Listening - Music and Yearning for the Divine

<p>Ahmed Abdullah, a music lover and aficionado, explains how Classical music can be used as a tool to nurture spontaneity and instil in the heart a yearning for the divine. </p> <p>The conversation also reveals how the great composers communicate a timeless message through their compositions that call us to yearn to be free and desire to fulfil our destinies to their highest possibilities. </p> <p>Music sampled in the episode:</p> <p>Bach - B Minor Mass (Proms 2012)  <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F7TVM8m95Y'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F7TVM8m95Y</a></p> <p>Beethoven - 5th Symphony (Von Karajan) <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-_wqx76mpc&t=130s'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-_wqx76mpc&t=130s</a></p> <p>Beethoven - “Pathetique” (Barenboim) <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGq3-Fi_zQY'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGq3-Fi_zQY</a></p> <p>Beethoven - String Quartet No. 11 “Serioso” <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUlzN3Q9BUw'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUlzN3Q9BUw</a></p> <p>Wagner -Tristan und Isolde “Liebestod” (Jessye Norman) <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg_EHUGRgos'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg_EHUGRgos</a></p> <p>Mozart - Violin concerto No 3 (Hilary Hahn) <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhQAtkXOK6o'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhQAtkXOK6o</a></p> <p>Beethoven - ‘Waldstein’ Sonata (Barenboim) <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3l18HTo5rY&t=39s'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3l18HTo5rY&t=39s</a></p> <p>Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Allah Hu (1993) <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj7roem9NRc&t=649s'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj7roem9NRc&t=649s</a></p> <p>Ustad Ameer Ali Kahn - Chaap Tilak <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVsjuEoPxMs&t=736s'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVsjuEoPxMs&t=736s</a></p> <p>Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Bina Ishq Na Manzil Hath Aawe <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqhdFiTq-a0&t=150s'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqhdFiTq-a0&t=150s</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Sup