It has been a long time since a piece of music moved me as much as this work by Charles-Valentin Alkan did when I heard it on the radio yesterday. Although an etude, this work is also program music as it depicts its title: "Fire in the Neighboring Village." A beautiful pastoral scene is painted which then gives way to a violent fire and then finally the calm after the flames are doused. In a way, it describes life: things are good, bad things happen, but God always calms the storm for us in the end. Enjoy!
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I trust this means God has brought some peace to your heart and has quieted your storm. He truely is a wonderful heavenly Father.
BD
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