A evening pause: From the vimeo webpage: “Mozart illustrated the score for the Rondo from his Horn Concerto No.1 with a series of naughty notes and jokes aimed at his horn player friend, Joseph Leutgeb.”
Performed by the OAE orchestra, with Roger Montgomery on the horn.
Hat tip Dan Coovert.
Mozart's Naughty Notes from OAE on Vimeo.
An evening pause: This is undoubtedly the shortest evening pause ever. However. you will probably have to watch it more than once to get it.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
An evening pause: From a 1963 BBC television special, An Evening with Nat King Cole.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: The video replays her singing the same thing three times. There is a good reason, as she almost appears to have begun singing as a lark, and the acoustics of the church astonish her. The repeats help bring out this amazing quality.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
An evening pause: Unfortunately the youtube link does not say when this happened, but based on one Borge joke I suspect it was during the Eisenhower administration.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.
An evening pause: From the great Irving Berlin musical, Annie Get Your Gun (1950).
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: From the Marx Brothers’ last film, Love Happy (1949).
Hat tip Danae.
An evening pause: They are really into this!
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: The headline is not a typo. This trio is named that, and they are singing that Harry Nilsson song.
Hat tip Danae.
An evening pause: One of the greatest and most beautiful melodies ever written, as part of a larger work. The pianist is Valentina Lisitsa, supported by the London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Francis conducting. Her playing style is the most fluid and relaxed I have ever seen.
An evening pause: Sixty years ago this month a plane crash killed Buddy Holly. This is one person’s interpretation of the words of this classic song, finely done, and linked to that event.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
