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Nov 9Liked by Michael Cirigliano II

Some much-needed calm this week! Another lovely selection. Thanks Michael!

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My pleasure, Jules! Glad these have brought you the same calm they've provided me this week. 💙

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Nov 9Liked by Michael Cirigliano II

Loving your playlist, Michael, especially the exquisite Morgen.

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Thanks, Christy! Morgen ist like a vitamin C shot for the soul. 💙

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Nov 10Liked by Michael Cirigliano II

What a beautiful playlist. Goes perfectly with my autumn walks. Thank you, Michael.

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Thanks, Anne! Nature walks and music have been such a lifeblood for me this week, too. 💙

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Dear Michael,

Again you are opening our eyes and ears, taking us in new directions with work with which I was not familiar. Louise Farrenc / Piano Quintet No. 1, II. Adagio non troppo - quite remarkable and this particular piece leads us into other works by her and Rebecca Clarke! Thank you very much Michael the music matches the season which is all to the good although through melancholy comes joy. Example: Your writings and music.

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Thank you, Tim! Your kind words mean so much to me. I wasn't familiar with Farrenc's work until I was commissioned to write a program note for her Third Symphony last year. I became an immediate fan, and my admiration grew even more when I started exploring her sublime chamber music. Hope you're enjoying your autumn!

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Nov 20Liked by Michael Cirigliano II

I’ve rounded the emotional bases since you released this one. Today, my friend gave me a chamomile lavender tea sachet and a lavender mud mask to take home with me. I CAN take a hint. So I finally cracked this email open with tea in hand and mud on face. As I listened, I couldn’t help but think about how love wins in the long run. Humans still exist after all these (hundreds of?!) thousands of years because we love in the face of hate, death, and destruction. This music sings this to the depths of my soul, most particularly the bookends you chose. I hope you’ve continued to find solace in music these past couple weeks. Thank you for caring for us with this gift, I’m so grateful for you 💙

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Thank you, Katie — and I'm so grateful for *you.* I can't think of a better setting for absorbing this music than a candlelit room with tea in hand and mud on the face.

I couldn't agree with you more — love always wins, the lifeblood that keeps the world spinning. As I recently read in Chloe Hope's beautiful Substack, Death & Birds: "Less love has never been the answer to anything." It's been our strongest mode of survival for millennia, and that's not going to change anytime soon.

I have to hold on to that thought, and remember always that "tomorrow the sun will shine again." 💙

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Nov 21Liked by Michael Cirigliano II

“It’s been our strongest mode of survival for millennia.” YES! I love this!! And Chloe and “Morgen” too. We’re just so lucky to have such wisdom all around us!

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