Music
Music speaks to us where words fall short. Music speaks to our deepest feelings. The mysterious language of music helps us endure and move forward. Music speaks to moments of loss, grief, joy, hope, love, beginnings and endings in a life. In short, music heals. We all know that. We include here links to music John and his family listened to. Music that consoled and comforted during John’s journey to an unwanted place.
Red River Valley
Woody Guthrie
John and Nancy literally danced in their kitchen listening to Country Music after they received the news of his remission.
Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground
Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson speaks to our woundedness, to caregiving, to the experience of grace. John liked the rogue in Willie Nelson.
Adagietto
from Gustav Mahler’s Fifth Symphony
Gymnopedie No.1
Erik Satie
Satie’s music here is haunting. It is pure reverie. We carry essential memories, heartfelt memories, inside this music.
Emmanuelle, Hallelujah, Cinema Paradiso
Chris Botti
Chris Botti is a good fellow traveler. His music speaks to the heart and to what we all experience. Botti’s music is a favorite of John’s adult children. This music helped his children remember their father’s well lived life.
Adagio for Strings
Samuel Barber
This Adagio speaks to depth of grief and loss. We experience pure feeling here.