David Bull – Taking a close look at an 1896 wood block print
An evening pause: From a series of podcasts about one particular type of art, dubbed David’s Choice.
Hat tip Cotour.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Renée Zellweger – Roxie
An evening pause: From the film Chicago (2002).
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Shocking Blue – Venus
An evening pause: Performed live 1970. A real taste of the sixties, even if this took place just after the decade ended.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Natalia Osipova and Carlos Acosta – Giselle: Act II
An evening pause: This performance by Royal Ballet and Opera company took place in 2015.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
The Cars – Just What I Needed
An evening pause: Performed live 1985.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
The Beach Boys – God Only Knows, a cappella
An evening pause: No visuals, no instruments, just their voices singing to heaven.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Elvis Presley – Burning Love
An evening pause: Taken from the album Viva Elvis, which is the soundtrack remix of Presley’s Cirque du Soleil show. From the youtube webpage:
Viva Elvis features new backing instrumentation on each track in an attempt to modernize the arrangements. This has met with a mixed critical response, with some reviewers praising the production quality and others opining that Elvis’s music is best left untampered with.
Hat tip Cotour.
Edgar Winter Group – Frankenstein
An evening pause: Performed live 1973.
Hat tip wamphyr.
Rodney Crowell – Earthbound
An evening pause: Performed live c2006.
Hat tip Alec Gimarc.
Derek Macara – Morning Light
An evening pause: Watch a painting go from blank canvas to finished work. A work I would love to hang in my office.
May everyone have a great weekend.
Hat tip Cotour.
Hans Zimmer – The Battle
An evening pause: From the sound track for the 2000 movie Gladiator. Performed live c2012.
Hat tip Ferris Akel.
Mr. Mister – Kyrie
An evening pause: Performed live 1985.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Taylor Swift – Love Story
An evening pause: Performed live 1989.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman, who felt it was time Behind the Black had a pause by Swift, a performer whose work I have been completely unfamiliar with.
Silvana Mangano – Mambo
An evening pause: From the 1954 Italian film, Mambo.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Greg Howard – Tomorrow Never Knows/Norwegian Wood
An evening pause: Another unusual instrument producing great music, this time on a “bamboo Chapman Stick“. Performed live 2009.
Enjoy your weekend!
Hat tip Cotour.
Gentle Giant – The Advent Of Panurge
An evening pause: From the peak of “art rock” in the 1970s. Performed live 1975.
Hat tip Diane Wilson.
Keith Emerson & Oscar Peterson – Honky Tonk Train Blues
An evening pause: Performed live 2007.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Camille Saint-Saëns – The Swan
An evening pause: Mischa Maisky on the cello, backed by the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Performed live 2015.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Volonaut – Test flight of Airbike prototype
An evening pause: Someday relatively soon, this prototype will be available for purchase, though at present it does not appear to me to be ready for prime time.. Where would you go this weekend if you had one?
Hat tip Cotour, who adds, “I bet you did not know that there is now a flying barbeque. I like mine medium rare.”
Bulgaria & Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra – Cosmic Voices
An evening pause: Performed live 2015. Stay with it. Though the opening is less appealing, it gets far better.
Hat tip Judd Clark.