Composing Mozart’s “Requiem,” from Amadeus
An evening pause: From Amadeus (1984).
Hat tip to Phil Berardelli, who described this as “a portrayal of divinely inspired genius.” Be sure to check out Phil’s Favorite 500: Loves of a Moviegoing Lifetime.
Tag: music
A Mandelbrot set zoom animation out-take
An evening pause: The creator of this computer animation calls this an out-take and explains why:
What is a Mandelbrot zoom blooper? It’s what happens when you commit 6 months of computing time on three computers to create something that doesn’t turn out the way you expect! The color rotations that begin at 1:36 were unintentional. However, the side effect is that the animation is much more psychedelic than expected due to the color cycling and also brings out details that are not apparent with still images.
I just find it fascinating how this illustrates the endlessly deep and infinite complexity of existence.
Hat tip tdub.
Animals standing up for the first time
An evening pause: I think this is a good way to start the week, watching new life experience a real beginning.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
George Harrison and Eric Clapton – While my guitar gently weeps
An evening pause: From a 1987 concert (from which I have posted a previous evening pause), with a little help from Ringo Starr, Phil Collins, and Elton John.
Hat tip to Keith Douglas.
Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters – You Don’t Have to Know the Language
An evening pause: From The Road to Rio (1947), with a little help from Bob Hope.
Hat tip again to Phil Berardelli, author of Phil’s Favorite 500: Loves of a Moviegoing Lifetime, which I have found to be a great reference for finding the best films from movie history.
Kraftwerk – The Robots
An evening pause: From 1977, some early electronic music.
Shania Twain & Alison Krauss – Forever And For Always
An evening pause:
Kristin Chenoweth – Glitter and Be Gay
An evening pause: From Leonard Bernstein’s comic opera Candide. Watch Cunégonde struggle with the possibility that she might no longer be poor.
Hat tip Danae.
Cara Dillon – P Stands For Paddy
An evening pause: Live performance 2006.
Planxty – The Blacksmith
An evening pause: From their 2004 reunion.
Naturally 7 – Ready or Not
An evening pause: Recorded live.
Hat tip to Frank.
Itzhak Perlman – Theme from Schindler’s List
An evening pause: He plays this with the verge and style of the best bluegrass fiddlers.
Hat tip again to Phil Berardelli.
Béla Fleck – Big Country
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.
Soprillo & Tubax Contrabass Saxophone Duet
An evening pause: I don’t know if it’s possible to two instruments to be farther apart in range. Yet they work together here very nicely. Nigel Wood plays the soprillo while Jim Cheek plays the tubax.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Kate Rusby – Who will sing me lullabies?
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.
Ennio Morricone – Gabriel´s Oboe (clarinet version)
An evening pause: Performed live 2011 with Sabine Grofmeier on the clarinet. From the 1986 film The Mission.
Linsey Pollak – Carrot clarinet
An evening pause: A nice mix of art, food, and engineering.
Ann Miller – Too Darn Hot
An evening pause: From the 1953 film Kiss Me Kate. Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer – Hoedown
An evening pause: Performed live at the Nassau Coliseum in 1978. What makes this particular video intriguing is that it focuses entirely on what the drummer is doing.
Steven Wilson – The Raven That Refused To Sing
An evening pause: Animation by Jessica Cope.
Hat tip Jack O’Leary.