Its that time of the week for something “bigger” and this week we have Mammoth Monday Mahler!!😃
Year: 2020
Jazz Sunday
A little New Orleans Jazz for Sunday this week. This is invariably the opening number in Canadian Brass Concerts – I first head it on a recording (Unexplored Territory) – and don’t worry – the opening is supposed to sound like an old ’78’ recording – your audio hasn’t gone funny!!
Back To The Funny Stuff
back to humour today – I expect that most of my brass playing friends have seen this performance before, but it is worth repeating – and will come as a surprise to those who have not seen it.
Time For Sleep
When I was in digs in Edinburgh when studying at Heriot Watt I had one of those “record players in a suitcase” (that seem to have come back into fashion now) and I would often put on my record of Chopin Nocturnes as I went to bed – and be woken half an hour or so later by the click, click, click that signalled that the stylus had reached the middle of the LP 😃
For John Lewis
Change of plan tonight – having been watching coverage of the funeral of John Lewis it seems very appropriate to share this music instead of what I had planned. The words of this song are a good motto for anyone.
The Fun Continues
Another larger than life figure in the field of “humour in music” is Gerard Hoffnung. He organised a series of three festivals in the Royal Festival Hall – the third of which was coincidentally on my 8th birthday! I did have the CD set of these concerts, but somewhere along the line I loaned it to someone and they obviously enjoyed it a lot as well, since it was never returned 😁
Now We Have A Laugh
There are lots of ways that comedy and music can be combined – not always deliberately 😃 things going wrong often turn very funny – but I am aware that taste in comedy is a very individual thing – so forgive me if some of the selections that I share over the next few days you don’t find at all amusing.
Another Favourite Symphony
Today’s mammoth Monday offering is Brahms.
Another Bruckner Motet
The only difficulty when it comes to choosing something by Bruckner for a Sunday offering is that there is so much to choose from! Its been a while since we had one of his motets – here is his Ave Maria – another example of why he is (probably) my favourite composer)
A Wee Bit Of Sunshine
Given the rather damp weather here today I thought that my music should have a summery theme – so its a good time to also change the style a bit 😂