Camille Saint-Saëns – La danse macabre
An evening pause: Performed with spirit by the Radio France orchestra, in anticipation of Halloween.
Hat tip Danae.
Tag: music
Boots Randolph – Yakety Sax
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.
John Williams – Dry Your Tears, Áfrika
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.
Mason Williams & Deborah Henson-Conant – Classical Gas
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.
Chris Botti & Sting – Bourbon Street
An evening pause: As Danae notes, with a bit of Satchmo thrown in by Sting.
Tom Lehrer – The Irish Ballad
An evening pause: Recorded live, September 5, 1967, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Having some fun with the old folk ballads.
Hat tip Danae.
MTNS – Lost track of time
An evening pause: The song, which is really nice, is really just background music to a beautiful video of what it is like to fly fish in Montana. As always, I want to note the sophistication of the human engineering and design that makes this activity possible. It is as beautiful as the countryside and the music.
Hat tip Rocco.
Mark Knopfler – Last Exit To Brooklyn
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.
Don Henley – Take A Picture Of This
An evening pause: From his new album.
Hat tip Dane.
Ella Fitzgerald – Angel Eyes
An evening pause: Another nice B&W 1957 performance.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Joaquin Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez, 2nd movement
An evening pause: One of my favorite pieces of music, performed by Xuefei Yang and Barcelona Symphony.
Hat tip Danae.
Sounds of a Glass Armonica
An evening pause: Supposedly this is Ben Franklin’s favorite invention.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.