At Sunnyside – Where Truth and Beauty Meet

Natalia Osipova: Coppélia

“Coppélia (sometimes subtitled: La Fille aux Yeux d’Émail (The Girl with the Enamel Eyes)) is a comic ballet from 1870 originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon to the music of Léo Delibes, with libretto by Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter. PLOT: Dr. Coppélius is a doctor who has made a life-size dancing doll. It is so lifelike that Franz,…

Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat Major, KV 452

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Dvorak: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major

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Eleanor Farjeon: People Look East

People, Look East Words and Music: Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965), 1928 1. People, look east. The time is near Of the crowning of the year. Make your house fair as you are able, Trim the hearth and set the table. People, look east and sing today: Love, the guest, is on the way. 2. Furrows, be…

James Jebusa Shannon: Jungle Tales

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Walking Roots Band: Light Upon the Mountains

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Mozart: Piano Quartet in E Flat Major K 493

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Unbroken – A Poem

Unbroken In the spring When I was young, green and giving, I wondered if we would see autumn. Then the water rose while cold wind whipped, And I wondered which one of us would blow away. I remain unbroken – And now I know. by Sunnyside Hear More Bach At Sunnyside Learn More Georgia O’Keeffe…

Joshua Bell: “Méditation” from Thaïs

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Frank Cadogan Cowper: The Blue Bird (1918)

“The Blue Bird appeared at the RA in 1918, the last year of the Great War. Military images dominated the exhibition and the picture must have struck an incongruous note amid the portraits of generals, tributes to indomitable Tommies, romanticised accounts of ‘bringing up the guns’, and poignant war memorials…The picture does, however, undoubtedly relate…

Chora’s Byzantine Mosaics

Read More The Chora Church at wikiwand References Dr. Evan Freeman, “Picturing salvation — Chora’s brilliant Byzantine mosaics and frescoes,” in Smarthistory, April 28, 2021, accessed June 25, 2023, https://smarthistory.org/picturing-salvation/. Happy Sunday! ✝️ ~Sunnyside

Mary Cassatt: The Life of an Artist

“With the exception of a brief return to Philadelphia in 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, Cassatt remained in Europe for the remainder of her life, settling permanently in Paris in 1875. Two years later, she became the only American artist to join the French Impressionist group at the invitation of her close friend, Edgar Degas….

Anto Carte: L’Enfant Roi (1919)

“Belgian artist Antoine (Anto) Carte’s works are unique in that they include characteristics of symbolism, naturalism, and expressionism. His subjects are inspired by the lives of laborers such as miners, farmers, and fishermen.The son of a furniture maker and carpenter, he attended the Academy of Mons and Brussels from 1897 to 1908, where he studied…

Thanksgiving Prayer, by Sister Renee Yann

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Maurice Brazil Prendergast: East Boston Ferry

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Vivaldi: Concerto in D Major RV 212

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Konstantin Gorbatov: Amalfi

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Fra Angelico: Annunciation (1438–45)

Read More This artwork at wikiwand Fra Angelico at wikiwand Reference Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, “Fra Angelico, The Annunciation,” in Smarthistory, May 18, 2021, accessed June 25, 2023, https://smarthistory.org/fra-angelico-the-annunciation-c-1438-47/. Happy Sunday! 🌻 ~Sunnyside

The Life and Art of Odilon Redon

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Dorothy Brett: Dawn Fiesta

“Brett traveled to Taos, New Mexico with Lawrence and his wife. She was immediately enamored by the new environment, remarking, “I like it better than England. O, for the bigness of it! …Here I’m free from the old conventions …Here I’m truly free” (as quoted in Cassidy, New Mexico Highway Journal, March 1933). While it was…

Georgia O’Keeffe: Lake George Autumn (1927)

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Peder Mork Monsted: Harvest Near Tulstrup

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Zhang Daqian: Red Trees in Autumn Mountain

“Radiating with intense red and sumptuous gold, the magnificent Red Trees in Autumn Mountain exudes grandeur and radiance, the two qualities that Zhang Daqian considered most important in his paintings…Another unique feature of this painting is Zhang Daqian’s experimentation with using different painting media. By the time he painted Red Trees in Autumn Mountain, Zhang…

Joseph Bologne’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in A Major

Who Was Joseph Bologne? “Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George(s) (25 December 1745 – 9 June 1799) was a French violinist, conductor, composer and soldier. His historical significance lies in his distinctive background as a biracial free man of color. Bologne was the first classical composer of African descent to attain widespread acclaim in European music. He…

Classic Hymns: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

“Norman Rockwell executed the present work as a preparatory study for Freedom of Worship, one of the four paintings that comprise his iconic Four Freedoms series. Inspired by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union address, in which he outlined four essential human rights, Rockwell sought to capture the ideas of freedom from want,…

Veterans Day: “Am I the Only One?”

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Home Free: Go Rest High on That Mountain

Hat Tip Many thanks to Linda at Lagniappe (shoreacres) for introducing me to this musical group in the post Songs for a Month of Sundays ~ Home Free. Hear More Home Free At Sunnyside See More Hugo Muhlig At Sunnyside Hugo Muhlig at wikimedia commons Read More Hugo Mühlig at wikiwand In Remembrance of All Veterans…

Fern Isabel Coppedge: Carversville Brook

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Hauser: Air on the G String (Bach)

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Léon de Smet: Coucher de Soleil sur le Village (c.1920)

“The painting dates from the period in which the artist had begun to experiment with burlap, following his move to London in 1914, on the outbreak of World War One. While de Smet’s use of discrete dashes of impasto colour does indeed recall Post-Impressionism, he allows the rough texture of the burlap beneath to ‘breathe’…