JaZzArt en València

El gobierno debe ser lo más minimalista posible. Mientras menos se meta en nuestras vidas mejor.

Cuatrocientas personas desalojadas en Badalona. Diríamos mejor que fueron 400 okupas que ilegalmente se albergaron donde no tenían derecho a hacerlo. Si emigras, o te refugias en un país extranjero, tienes, obligadamente, que obedecer la ley, cumplir con las normas de la ciudad donde has llegado, y sobre todo, adaptarte al idioma, y mucho más a la cultura. Si vienes de países muy distintos, en costumbres y cultura, tienes que hacer un esfuerzo mayor.

Europa es un continente cristiano, y España un país con una tradición Católica, Apostólica y Romana. Eso no lo cambia nadie. Y eso, el inmigrante, o refugiado, tiene que respetarlo. Nadie le pide que cambie su religion por la nuestra, ni que se olvide de sus tradiciones, pero si se le puede pedir que las guarde en privado. No podemos dejar que debido a esta inmigración masiva y descontrolada se nos vaya aguar nuestra cultura occidental. Y esto no es chauvinismo ni ocho cuartos, es la verdad.

Además, si el gobierno está dejando entrar, de esta manera irresponsable y detrimental, (al resto de los ciudadanos españoles y europeos), debe proveer por estos (y deben buscar el dinero bajándose sus propios sueldos). A los que permitan entrar a Europa, y al Reino de España, no los pueden dejar a que sobrevivan al azar ni que anden por ahí a sus anchas. A los indocumentados, e ilegales, hay que, o deportarlos, o ajustarles el estatus, y a los legales y documentados, hay que tratarlos como seres humanos y no dejarlos abandonados a vivir debajo un puente, especialmente en invierno. Son seres humanos y no animales.

GRACIAS

Aquí algunas cuestiones para cuestionar…

Here are some questions to question…

¿Será bueno que los artistas se hagan pasar por filósofos?

¿Valdrá la pena componer unos versos o una breve explicación o definición del arte?

¿A quien le importa lo que piensa el artista? Si total, el artista os va a decir que lo que realmente importa es lo que veis sobre el lienzo o el papel.

Y si el mundo es un huevo, ¿de que ave será?

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Is it good that artists assume the role of philosophers?

Is it worth it to compose a few verses or a short narrative to explain what art is?

Who really cares what the artist thinks? After all the artist is only going to tell you that what is important is what is on the canvas or paper.

And if the world is an egg, what bird laid it?

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Obra en acrílico sobre tela ovalada de 35x45cm

Painted with acrylic on oval canvas, 35x45cm

(Propiedad de Francisco Bravo Cabrera, Omnia Caelum Studios València, Derechos Reservados/Property of Francisco Bravo Cabrera, Omnia Caelum Studios València, All Rights Reserved)

Gracias…

Cheers…

“Comfort Me”
(While listening to Handel’s “Messiah”)

A voice breaks the silky silence of the morning,
It’s a subtle breath that’s all,
that whispers hope
where dust had learned only despair.
The clouds caress the valley
and it stretches before me,
the roads are straight,
the mountains bend,
and I remember,
the light returns,
I hear the voice I had had forgotten,
and the trumpets that were not meant to conquer but to awaken me from dreams.
A lamb walks forward crowned in Holy blood,
while the powerful unlearn the grammar of their thrones.

Grief kneels and becomes praise.
A prayer becomes intention and
chains dissolve as trust regains its place among my favours.
Death itself inhales and finds no soul to claim,
for life has learned to sing beyond the grave.

And when my heart,
My voice,
My will,
Chants the final “Amen”,
it fills the air,
nothing ends
the curtains open.
The sun dances in
And life begins.

(C.2025, Francisco Bravo Cabrera – 25/12/2025 – Valencia, España)

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Messiah is an English-language oratorio. It was composed by Georg Friedrich Händel in 1741. Oratorios are unstaged musical works for orchestra, choir, and soloists, typically on sacred subjects. Messiah is not a narrative drama with characters interacting onstage. It is a contemplative, scriptural meditation.

The libretto was compiled by Charles Jennens based solely on biblical texts taken primarily from the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer. The work is structured in three parts:

• Part I reflects on prophecy and the birth of Christ.
• Part II focuses on suffering, crucifixion, resurrection, and redemption.
• Part III contemplates the promise of resurrection and eternal life.

Musically, Messiah is a sublime balance between lyrical intimacy and choral writing. Handel’s chorus is a theological voice that proclaims, reflects and rejoices. The famous “Hallelujah” chorus is the epitome of this synthesis of grandeur, clarity, and emotional directness.

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Something about the composer

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759) was born in Halle, Germany. He is one of the most important Baroque composers. He spent most of his professional life in England and became a naturalized British citizen.

Although he was initially trained in law, due to his father’s insistence, his love for music soon prevailed. He worked in Germany and Italy then settled in London. There, although he achieved great success as a composer of Italian opera, he, because of financial pressures, later focused entirely on English oratorios. And he excelled.

Handel should be recognised for his productivity, adaptability, and dramatic instinct. Despite periods of illness and professional difficulty, he remained creatively active until late in life.

Messiah was composed in London (1741). It took him only twenty four days to finish the score. Need drove him as his Italian operas were losing popularity in England.

The impetus for Messiah was an invitation to present a series of concerts in Dublin. Charles Jennens had already prepared the libretto, intending it as a serious theological reflection rather than theatrical entertainment. Händel accepted the project. He focused on it with intensity and strength.

And so Messiah was first performed on 13 April 1742 in Dublin, at the Great Music Hall on Fishamble Street, as part of a charity event benefiting prisoners, hospitals, and the poor. The premiere was well received, though Messiah would take time to achieve its later iconic status.

Notably, Messiah was initially more successful in Ireland than in London, where some objected to sacred texts being presented in a concert setting. Over time, however, it became one of the most frequently performed and enduring works in Western music. It is still loved and performed during the Christmas season.

CHEERS

To ride the silence of your thoughts in my ship of purple,

I spin the earth, motivate the winds, inflate the sails,

entice the oceans to make currents fast and wide

because we alone in silent dreams do abide…

To climb upon your purple thoughts of thunder and creation,

I flatten truth, unwind the clocks, connect the lights that brighten your dark street,

and empty out the bar so we alone within can drink…

C.2021, Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 25 NOV 2021, Valencia, Spain

Y aquí una expo el día de navidad en Miami hace unos cuantos años…

AND here is a Christmas Day exhibit in Miami a long, long time ago…

As Christmas, meaning the birth of the child Jesus, was seen by painters throughout Art History, including Santa himself!

A Happy Christmas to all!

Cheers!