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Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise Without delays, Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise With him mayst rise: That, as his death calcined thee to dust, His life may make thee gold, and much more, just. Awake, my lute, and struggle for thy part With all thy art. The […]
We suddenly live in a very difficult time. The things we had before are out of reach. Worries, concerns, anxieties… But it won’t be forever. We have to live through and will go back to a better time. After dealing with so many changes and making decisions (I am still doing it), I play music. […]
What a witty movie it is! Casting is fantastic. Emma is young, handsome, and clever from a rich family. She has everything. She lives in a small (not a lot happening!) town and she controls people’s mind. She thinks she is above everyone and all the boys should be attracted by her. she is so […]
I am sure every person in the audience wanted to go to Madrid after seeing this movie! The picture is beautiful and the narration is very nice. But the museum collection is so huge and the stories behind the museum is so much to observe and take in, and I was almost overwhelmed to watch […]
Latin text English translation Musica Dei donum optimi Music, God’s supreme gift, trahit homines, trahit deos; […]
What a delight! I learned this piece when I was in a conservatory in Japan. It has been so long and I don’t know why, but suddenly I wanted to play it again. It will be in my program at a concert “Stories in Music” on Saturday February 15 in Pasadena, CA. Schumann’s music is […]
May God make your year a happy one! Not by shielding us from all sorrows and pain, But by strengthening us to bear it, as it comes; Not by making our path easy, But by making us sturdy to travel any path; Not by taking hardships from us, But by taking fear from our heart; […]
“Parasite” is a 2019 South Korean black comedy/thriller/social justice movie. But most importantly it is very entertaining! It is about the two families, Park – typical rich and high-class family, and Kim – smart, but living in a horrible condition. With some coincidence those families are brought together and Kim family sees it as an […]
Are you looking for a good holiday movie? This is the one to watch. I love this kind of humor and twisty wit. It is so perfect. Do you like “mystery” ? Do you like “comedy”? It is a parody of Agatha Christie, but it is very sophisticated. It is not just a parody. When […]
What do we believe? It is up to us. I don’t want to discuss about any politics. I was born in Japan, and will die as a Japanese wherever I will be. And I feel very lucky in that position. The enigmatic case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once believed to be the wealthiest man – amass a fortune […]