Comments on: Performance of the Week: Melissa Venema Plays Il Silenzio (Taps) http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/11/performance-of-the-week-melissa-venema-plays-il-silenzio-taps/ Life solutions for Active Baby Boomers Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:42:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Janet http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/11/performance-of-the-week-melissa-venema-plays-il-silenzio-taps/comment-page-1/#comment-1166 Janet Sat, 08 May 2010 15:21:43 +0000 http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=5084#comment-1166 Can you imagine that there is a young, truly talented person out there that is fantastic without Disney behind them? Can you imagine that there is a young, truly talented person out there that is fantastic without Disney behind them?

]]> By: DCStevenson http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/11/performance-of-the-week-melissa-venema-plays-il-silenzio-taps/comment-page-1/#comment-674 DCStevenson Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:25:52 +0000 http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=5084#comment-674 The original, performed by Nini Rosso in 1965, brought me to tears when I heard it on the radio in Japan at that time, and it does to this day. When I left Japan in '66 I thought I'd never hear it again, but here it is, for us all. This is one of those rare pieces that makes just about anything else seem cheap and tawdry by comparison - there are many versions on YouTube, all of them exquisite. This version is as deep and powerful as any of them. Some of the richest nourishment for the soul you will find in This World, filling the heart with the light of Heaven. "Thanks be to G'd." Be nourished, DCStevenson The original, performed by Nini Rosso in 1965, brought me to tears when I heard it on the radio in Japan at that time, and it does to this day. When I left Japan in ‘66 I thought I’d never hear it again, but here it is, for us all.

This is one of those rare pieces that makes just about anything else seem cheap and tawdry by comparison – there are many versions on YouTube, all of them exquisite. This version is as deep and powerful as any of them. Some of the richest nourishment for the soul you will find in This World, filling the heart with the light of Heaven. “Thanks be to G’d.”

Be nourished,
DCStevenson

]]> By: “Taps” « Looking At Life http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/11/performance-of-the-week-melissa-venema-plays-il-silenzio-taps/comment-page-1/#comment-207 “Taps” « Looking At Life Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:13:25 +0000 http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=5084#comment-207 [...] across a haunting rendition of “Il Silenzia” commonly known to most of us simply as “Taps” by a very [...] [...] across a haunting rendition of “Il Silenzia” commonly known to most of us simply as “Taps” by a very [...]

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