Arvo Pärt – Summa
An evening pause: Performed by the Morphing Chamber Orchestra. The haunting music is a rearrangement by Pärt of a piece of sacred music from 1300s called Stabat Mater.
Hat tip Ferris Akel.
Tag: entertainment
Otta Orchestra – Gretela
An evening pause: Performed live 2020.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Toploader – Dancing in the moon light
An evening pause: Hat tip James Street.
Happy Days Are Here Again/Get Happy – Judy Garland & Barbra Streisand
An evening pause: This isn’t piano-centered, but it definitely is an example of another great genre of great music sung by two great performers. Performed live 1963 on the Judy Garland Show for television.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
J.S. Bach – Concerto No. 1 in D minor BWV 1052
An evening pause: Like the past two evening pauses this week, this also centers on a piano solo, and also takes us to an entire different musical genre. It is a bit long for a pause, but I can’t resist continuing the piano theme. You might recognize the third movement.
The soloist is 18-year-old Ignas Maknickas (who is clearly having fun), playing with Lithuania’s Ciurlionis School of Arts Symphony Orchestra.
Hat tip Todd Jones.
John Anderson – Seminole Wind
An evening pause: Starts with a piano solo, like yesterday’s pause, but takes us to an entirely different kind of music.
Hat tip Sayomara.
Emerson Lake & Palmer – Show Me the Way To Go Home
An evening pause: Hat tip James Street.
Avery “Drummer” Molek – Wipe Out
An evening pause: Something to start the weekend, brought to you by a six-year-old. Performed live 2013.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Tim Simek & Marl Edelman – Whiskey Before Breakfast
An evening pause: Classic American.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Merle Haggard – If I Could Only Fly
An evening pause: Performed live 1986.
Hat tip James Street.
Ann Miller – I’ve Gotta Hear That Beat
An evening pause: From the 1953 film Small Town Girl. Proves once again that America was not hostile to highlighting women in all things in the past. They simply had to have the talent, skill, and determination to earn that spotlight.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
They Might Be Giants – Instanbul (Not Constantinople)
An evening pause: Performed live 2013.
Hat tip James Street.
John Williams – Gilligan’s Island Original Theme Song
An evening pause: From the 1964 pilot, replaced by the much more familiar song when the series aired. And yes, the author was THAT John Williams. I hope your weekend adventures don’t end up like this one.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Leonid & Friends – Superstar
An evening pause: A lovely cover of the Carpenters song.
Hat tip Cotour.
Ron Kenoly- Ancient of Days
An evening pause: Great gospel song, performed magnificently by Kenoly, his orchestra, and the audience.
Hat tip James Street.
Valentina Lisitsa – Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
An evening pause: Performed live 2010. This is a person who is in contact with her inner piano.Her fingerwork is astonishingly natural and at ease.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Don Ellis – Concerto For Trumpet
An evening pause: Performed live on the Ed Sullivan Show, 1969.
Hat tip to Alec Gimarc, who notes the Ellis sadly died shortly thereafter from a heart attac at the age of 44.
Yellow Dandies & Miss Moonshine – Buckdancing to Fastest Bluegrass Fiddle Tune Ever
An evening pause: A nice energetic way to head into the weekend. Performed live 2022.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Night Ranger – (You can still) Rock In America
An evening pause: Performed live 1983.
Hat tip Terry, who notes, “From a long ago age when the US flag was not considered a “hate” symbol.”
Sorry about the lack of an evening pause last night. I forgot to post.
Larkin Poe – Mad As A Hatter
An evening pause: Key lyric: “You make the best with what you’re given…”
Hat tip Judd Clark.