Just gratitude
Everything comes in its own time, don't worry. I might be saying this to myself, to make it easier to accept my lateness... Let's see.... do you remember where I played in January 2024? A little help? With the choir... on a perfect piano that I fell in love with... who remembers?
In the symphony hall of the Auditorium of the Alicante Provincial Council (ADDA). 😃
I wrote about my day before this event here, how I was distracting myself from being nervous, although I had to focus and visualise the performance. Then, a week after the concert, I said that it was a real honour to perform there, but there was a missing thing... a video that would bring the musical side of it. I didn't have these photos either; just later, the director of the choir sent them to me. And, also, now we have a book published last month about the path that the choir have had since it was established in 2010.
A little sneak peek from the book where we play in this concert hall. 👇
I joined them as the pianist just some years after it was formed (my memory is failing here as I can't recall the exact year 🤦♀) and it was not always that I played with them, just when they needed some extra help or the lady who played until then couldn't do that. Then, slowly, I became a part of that family, and now they can't even imagine a performance without me. 😁
What the future will bring, we don't know. The next year, I plan not to travel so many times per week to our old place anymore for work, and it could affect the choir rehearsals too. The director is worried and a bit quite sad because of that, but we will find the way and make it possible to continue the collaboration.
It is also a big honour for me to play with them. This choir is a group of people who gather to sing and make music. They are not professional musicians (the majority is not, but there are a few who had some previous musical education and involvement in music), however, they have improved a lot over the years. And I learned a lot too with this director.
One of the main things he was constantly repeating before this concert in January 2024 was the purpose of why we play or sing. Why? To fill the space and time with something? Something - anything, a brief entertainment, easy content for consumers? No, no, no! Anyone can do that. But offering something genuine, your everything to the listeners, your thoughts, heart, effort... isn't it a real presentation just then? There is a nice Spanish word for this I want to say, and I can't find the right word in English for it. It is entrega in Spanish, what I want to say.
When someone can touch the hearts of others through music, literature, or art, and the one receiving those notes or words has tears in their eyes while seeing or listening to them (or gets affected or touched in any other way), then something inexplicable happens; something that leaves a permanent mark, indelible from our own experience. If an artist can't do that... then it has no sense to continue with her/his profession. But if yes, then the most honest gratitude can be felt toward that soul, and the same vibe can be extended to others.
Today, I was leafing through this book that I got from my choir last month. The photos you see, and later the same ones in the book, are those from this concert held in Alicante. I am bringing the YouTube recording of the whole concert, though it is a bit long. The artists who performed before us were great, and also the choir that sang after us. We, this tiny choir of amateur singers, were in the middle. 😅 But we did our best, and some bravos were heard as well. 😇
The two pieces I loved the most to play there were El Barberillo de Lavapiés and Negra Sombra, both can be listened to at these links I am leaving here. The first one has a very funny text haha, and the second piece I am sharing here is Negra Sombra, a song that made me have tears in my eyes more than once while practising it.
I am grateful for this community, Throwback Thursday - sometimes being late is actually bringing something at the right time. 😉
What a good experience you had, now you are part of this group, which is already your musical family from which you have learned a lot. Congratulations on the book, I enjoyed reading it.
It is one of the concerts that made a great impact on us as a group of musicians 🎶
Que bueno para los artistas poder trabajar en un colectivo de positivas energías....muy importante...y compartir sabiduría y aprender de los otros con humildad y respeto...por que juntos somos mejores!!
Con humildad y respeto, sí, así es cuando aprendemos lo más y compartimos los mejores momentos 😇
It’s beautiful how you talk about your journey with the choir and how you became part of this musical family.
It reminds us that art isn’t just about perfection but about passion and honesty in sharing what we love.
That's it, it is not (just) about the perfection; without a spirit, it is just empty.
If ‘Happy’ was an understatement at the time (as you expressed when you replied to my comment)... now you have to find another name and another concept to express what you are feeling at this moment, these days when you remember all this, as well as what it means to you to write this post. Look how beautiful! You have your memories in a book. 😍 There are videos! 😍 And I feel so much emotion for you and it's an honour to be able to write you some words here.
Some time ago, when I was watching the film Mar Adentro, the song Negra Sombra brought a few tears to my eyes... maybe it's because it's there in some delicate moments, I don't know... it's a very moving film.
Thank you for sharing these moments. We are happy for you and you also make us reflect, at least I do, on the meaning of life, why we do what we do, as well as what moves us and makes us more or less ‘dedicated’ (entregados) in one or another aspect of our lives.
🙌👏
Thank you very much! Yes, there are different levels of entrega, but that's life - we can't walk through it receiving or giving emptiness. And I am not good at words, how to express myself; that's why just "happy" was my first reaction after the concert. 😅 I guess that is why the instrument with black and white keys is a kind of my extension haha, it speaks instead of me. 🎹 But gratitude is one of the things I feel when we are touched in one or another way.
Oh, Mar Adentro, very moving film! We also watched a little documentary where Javier Bardem (and the others from the team) talked about the process of filming. Now I watched that scene where Negra Sombra appeared in the movie on the radio. 🎙📻
Good morning, mipiano, yes, it starts on the radio but continues and contains other scenes while we listen to Luz Casal's performance. Creo que estaba interpretada allí por Luz Casal.
☝🏻 Esto me dijiste. Y yo recuerdo que sonreí porque imaginé la escena en la que me lo decías, y vi en tus ojos un brillo espectacular, más que el que ya otras personas han referido que tienen.
Que tengas un hermoso día. Yo voy hacia mi café con leche.
Sí, interpretada por Luz Casal y Carlos Nuñez, lo he comprobado. 🎶
Thank you, it was heavily raining while I was driving to work during the whole trip, esto significa que el coche tiene ahora un brillo espectacular si no mis ojos 😂
pffffff 🤣 ay mipiano...
Well, that is the only way I could change the colour of my car to better, with rain 😂, as I can't edit it
😂 qué te puedo decir, que me sacas carcajadas... una detrás de otra.
Good morning @mipiano, I hope to arrive in good time, although late. I remember the posts you mention (at least one I am now very mindful of). You can also generate emotions with words, and there is so much gratitude in this post that it moves me.
We don't know what the future will bring, but everything done with generosity and from the heart, always accompanies us.
A big hug. Happy Friday.
Good morning @enraizar
I hope you had a good day yesterday :))
You are not late, it never is. Thank you for the confirmation, everything done from the heart is a great thing and will bring good future moments. Happy Friday to you too, it is raining here, which I like right now 😇
Hi @mipiano, yesterday was a great day, I'm not going to explain to you how ordinary days become special. Days to remember.
Glad to hear that the rain is to your liking.
A big hug.
Well, the rain here was OK, but then it became heavy and the traffic on the highway became slow as everyone drove carefully. A lot of focus to see the road at all. But it is also interesting, little things that push more adrenaline into our days 😁
Good morning @mipiano, that's life, not everything is dopamine, there is also room for adreanline... 😁 in its right term everything is fine.
A very big greeting.
It takes a lot of practice and dedication to get into any kind of performing art! You can pat yourself on the back, yes, you and the choir must have lifted the spirits of many people in your audiences.
I enjoyed listening to those pieces on YouTube!
It may sound corny, but music for sure feeds the soul!
Have a great Friday @mipiano 💕
Thank you very much, dear @lizelle, for listening to the performances 😇🎶
Music feeds the soul, it is not a secret, it may also help in flying adventures using parasols 😉
Thank you, and a happy Friday evening to you too! :)
Haha @mipiano, I don't think I need the parasol after being inspired by good music. It gives me wings and I'm able to soar high above the clouds...
I'm talking a load of nonsense of course, but no, not really! Music does have the ability to lift our spirits, even when we're alone.
Oh, a so nice one :))
Love it💞
I love seeing those pictures and reading that they couldn't imagine having a presentation without you, I think it really fills the soul because of the appreciation they have for you. I remember that post, yes I do, and what a great memory for you, one with tears of emotion.
They do appreciate and love me, what can I do? 😆 It is also an honour for me to play with them, thank you 😉
I have been loved by all the people, you are very good people.🤗
It must be very different being part of a band. It's not something I've experienced before. Do you think it's the same as being part of a soccer team? 🤣
Hahaha, almost 😂
Teamwork is important, for sure 😉
Your spirit always grows hand in hand with your passion for what you do. I've always noticed this in the posts where you talk about your musical work... A round of applause for you, dear @mipiano friend, full with talent but also with an inner world that can be seen from miles away when reading your posts... I send constant blessings to you and those close to you! 👍
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It is true that everything comes when it should. For some reason I had missed the post where you talked about this presentation and today I have been able to enjoy both and with a selection of images that show much of that memorable night. What a nice place, what a beautiful piano, it must have been love at first sight...or rather, love at first touch 🤭. It must be a beautiful feeling to feel that group of people as a family, connected by the same feeling and desires of "entrega"(la palabra es perfecta). Lindo finde para ustedes 🤗.
Love at first touch haha, that is true. It was great to have the opportunity to perform there, among those other great ensembles. We were just a tiny group of people del pueblo 😂 but we did our entrega 😇
Thank you, and the same to you and your family!
Thanks 💚
A mí me hace muy feliz que hayas tenido este acercamiento con ese pequeño coro de Alicante; pequeño en cantidad de personas, pero grande por lo que hacen. El video de El Barberillo de Lavapiés lo vi completo el año pasado, pero ahora estoy escuchando el otro mientras respondo aquí.
Suena rudo desplazarse entre una ciudad y otra para hacer un trabajo, eventualmente llega el cansancio, pero por otra parte siento que hay mucho que puedes seguir aportando, y estoy seguro que tú también estás llena de gratitud con ellos. Espero puedan encontrar la manera, y también espero que nunca dejes de tocar, no mientras puedas, así te conocí aquí y aunque ya no vea tantos videos nuevos como antes, nunca olvido el sentimiento que nos producía en casa tu entrega en cada video para Hive, es inspirador y es muy profesional.
Gracias por compartir esto, es el #TBT más grato de esta semana ❤️ y vaya que llegó a tiempo...
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Hola Jesús,
Cuando publico algo com mi coro pequeño, siempre me acuerdo que grande y bueno es el coro donde tú cantas... o sea, somos muy pero muy pequeños comparado con tu grupo jajaja, pero bueno, intentamos traer lo mejor que se puede 😅
Gracias, y claro, nunca dejaré de tocar el piano jaja, de eso ni hablar ;D
Enhorabuena. Por el grato concierto en Alicante y por la publicación del libro. ¡Bravo! 😀👏👏👏
What beautiful memories of yesteryear, I hope you play again, music is life.