Eric Sahlström Institute – Nyckelharpan
An evening pause: The instrument, the nyckelharpan or key harp, is played by Olov Johansson, and four of his students at Institute, Jonathan Wanneby, Elisabet Ryd and Lydia Ievins.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Nina Simone – My Way
An evening pause: Recorded live 1971. We should all live our lives in this manner.
Hat tip James Street.
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 23: II Adagio
An evening pause: Performed in 2020 by the National Orchestra of France with a piano solo by Khatia Buniatishvili and a ballet duet by Jordan Kindell and Verity Jacobson.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Mireille Mathieu – La Marseillaise
An evening pause: Performed live in 1989, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Eiffel Tower. What I especially like are the English subtitles, because for some reason this song is rarely translated. Knowing the meaning of what they are singing in the scene in the movie Casablanca makes that scene even more moving.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Sam and Dave – Hold On I’m Coming
Monteverdichor Würzburg Orchestra – Finale from Handel’s Israel in Egypt
Sarah Gillis – Rey’s Theme
An evening pause: The music is by John Williams. The lead violinist is space-walking Sarah Gillis, playing from the Resilience capsule in orbit right now.
Hat tip Gary.
HARMONY OF RESILIENCE: Recorded in space and sent to Earth via @SpaceX’s @Starlink constellation, Polaris Dawn crewmember and violinist @Gillis_SarahE invites you to enjoy this music moment in support of @StJude & @ElSistemaUSA → https://t.co/My8cUwAWzg pic.twitter.com/OoxTllCZNP
— Polaris (@PolarisProgram) September 13, 2024
Leonid & Friends – One Fine Morning
An evening pause: This Russian band does a fine cover of the Lighthouse hit. It is also the third different Leonid & Friends cover that I have posted over the years, all suggested by different people (see here and here for the previous two).
Hat tip Alex Gimarc.
Junior Senior – Move your feet
An evening pause: Hat tip Diane Zimmerman, who adds “My gym class instructors must like this song because they play it a lot.”
Sheryl Crow, Eric Clapton, Vince Gill, Albert Lee – Living on Tulsa Time
An evening pause: Performed live 2007.
Hat tip Judd Clark, who notes that at one point he counted “five lead guitarists on stage, besides Sheryl.”
Naomi SV – The Sounds of Silence
An evening pause: Short but sweet. As she notes, the performance “turns into a Disney movie.”
Hat tip James Street.
John Lee Hooker, Carlos Santana, Elvin Bishop – Blues Boogie Jam
Fernando Ortega – Just As I Am
An evening pause: A Christian’s prayer, set to beautiful music and performed live 2011. I post a lot of hard rock celebrating sex, drugs, and rock & roll, because the music and performance is great. I post this for the same reason. I wonder how many of my non-Christian readers will be open to listening and enjoying it.
Hat tip James Street.
Scary Pockets & Frankfurt Radio Big Band – Harder Better Faster Stronger
If – Forgotten Roads
An evening pause: Recorded live 1971, and in every way is part of that time period.
Hat tip Alec Gimarc.
John Gabriel & Nelson Riddle – El Dorado
An evening pause: I think this song quite fitting to end the summer season. Sung by George Alexander, it plays over the opening credits to the classic 1966 John Wayne film of the same name, directed by Howard Hawks. The magnificent paintings that form the backdrop to the credits were painted by Olaf Wieghorst.
My daddy once told me what a man ought to be.
There’s much more to life than the things we can see.
And the godliest mortal you ever will know
Is the one with the dream of El Dorado.So ride, boldly ride, to the end of the rainbow.
Ride, boldly ride, till you find El Dorado.
Rowan Atkinson on free speech
An evening pause: A different way to enter the weekend. This speech by this comedian was given about a decade ago as part of a campaign to change British law to get the word ‘insulting’ removed from Section 5 of the Public Order Act, as part of the Crime and Courts Bill. The campaign succeeded, but it appears the modern police and governments (from both sides of the political spectrum) in Great Britain have recently decided to ignore it. If you are conservative and criticize illegal immigration or Islam, those governments have decided that this speech is now illegal. I like this quote most of all:
“For me, the best way to increase society’s resistance to insulting or offensive speech is to allow a lot more of it. As with childhood diseases you can better resist those germs to which you have been exposed.”
Too bad we appear to have decided to abandon this wise philosophy, not only in regards to speech, but to infectious diseases as well.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
Arcade Fire – Wake Up
An evening pause: Performed live 2005. In many ways this song is a descendent of yesterday’s evening pause, though it lacks the humor.
Hat tip James Street.
Ozark Mountain Daredevils – Chicken Train
Barry White & Love Unlimited Orchestra – Love’s Theme
Phil Collins – Against All Odds
Ringo Starr, Robbie Robertson, & many others – The Weight
An evening pause: It remains amazing how pervasive the music of the 1960s remains, worldwide.
Hat tip Mike Nelson for providing this nice way to go into the weekend.
Greg Lake – From The Beginning
The Hollies – Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress
Tina Charles – I Love To Love
Jeff Kashiwa – The Night Is Young
Laufey & Iceland Symphony Orchestra – I Wish You Love
Night Ranger – Goodbye
An evening pause: Performed live in 2022 with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra. Make sure you stay till the end.
Hat tip Terry.
Dorothy Dandridge – Cow Cow Boogie
5th Dimension – Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In
An evening pause: Performed live on television in 1969 by the group’s original members, Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, and Ronald Townson. This music, from the Broadway musical Hair, reflects the naive and somewhat arrogant attitude of that baby boom generation. It is also a very beautiful song, sung beautiful.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.