Or was it “Felix Jakob Ludwig Mendelssohn-Bartholdy” … ? I see his name written both ways, and of course we all call him Felix Mendelssohn.
Just a couple of selections for you to enjoy!
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sings Im Fruhling:
Schubert:Impromptu in G flat major D899 No.3:
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Gee … what to put up here … too many wonderful things, yes? But I’ll post a few videos and maybe put up more later. If you have anything to share please do comment!
How about Mitsuko Uchida and the 20th Piano Concerto to begin (I had the privilege of playing in Midsummer Mozart when she came and played with us. She’s an incredible musician!):
I: Allegro (part 1)
I: Allegro (part 2)
II: Romanze
III: Rondo
& of course I have to throw at least a movement of the Gran Partita in here (I’d love to find a video of the slow movement in here too … I’ll look around for that!):
Final Movement Performed at International Chamber Music Festival in Salon-de-Provence (France)
… and of course we need some opera (Così fan tutte, “Soave sia il vento”)
Wishing Maestro Domingo a most wonderful birthday.
Here he is a few years back:
Singing Granada:
And here on the Cosby Show:
And here he is, singing in Japanese:
E lucevan le stelle:
Gee, Michael Nesmith and Davy Jones were born on December 30th. Who knew?
(For you young’uns, Davy is on tamborine and Nesmith is on guitar.)
So was Noel Paul Stookey …
Here is his Quintet:
I:
II:
III:
New York Chamber Music Festival 2010
New York Philharmonic Principal winds
Liang Wang, oboe
Pascual Martinez Forteza, clarinet
Judith LeClair, bassoon
Philip Myers, horn
Shai Wosner, Piano
Beethoven Piano & Woondwinds quintet
1st movement
Live from Symphony Space
September 16th, 2010
Ten years to reach the Beatle’s song
no longer seems so very long —
It seems as years keep disappearing
it’s not as bad as I was fearing
I’ve now reached milestone fifty-four;
I’ll see you ’round for many more!
Seems
to me
at 53
I
was young and free.
But
no more
now 54
I think
I’m just a bore!
;-)
(I doubt I’ll put up any more goofy poetry … but you never know! This IS how I handle being another year older, after all.)
Inside I feel the same as yesterday
the insecurities will rage, and fears
that I had dreamed would disappear still play
their dirty tricks (although I don’t shed tears
the way I would have in my younger days).
Give thanks for lessons learned! For all the years
have taught me multitudes of clever ways
to turn from nervousness and switch the gears.
No sadness here, no time for that, no more!
I’m proud to say I’ve just turned fifty four!
… and it’s also my sister Carolyn’s birthday!
Today is Dan’s birthday. I think he deserves a birthday song, don’t you?
A tribute to Mahler (again, it’s his birthday today!) in Star Trek Voyager? I don’t remember this. (The picture isn’t great … but watch this and you’ll hear Mahler. Really.)
Many thanks to Sound Mind for informing me of Mahler’s birthday, and sharing one of my most favorite works (that I much prefer to listen to and prefer not to perform).
I really shouldn’t even include my own trite words with this particular blog entry. The music is sheer beauty. I think it demands silence before and after. So pause a moment. Breathe deeply, and then listen. After, perhaps a bit more silence, yes?
Translation:
I am lost to the world with
which I used to waste so much time,
It has heard nothing from me for so long
that it may very well believe that I am dead!
It is of no consequence to me
Whether it thinks me dead;
I cannot deny it,
for I really am dead to the world.
I am dead to the world’s tumult,
And I rest in a quiet realm!
I live alone in my heaven,
In my love and in my song!
