Seeing music

View sent us this beautiful video. Thanks, View.

One instrument makes a quartet?

View sent us this brilliant and quite amusing video. Thanks, View!

Music in motion

View sent me this video a while ago and I had forgotten about it. I love these Rube Goldberg machines and this one is quite good. Make sure you have the sound on as the machine was built by a musician and the music is an integral part of the enjoyment of this video. Thanks, View.

All together now!

This is a tradition in Vienna, where the audience has a jolly good time welcoming the new year, seen here cooperating with the great Zubin Mehta:

Getting emotional...

Mrsgunka shared this video and I became quite emotional watching it. The music is upbeat enough, but the children got to me... Thank you, MrsG.

Mixed emotions

This baby's emotions change quite dramatically depending on the audio input. Makes you think...

Modern baby

This little guy has a very particular taste in music...

There's no movement without rhythm

View sent us this hypnotic video, very interesting. Thank you, View.

A wonderful shopping experience

Today it's Short Ribs birthday. She's an old friend from the old blog but hasn't been visiting lately. She did send us a funny contribution a couple of years ago, HERE. We have her daughter as a regular, though. PGFan, please relay our warmest birthday wishes to your mom.

A different kind of birdsong

View sent us a very interesting video. This is part of the author's description on youtube:

Reading the newspaper one morning, I saw this picture of birds on the electric wires. I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes. I was just curious to hear what melody the birds were creating.



Thanks, View, you find some fascinating stuff. As you said, it's a bird thing...

[There's an extended version of the melody in this video, filmed at a live performance. The author is on keyboards. far left.]

Flashwaltz

View sent us this "flashwaltz." It's the Waltz of the Flowers, from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. Music sometimes has an unexpected effect on me and by the end of the video I had dissolved in tears. Thank you, View, I love this particular piece, now more than ever.



Forty students from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance took a classical approach to the flashmob as they flashwaltzed Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers at the new Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower in Jerusalem. Doctors, patients and passers-by joined in the fun.

The Academy students enjoyed the day so much that they have decided to schedule regular concerts at the hospital. Hadassah Medical organization treats over one million patients annually, without regard to race, religion or national origin.

It's time for coffee, cakes and music

Love in Paris

Sad music to go with a cold, rainy day (Renamed)

I had called this post "Sunny music to brighten up a cold, rainy day." Mrsgunka pointed out that the music was too sad. I listened to it again and have to agree...

Hey TW, don't call the cops!

I couldn't resist posting this old favourite after TW's comment about some loud neighbours: "If you put on some Van Morrison.....I won't call the cops. Maybe."



The next one makes me go all oooh...

Food for the soul, from a landfill

View_From_Here sent us this inspiring video. I get goosebumps when I see stuff like this. Thank you so much, View.

Great video

View_From_Here sent us this video. It's mesmerizing!

Thanks, View.



*****

Keep sending me your childhood photos! It will be a lot of fun when I've received enough of them to put into a post...

Music and children

Camille Saint-Saëns's "Carnival of the Animals" is often used to introduce children to classical music. Our family was no exception and we enjoyed identifying each other as one of the animals. My sister was very thin and we used to say she was the bones (The Fossils). This particular piece is based on Saint-Saëns's own "Danse Macabre," a symphonic poem, with bits of traditional French nursery rhymes woven into it.






I was the kangaroo, possibly because I couldn't stay still...

Nina Simone

Nina Simone would have been 80 years old today. Here are some of my favourites:

In the mood

Seventy three years ago today, "In The Mood" hit #1 in the charts.



[Curiosities: Another Glenn has something to celebrate today. Glenn Beck was born on February 10, 1964. He's only one day older than a certain person associated with Alaska, whose birthday is tomorrow...]

Curiosities won't spoil the mood, though. This song never gets old.