Monthly Archives: November 2021

Advent

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Whether of the faith or not or of none, enjoy the beauty of it. And the idea of hope.

Fifty years ago I was into Steeleye Span.

Last Sunday was Advent Sunday. My old stomping ground, South Sydney Uniting Church, had something to say.

‘The thing with feathers’

Andrew Collis

Lutheran thinker Jürgen Moltmann’s Theology of Hope (1964) bears witness to a war-torn world and to human spirits revived by the Spirit of God. This hope differs from mere optimism. Hope is more than being/feeling positive or holding a progressive opinion. Hope defies expectations, even feelings of hopelessness. Hope underlies action…

And a poem from Northern Ireland 2020:

Nice one!

And on Facebook two days ago I shared this, saying Well it is Advent! And this is just beautiful…

Much closer to home and the present, appearing just a few weeks ago…

Another set of music sequels

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Isaiah Firebrace — was delivering a petition on the teaching of the history of First Australians last time we mentioned him — is inspiring again on Australia Day at the Sydney Opera House in 2020.

We all love this song!

Next that even younger First Australian singer, recently honoured in our top local music awards, born 2002, a Coodjinburra man from the Bundjalung nation — Budjerah.

What a strong face!

Here he is in beautiful Sydney Town Hall with others, just yesterday!

Now to the USA and a 29-year-old talented musician who I have been following for some time now. So many genres he and a group of friends have mastered! See my 2020 post Music career built through YouTube — and very impressive! Yesterday on Facebook he announced they would be delivering something special on YouTube today. They have.

Josh Turner

Briefly…

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This was much reported yesterday.

Stephen Sondheim, the iconic lyricist and composer of some of the most  legendary shows in the history of musical theatre, died Friday at his home in  Roxbury Connecticut. 

Sondheim was 91 years old. 

The New York Times called Sondheim the “greatest and perhaps best-known  artist in American musical theatre,” while The Guardian in 2010 had asked the  rhetorical question, “Is Stephen Sondheim the Shakespeare of musical  theatre?” 

Sondheim is renowned for his work as the lyricist for West Side Story (1957)  and Gypsy (1959), as well as his work as a composer/lyricist for Company  (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd (1979), Into  the Woods (1986), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Assassins  (1990). In total, Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics for 16 musicals and the lyrics  for three others, and is considered to be one of the greatest lyricists and  composers in musical theatre history. 

Sydney Star Observer

And much closer to home, see also The Albury Piano Bar — my second lounge at one time…

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