Weekend Concert 18: Tonight, Only the Cello Shall Enchant You to Death!

2006/11/25 9:30:12

Tonight

Only the Cello Shall Enchant You to Death

Being enchanted to death by the Cello isn't really that embarrassing — at least it's better than being enchanted to death by some big hoofed beast. And certainly much better than being enchanted to death by some Super Girl. On history's blood-red star curtain, those enchanted to death by big hoofed beasts curl into drifting corpse-shadows; on today's peach-colored rag, those enchanted to death by Super Girls curl into drifting mosquito-shadows. The mosquitoes that bite history leave corpses everywhere — the big hoofed beast calls this "books." History, written and bookified, turns Super-Girl-pink, instantly transforming into drops of blood that fall upon the enormous feet of the big hoofed beast. History — what a fine dish of wasabi duck feet!

Let the corpse-shadows of big hoofed beasts go, let the rags of Super Girls go, let the wasabi duck feet of history go! Tonight, only the Cello shall enchant you to death!

a MinorCello Sonata

The feet of the heart
walk only
between hearts

The Swan

Death
once sang like this too

Träumerei

Wind
has bent
tonight's starry sky

Rococo Theme Variations

What kills love
is only love

b MinorCello Concerto

Homeland
that wisp of sunset
lighter than a dream

Please turn off all other background music

(To be continued)

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• Weekend Concert18：Tchaikovsky "Rococo Variations"
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• Weekend Concert18：Dvořák "b MinorCello Concerto" 1
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• Weekend Concert18：Dvořák "b MinorCello Concerto" 2
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• Weekend Concert18：Dvořák "b MinorCello Concerto" 3
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• Weekend Concert18：Saint-Saëns "The Swan"
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• Weekend Concert18：Schubert "a MinorCello Sonata" 1
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• Weekend Concert18：Schubert "a MinorCello Sonata" 2
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• Weekend Concert18：Schubert "a MinorCello Sonata" 3
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• Weekend Concert18：Schumann "Träumerei"
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Replies

Chán Zhōng Shuō Chán 2006/11/25 10:11:02
Got a lunch engagement, heading out first. Enjoy the music, everyone.

Chán Zhōng Shuō Chán 2006/11/25 23:15:04

Lunch and dinner — two banquets — been hustling till now, with some activities unsuitable for male apes squeezed in between.

It's the weekend — let's not talk about stocks. The world is more than stocks, and a life with nothing but stocks is too unworthy of life.

Trade stocks like you make love — make love first, then do stocks.

Chán Zhōng Shuō Chán 2006/11/25 23:22:14

[Anonymous] lran

This student wishes first to become a child, then a gentleman, then a ruler, perhaps reaching the Dao, reaching Chan. I wonder if there is hope in this lifetime.

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That's a steady path, but for those with great courage and great wisdom, there's no need for such roundabout steps. If this ID tells you "you are Buddha" — do you dare accept it? If you don't dare, you lack great wisdom and great courage. If you truly think there's something to accept, then it's just grandiose delusion and hopeless foolishness.

Buddha — a dried shit-stick, what are you clinging to it for? A dried shit-stick — what does it obstruct of yours? What obstructs you is only you — what are you blindly seeking?

Chán Zhōng Shuō Chán 2006/11/25 23:25:08

[Anonymous] I Say So

2006-11-25 16:58:17 For Cello Concertos, my favorite is Saint-Saëns' "No. 1 Cello Concerto" — I have a Yo-Yo Ma recording, three stars with a flower for performance and recording!

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That'll be next week — plus an Elgar one on the side.

Chán Zhōng Shuō Chán 2006/11/25 23:27:04

Everyone, it's late — time to rest. If you can't rest, go love. If you can't love, go do. If you can't do, keep doing — do enough, and love comes naturally.

Goodbye.

Chán Zhōng Shuō Chán 2006/11/26 14:03:26

Please continue enjoying the music.

Chán Zhōng Shuō Chán 2006/12/1 21:28:24
I love you~~little Chan~