Attended: New York Philharmonic
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Kurt Masur conducted Beethoven (Symphony No. 1) and Bruckner (Symphony No.7)
May 14th, Avery Fischer Hall
Insomniflows
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Wednesday, May 12 /
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The dark and desperate movements of an insomniac night (in NYC).
Credit:Paul Davis
The Happy Life
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My friend, the things that do attain
The happy life be these, I find:
The riches left, not got with pain,
The fruitful ground; the quiet mind;
The equal friend; no grudge, no strife;
No charge of rule nor governance;
Without disease the healthy life;
The household of continuance;
The mean diet, no dainty fare;
True wisdom joined with simpleness;
The night discharged of all care,
Where wine the wit may not oppress;
The faithful wife, without debate;
Such sleeps as may beguile the night:
Content thyself with thine estate,
Neither wish death, nor fear his might.
The happy life be these, I find:
The riches left, not got with pain,
The fruitful ground; the quiet mind;
The equal friend; no grudge, no strife;
No charge of rule nor governance;
Without disease the healthy life;
The household of continuance;
The mean diet, no dainty fare;
True wisdom joined with simpleness;
The night discharged of all care,
Where wine the wit may not oppress;
The faithful wife, without debate;
Such sleeps as may beguile the night:
Content thyself with thine estate,
Neither wish death, nor fear his might.
Henry Howard, earl of Surrey (1517-1547) translation of a sonnet from Roman poet Martial's Epigrams.
