I close off our little series of music-inspired blogs with a personal note (no pun intended!). Saturday, June 19, June and I hosted a little house concert featuring piano music by June and her duet partner, Lynn Barber. Here’s the opener, Slavonic Dance, Opus 72, No. 2, by Dvorak (click the picture):
We invited four friends and two sets of neighbors for our share of the audience. It proved to be an excellent event all around. The music was good, and people enjoyed not only hearing the music but also being together. It’s the first gathering we’ve had with any neighbors since Christmas 2019 with COVID shutting everything down in March 2020.
People need to be with people, and June and I want to be intentional about getting people together. Also, music is a gift from God – part of his ongoing creativity in the world.
…the morning stars sang in chorus and all the angels shouted praise… (Job 38.7, MSG)
3 Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!
4 Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!
5 Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD! (Psalm 150.3 – 6, ESV)
The second [most important command] is this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” There is no other commandment greater than these. (Mark 12.31, ESV)
Absolutely wonderful!