I hope you all will go see the video embedded in the post I'm talking about here...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

It is without question one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever recorded. Sheshe2 has posted it to wish all of us a happy holiday season!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101788036

I was thrilled to see and hear it!

[annabanana]

1. really really nice

(My kid Sis linked me to it this morning)

[csziggy]

2. Lovely - thank you CaliforniaPeggy!

[Downwinder]

3. Thats the way to do it.

With a full orchestra.

[rurallib]

4. That makes me feel like Christmas for the first time this year!

Thanks Peggy, you angel of the lounge

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Aw, thank you, my dear rurallib...

It brought me into the Christmas mood for the first time this year, too...

[Brother Buzz]

5. That girl got her nickel's worth

and then some!

Thanks Peggy. Thanks Sheshe2

[Lionel Mandrake]

7. The "Ode to Joy" of Schiller and Beethoven

expresses something that fits perfectly with the holiday spirit. It has become the European international anthem. The crowd was singing it their own language.

[WCGreen]

8. A lot of fun....

But I still think this is the best video with Ode to Joy...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. That is lovely too...

[crim son]

10. Wonderful!

I posted it on FB. Thank you, Peggy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. I was thinking of doing that, my dear crim son!

I'm glad you did!

And I'm glad you enjoyed it even more...

[Scruffy Rumbler]

12. Thank you for sending us there....

took me back to my childhood and one of the few good things about my father, his love for classical music and the joy of laying on the floor, eyes closed, earphones on and floating away on the waves of beauty, soaring on the wings of strings.....
truly the first positive flush of the Holidays.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. You're very welcome, my dear Scruffy Rumbler!

It took me into the Holidays too.........brought that spirit into me.

[elleng]

14. Beautiful. Have seen it many times.

Thanks for the gift, CalPeg and She2.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. Oh, I'm glad, my dear elleng!

I wasn't sure how many folks get into the Video forum, so that's why I posted the link over here.

[elleng]

16. Good idea.

If I get there, it's late at night, and not there yet tonight.

[Baitball Blogger]

17. That is some amazing acoustics.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. Aren't they? I was bowled over.

[In_The_Wind]

19. Thank you, Peggy. It was beautifully done.

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[MiddleFingerMom]

20. Beautiful!!! And my favorite part?

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All the children dancing and conducting and especially the little girl frozen in rapt attention
to the right and slightly behind the conductor throughout much of the piece until right at
the very end, when she had almost mysteriously disappeared.
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Thank you for posting that.
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[davsand]

21. Was it THIS one?

I love how the actors' faces register reactions along with the song!




Laura

[Stuart G]

22. Beethoven who wrote this music, couldn't hear a word or note of it.

From the 9th Symphony, Ode to Joy, Beethoven lived for that symphony. But he had gone deaf. couldn't h ear a note, (at least that is what I read ) and..........it is my absolute favorite piece of classical music. Thanks for posting here.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. He could only hear it........in his mind's ear.

It is among my top favorites too...