Blissful Bassooning

The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul. -Johann Sebastian Bach MA based bassoonist, admirer of art. Music, dance, and paintings can be found here.

[opera-ghosts]

𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟓.𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟒 𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐄𝐓 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.

[simena]

Alphonse Muraton (detail)

[oldpaintings]

Jeune femme de dos by Delphin Enjolras (French, 1857--1945)

[pmamtraveller]

Edvard Munch, Consolation, 1894

[pmamtraveller]

Amor and Psyche by Adolfo de Carolis

[pmamtraveller]

"Pelléas et Mélisande" by Carlos Schwabe

[hildegardavon]

Hans Makart, 1840-1884

Leda and the Swan, ca.1868/69, oil on canvas, 103x135 cm

Private Collection

[aqua-regia009]

The Rise of Songs, 1904 - gouache, charcoal on cardboard — Feliks Michał Wygrzywalski (Polish, 1875-1944)

[academic-vampire]

𝔰𝔴𝔢𝔢𝔱 𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔲𝔰

[overclassy]

[wanderlustfuldays]

Quinta da Regaleira Sintra, Portugal

[midnightinshadow]

[justlifewelle]

what keeps my peace

[islas-autumn]

I will succeed. Not instantly. But definitely.

[ariaiscursed]

- nothing like a cup of tea

[artist-zorn]

Girls from Dalarna Having a Bath, Anders Zorn, 1906, Nationalmuseum, SWE

http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=18642&viewType=detailView

[midnightinshadow]