Another of the “sounds of my youth”. I was going to choose Tubular Bells – but I think I prefer this one. Listen to the music
A Lovely Voice
I confessed to my favourite composer being Anton Bruckner the other day – but I do find it hard to name my “favourite …”, whether it be favourite music, favourite performer or whatever. My moment of calm for the Friday is a song by someone who might just be my favourite singer (sorry to all my singing friends – you didn’t quite make the top of the list 😀)
My Kind Of Pop
Doing these daily posts has reminded me of just how many of my memories have got a musical accompaniment 😀 and today is no exception. The links I am providing give plenty clues as to my musical tastes and for me “going to a concert” when I was younger meant the Scottish National Orchestra (in the days before it became Royal!) proms, or the Edinburgh Festival, or Scottish Opera – you get the idea – that was when I wasn’t playing in concerts myself.
Call Me Al
As I intimated the other day I am choosing this week’s links to be representative of the wide range of more ‘popular’ music that brings back memories.
From Blue Danube Radio
I mentioned the english language cinema in Wien the other day – another part of my life there was the english language radio station – Blue Danube Radio. Due to that I was probably more ‘educated’ on pop music than at any other time in my life.
Skylarking
Those who know me are well aware that when it comes to “popular” music my choices are ‘different’ (I would say perhaps ‘discerning’ would be a better word 😃).
An Ironic Choice?
My Sunday offerings have been dominated by unaccompanied vocal music since I shared Mountain Camp – so time to change that.
I Had A Farm In Africa
OK – so a few things came together for today’s choice – we have had a week of horn solos – so today we have lots of horns – yesterday I mentioned the Wiener Waldhornverein, so I thought I would choose something from them – what I have ended up with though is the Vienna Horns (who I suspect are members of the Waldhornverein anyway).
A Gorgeous Slow Movement
One of my aims in making these posts is to hopefully introduce at least some people to some new music – and I know that I have managed to do that a little already even though I haven’t strayed too far from the “well-known” in the repertoire.
When One Horn Is Not Enough
This is something that is probably played more frequently now than it was when I first came across it. I’m pretty sure that the first time that I ever heard it was when I played it. It is a challenge to play – especially for the 1st horn.