El cant dell ocells (song of the birds)

[wundermaus]

Run time: 03:01 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTO7CISpz9c   Posted on YouTube: December 18, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: December 02, 2008 By DU Member: wundermaus Views on DU: 632

 
Pau Casals - ''This is the greatest honour of my life. Peace has always been my greatest concern. I learnt to love it when I was but a child. When I was a boy, my mother —an exceptional, marvellous woman—, would talk to me about peace, because at that time there were also many wars. What is more, I am a Catalan. Today, a province of Spain. But what has been Catalonia? Catalonia has been the greatest nation in the world. I will tell you why. Catalonia has had the first parliament, much before England. Catalonia had the first United Nations. All the authorities of Catalonia in the Eleventh Century met in a city of France, at that time Catalonia, to speak about peace, at the Eleventh Century. Peace in the world and against, against, against war, the inhumanity of the wars. So I am so happy, so happy, to be with you today. That is why the United Nations, which works solely towards the peace ideal, is in my heart, because anything to do with peace goes straight to my heart. I have not played the cello in public for many years, but I feel that the time has come to play again. I am going to play a melody from Catalan folklore: El cant dels ocells. Birds sing when they are in the sky, they sing: "Peace, Peace, Peace", and it is a melody that Bach, Beethoven and all the greats would have admired and loved. What is more, it is born in the soul of my people, Catalonia.''

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Do you believe in "co-incidences?

This is the 3rd time in a week I have heard this song.
NPR played Casals cello version last ...Friday...I think, so I went to Youtube to find out what the song was.
haunting.
Then it popped up on a blog 2 days ago.
and now...........

I hope more people can hear this.