An evening pause: Performed in 2011 by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra as part of its annual New Year’s Eve performance.
I like how little conducting the conductor does. This is music his orchestra can play in their sleep.
Hat tip Danae.
An evening pause: Some true silliness for this truly silly season, between the holidays.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who notes that this Danish comedy group’s name translates to “Sons of the Desert” in English.
An evening pause: Here’s some more Jewish music to celebrate Hanukkah, though somewhat different from yesterday’s piece.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
An evening pause: A fitting musical piece in the middle of Hannukkah. Performed by the Orchestre Nouvelle Génération.
Normally I don’t post orchestra performances filmed in their entirety from only one wide shot, as this is. I make an exception here for three reasons: 1. The music is good. 2. It is not well known, and should be. 3. Unlike most orchestras, this string orchestra performs while standing, and the high angle looking down allows you to see them all as they play together, almost like a choreographed dance. It works.
Hat tip Danae.
An evening pause: Recorded at The Thornbury Theatre, December 13, 2013. The guests are Jane Patterson, John Flanagan, Tash Parker and Wally De Backer.
In good will I — a secular humanist born a Jew — wish all of my Christian brethren a very Merry Christmas.
An evening pause: As noted at the webpage where I found this video, “Kaylee Rodgers has autism and ADHD, but has been growing in confidence with every performance after starting to sing at the age of just three.”
An evening pause: The solo is by Arturo Vargas. Mariachi Vargas is accompanied by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Querétaro.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace. The lyrics, in English and Spanish, are below the fold. It is definitely worthwhile to read them during the song.
An evening pause: As the video says at the start, in quoting Duke Ellington, “He was born poor, died rich, and never hurt anyone along the way.”
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who wrote, “From Japan a girl group named after a boy’s pocket knife.”
An evening pause: I normally don’t like rap, but this version of the Run-D.M..C. original is quite appealing, and very appropriate for the season.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: While this Fort Worth police department recruitment video isn’t directly related to the historical events at Pearl Harbor that occurred on December 7 in 1941, I think it illustrates how a free people, with gun rights, are going to always be better prepared for war than those raised under tyranny. And it’s funny too!
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An evening pause: For my Christian readers, a song for this Christmas season.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: December has arrived, which to me is when the Christmas season should really begin. And what better way to start it but with this incredibly happy rendition of this classic.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: Orchestration by Maurice Ravel. Performed in Carnegie Hall, New York, July 22, 2014 by the National Youth Orchestra of the U.S.A. This long for an evening pause, but it is worth listening to every note.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
An evening pause: To quote the youtube webpage, “In celebration of “The 50th Annual CMA Awards,” CMA has created the biggest music video in Country Music history. Titled “Forever Country,” the single and accompanying music video features 30 CMA Award-winning acts.”
Sadly, the one person who was not on this video who loomed over it as I watched was John Denver. He is still missed.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
An evening pause: Relaxing, especially a day after Thanksgiving. And you can simply let it play in the background while you work on other things on the computer.
Hat tip Insomnious.
An evening pause: Be thankful for your ability to do great things, at the spur of the moment.
Hat tip Lee Stevenson.
An evening pause:
Nothing lasts forever
And your best efforts don’t always pay
Sometimes you get sick
And you don’t get better
That’s when life is short
Even in its longest days
I find it interesting that these thoughts have only been real and strong for me during the first and last thirds of my life. I definitely pondered such thoughts in my middle years, but they had no real meaning. In the middle years things seem to continue the same for so long, which means the concept of aging fades from view. However, when we are young and when we are old the fact that we age and change is very evident, and so, the beginning and end of life becomes much more real.
Hat tip Insomnious.
An evening pause: A great cover of the Beatles song, rewritten to also give us some funny and sad commentary on the modern world.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
An evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who correctly notes that “Country music so delicious, you could eat it with a fork.”
An evening pause: The guitar playing here by Angela Maldonado proves that you don’t need a synthesizer and computer software to play this stuff.
Hat tip Insomnious.
An evening pause: I am generally not a fan of hip hop, but this music video is filled with so much happiness I can’t resist it.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who adds, “Andre’ 3000 sings and plays all 8 parts in this video from 2003. There were so many takes from different angles, eventually exhausted, he had his last character sit down during the performance.”
