Gabriel's Oboe

The only fault in this piece is that it is so short. I could listen to it for hours.

John Dunbar's Theme

During our trip to Mount Airy, by chance I pulled an Andre Rieu CD ("At the Movies") from the console. Track #10 caught my ear. I played it over and over again. Some of you may recognize it from the movie, Dances with Wolves. The tune is now, officially, one of my favorites.

   

But they could've chosen better slides for this.  Oh, and sorry for the abrupt ending.

Bach: Komm Süsser Tod

Good Thinking Music

From the Soundtrack to the movie, Gods and Generals, sung by Mary Fahl



They say there's a place
where dreams have all gone
They never said where
but I think I know
It's miles through the night
just over the dawn
on the road that will take me home

I know in my bones
I've been here before
The ground feels the same
though the land's been torn
I've a long way to go
The stars tell me so
on this road that will take me home

Love waits for me 'round the bend
Leads me endlessly on
Surely sorrows shall find their end
and all our troubles will be gone
And I'll know what I've lost
and all that I've won
when the road finally takes me home

And when I pass by
don't lead me astray
Don't try to stop me
Don't stand in my way
I'm bound for the hills
where cool waters flow
on this road that will take me home

Love waits for me 'round the bend
Leads me endlessly on
Surely sorrows shall find their end
and all our troubles will be gone
And we'll know what we've lost
and all that we've won
when the road finally takes me home

I'm going home
I'm going home
I'm going home

Leonard Slatkin Conducts the BBC Orchestra on September 15, 2001

To me, September 11 is not just a single day to remember and then forget until the next year, like one's birthday, or Columbus Day.  Nor is it a day to just remember what happened, awful as it was.  We should think about that day much more often.  And we should also think about what is still happening.  Because September 11, 2001 was not the start of a conflict.  Neither were the wars that followed it a conclusion.

Abide With Me

Gabriel's Oboe: After a Thousand Replays, I Still Hate it When it Reaches the End

Gabriel's Oboe