christ, that is, it seemed to Us that peace could not be more effectually restored nor fixed upon a firmer basis than through the restoration of the Empire of Our Lord.

    Quas Primas (Pope Pius 11, December 11, 1925)

    1:09:05 - What I'm practicing

    The music from today's episode is from the first and last movements of Georg Philipp Telemann's Recorder Sonata TWV 41:F2.

    I'm also currently practicing his Bassoon Sonata TWV 41:f1

    Thank you for listening and reading!

    1 hr 16 min

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This podcast is the musings and ramblings of a forever musician-learner. The topics range from music, tea, religion, literature, and whatever else comes to my mind!