Not every memory triggered by music is necessarily a pleasant one. Today’s takes me back 48 years to the terrible events at the Munich Olympics. The following day there was a memorial service in the stadium which opened with the Funeral march from the Eroica symphony and finished with this – Beethoven’s Egmont Overture.
George McConnell
Thinking About Remembering
I think this one is particularly suitable for today’s “gentle” choice.
A Vienna Memory
OK – so I am pretty sure that there will be only a limited audience who appreciates today’s choice – but it is another one of those pieces of music that takes me back to a specific time/place.
A Horn Memory
According to a post by the International Horn Society it seems that today is David Krehbiel’s birthday.
Conference Memory
The fact that yesterday’s choice is associated in my mind with a quite specific time and place has led me to the ‘theme’ for the next few days. I am sure that everyone can relate to the idea that hearing a piece of music can transport you back to somewhere/sometime.
Medical Memory
Today’s “big” piece is actually quite short compared to some of the Monday choices recently. Apart from being a ‘significant’ piece of music for Monday it is also following on with the theme of “pieces of music I first heard by accident”.
Change Of Style
There are many great musicians around who are masters within their chosen genre – a much less common skill is the ability to really pull it off when switching from one style to another – plenty of examples of people not quite managing that! Wynton Marsalis is just one example – I have heard him play classical and jazz effortlessly.
Trumpet Duo
Digging once more into my saved videos on YouTube I have come across this impressive trumpet playing for tonight’s choice.
Soft Jazz For Friday
As usual – something gentle for Friday.
Silence Disturbed
I’ve no idea how I originally came across this recording, but it was immediately saved in my YouTube list. It is a great example of something that I “stumbled upon” and really liked.