An unplanned break from the Scottish theme today. There is plenty of Scottish music that I could have used for the moment of calm/moment of reflection or whatever my Friday choice should be called. However a couple of days ago the trumpeter, Ryan Anthony, passed away after living with a cancer diagnosis for a number of years. I know that many of the folks that I am connected to on FB have experience of similar, either personally or through family/friends – so this one is especially for all of you.
Ryan spent the time since he was diagnosed to set up a foundation and a charity “Cancer Blows” and the first part of this video does include some talking which explains that a bit – it is worth listening to to get the context of this performance. This was, I guess, his last concert since live music like this was shut down soon afterwards. A lovely piece of music to be the last memory.