Its not Friday – but it is a reflective piece of music. One of the comments on this video says “as close to heaven as you can get without actually going there” – which sort of sums it up.
George McConnell
Marathon
You will all be familiar with FB memories and today I had one from 35 years ago – yes, somewhat pre-facebook – and that has inspired my music choice. Those of you who are runners – and many who are not – will immediately make the connection.
Missing Trumpets
The “full work” this Monday is again not too long. None of the symphonies of Schumann have featured in my choices so far – its time to change that.
Trombone Choir
This was originally composed as a choral piece. The text is taken from the Psalms
Not (Entirely) Die Federmaus
What I said about tuesday’s choice – that when you “mess about” you first of all have to be proficient and secondly must throw your all into it – is supremely evident in today’s video. Also a second chance to play “spot the tune” as there are quite a few included that are most certainly not part of the original overture to Die Fledermaus.
Gorgeous Songs – Gorgeous Singing
OK – so I admit that I am pushing it a bit to claim that today’s choice is “not the original” version – however, the order of the songs is not the same as the order they were composed and different again from the order at the original performance – so I can just about claim it!!
Early Rock
This daily music post all started because I was challenged to post twenty album covers. I have included excerpts from most up until now – here is another one.
Mellow Maria
Very different to yesterday – I think this is a great arrangement – and some really lovely horn playing on it as well. (actually it is a great CD as a whole)
Rockelbel !?!
There are many examples of “new versions” of music – some simply change the instrumentation; or take a vocal piece and make it instrumental; or change the style; and many other types of change. My next few videos can perhaps be best summed up as “not the original”.
Hear The Rest
There are many musical “fragments” that get so well known that the rest of the work – if not forgotten entirely – is known by far fewer people than know the whole thing. I shared a prime example of that a couple of months ago in Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss. Today’s choice is not quite so extreme as folks only knowing the first few bars of that from the film score of 2001: A Space Odyssey. In this case it is a whole variation that is well known – Nimrod.