Beh, alleluia!

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Dieci anni fa trovava la morte in modo eroico Akash Bashir, ventenne nato il 22 giugno 1994 a Risalpur, nella provincia pakistana di Nowshera Khyber Pakhtun Khwa.

Allievo e studente del “Don Bosco Technical Institute” di Lahore nonché uno dei ragazzi più attivi nella comunità parrocchiale di San Giovanni nel quartiere a maggioranza cristiana di Youhanabad, il 15 marzo 2015 era all’ingresso della chiesa parrocchiale mentre svolgeva servizio d’ordine volontario, quando notò un uomo che voleva entrare armato di una cintura esplosiva: con grande coraggio si avvinghiò all’attentatore musulmano nel tentativo di fermarlo.

«Morirò ma non lascerò che tu entri», le sue parole.

Una tragica anticipazione di quello che sarebbe accaduto, perché il terrorista di lì a poco si fece saltare in aria uccidendo anche il ragazzo che, con il suo gesto, era riuscito a tenerlo fuori dall’aula liturgica, gremita di fedeli.

Nello scoppio perivano altre due persone, ma il martirio di Akash Bashir evitò una strage ben più grave come quella che, più o meno nello stesso momento, provocava un altro kamikaze talebano presso la chiesa protestante della stessa città dove invece diciassette persone venivano uccise e circa 70 rimanevano ferite.

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Artist: The Douglas Frank Chorale
Composer: Orlando di Lasso (Lassus) 1532-1594
Italian–English Translation below

Matona, mia cara, —– My lady, my dear,
Mi folere canzon, —– I want to sing
Cantar sotto finestra, —– A song beneath (your) window,
Lantze buon compagnon. —– (A German) lancer (is a) good companion.
Don, don, don, diri, diri, don, don…

Ti prego m’ascoltare, —– Please listen to me,
Che mi cantar de bon, —– Because I sing well,
E mi ti foller bene, —– And I long for you,
Come greco e capon. —– Like a Greek and (his) chicken.
Don, don, don, diri, diri, don, don…

Comandar alle cazze, —– Command me to go hunting,
Cazzar con le falcon, —– To hunt with my falcon,
Mi ti portar becazze, —– I’ll bring you a woodcock,
Grasse come rognon. —– As fat as a kidney.
Don, don, don, diri, diri, don, don…

Si mi non saper dire, —– If I don’t know how to say,
Tante belle razon, —– All the beautiful phrases,
Petrarcha mi non saper, —– (It’s because) I don’t know Petrarch,*
Ne fonte d’Helicon. —– Nor the springs of Helicon.*
Don, don, don,diri, diri, don, don…

Se ti mi foller bene, —– If you really want me,
Mi non esser poltron, —– I won’t be lazy,
Mi ficcar tutta notte, —– I will fuck all night,
Urtar come monton. —– Thrusting like a ram.
Don, don, don, diri, diri, don, don…

Petrarch (1304-1374) was a poet admired for his love sonnets. Helicon was the mountain where the nine Greek muses of the arts dwelt; poets were supposed to have imbibed from its springs.

The Franco-Flemish composer and singer Orlando di Lasso (Lassus) was one of the most highly respected and revered musicians of his day. More than any other composer of the Renaissance, his works embody the spirit of the cosmopolitan “Renaissance Man.”

Often ranked alongside Palestrina as a principal composer of 16th century sacred music, Lassus also composed a considerable amount of secular compositions, revealing his versatility and excellence in the art of vocal composition. He frequently wrote letters that abruptly switched languages – from Dutch to French, German, Italian and Latin – apparently because he could.

Matona, mia cara, is a wonderful example of Lassus’ ability to go from church composer to a worldly artist. A tedesco in the villanella tradition, this work is a delightfully bawdy depiction of a German mercenary soldier who tries desperately in an unfamiliar language and strange land to win the affections of an Italian lady. Full of puns and imperfect Italian, the rustic setting of the text to music enhances the comic story behind the poem.

S: Sara Botkin, Melissa Raymond, Cynthia Shaw
A: Grace Check, Ariane Reinhart
T: Thom Baker, Marcos Vigil
B: Steve Friedman, Gregg Lauterbach, Mark Sullivan

“The A Cappella Singer” by The Douglas Frank Chorale
Original CD Recorded May 2000 Now Available Digitally
“You’ll love the performers.” – The NY Times
“This CD takes you to another place, another time, and a higher plane. What is most remarkable about this CD, since many of the selections are familiar to conductors and singers, is the truly stunning ensemble performance of these professional singers – I would venture to say transformational – creating music and a recording of it that is special and rare.”

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Glade is purely for GTK3.

For GTK4, use https://flathub.org/apps/details/ar.xjuan.Cambalache instead.

Now I do officially feel old