Apollo Arts

Our Daily Bread The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness. Michel de Montaigne... Jaqueline Du Pre & Daniel Barenboim - cheerful moments https://www.youtube.com/watch

Our Daily Bread "Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men". Johann Wolfgang von Goethe... Sergey Rachmaninov, Piano concerto No 2 in C Minor Alexis Weissenberg, piano Herbert von Karajan 0:47 Moderato 12:22 Adagio sostenuto 25:29 Allegro scherzando https://www.youtube.com/watch

Our Daily Bread Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion. Martha Graham... Michael Baryshnikov and Zizi Jeanmaire Carmen, 1979 https://youtu.be/4WvZ8TjlqWk

Our Daily Bread "If you want to be happy, be". Leo Tolstoy... Antonín Dvoák (1841-1904) String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, B. 179 "American" (1893) 00:00 - Allegro ma non troppo 09:08 - Lento 16:14 - Molto vivace 20:00 - Finale. Vivace ma non troppo Performed by the Cleveland Quartet (Telarc, 1991). https://www.youtube.com/watch

Our Daily Bread Remember the old saying, Faint heart ne’er won fair lady". Miguel de Cervantes... Our friends Maria Alexandrova & Vladislav Lantratov in excerpts from Act I of "Don Quixote" Bolshoi Ballet 2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch

Our Daily Bread "Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself". Michel de Montaigne ... https://www.youtube.com/watch

Our Daily Bread "Even the ears must dance". Natalia Makarova... Pas De Trois from "Nutcracker" Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet December 12, 2020 Performers: Aziz Yasmina, Mark Oshepkov, Natasha Furman https://www.youtube.com/watch

Our Daily Bread "In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer". Albert Camus... Igor Moiseyev Ballet Company Winter Fantasy Snowstorm https://www.youtube.com/watch

Our Daily Bread "Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth". Hesiod... Grigory Sokolov, piano Schubert Impromptu Nr. 2 Es-Dur https://www.youtube.com/watch

Our Daily Bread "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage". Lao Tzu... Gaetano Donizetti : Una furtiva lagrima From L’Elisire d’Amore Adaptation for Cello and Orchestra CAMILLE THOMAS, cello Brussels Philharmonic Conductor: Mathieu Herzog Le Musée des Arts Décoratifs https://www.youtube.com/watch

Our Daily Bread "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn". Benjamin Franklin... "Dance of the Little Swans" A Documentary about Vaganova Ballet Academy Auditions (with English subtitles) https://www.youtube.com/watch

Our Daily Bread Antonio Vivaldi Filiae maestae Jerusalem RV 638... Philippe Jaroussky (conductor, counter-tenor) Ensemble Artaserse "Mournful daughters of Jerusalem" (Adagio) Mournful daughters of Jerusalem, behold the King of all, your King wounded and crowned with thorns; to clear the stains of sin he was made the King of sorrows. Behold he loses his life On the harsh cross; behold, see, and grieve not for the cross, but rather for us; let no one blame your tears, no, let all irrational beings grieve with you and all creation mourn. https://www.youtube.com/watch