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Such a soothing listen to start my day.

https://youtu.be/2WfaotSK3mI

I had fallen a couple of days behind in my listening of this book, and listened to yesterday‘s piece today

That felt a little serendipitous. I saw Moonrise Kingdom directed by Wes Anderson yesterday. Benjamin Britten is mentioned several times and when the music is shown at the end, several of his pieces had been used. Life works in mysterious ways sometimes

I can honestly say this is the first string quartet with didgeridoo I‘ve ever heard. And the first Sculthorpe. Not really good for “background music at work” today, what with the barking and all. 😀

Today‘s piece from Year of Wonder was both mesmerizing & haunting.

https://youtu.be/KVZcW0Wt2wY

Loved the Kyrie this morning! Although I can‘t say the same for Ockeghem‘s hat. 😂 @AnnCecilie @kspenmoll

Today is St.David‘s Day in Wales,a day of traditional celebration. This Welch song was first preserved orally (music) . In 1784 it was written down in sheet music & in the last half of the 19th c. Lyrics were added by J.Hughes. It‘s hauntingly beautiful, transcends time as all parents of all specious watch their children thru the night to keep them safe. https://web.archive.org/web/20110727053819/https://www.madog.org/dysgwyr/caneuon...

This morning‘s piece is from an album,The Blue Notebooks, by Max Richter, of protest against the invasion of Iraq, a “meditation in violence” & at the general “ futility” of war. #resistance
Thank you ever so much @AnneCecilie @Lcsmcat for posting about this book.

https://youtu.be/ZI-s-FEvNG4

Another great entry today. I love how she‘s including composers writing from movies

When it comes to Morricone Burton-Bell writes:
“His scores invariably make a film, as the directors he works with know all too well. Sergio Leone, for example (the director with whose ‘spaghetti western‘ films Morricone‘s music is synonymous), only began shooting Once Upon a Time in the West after Morricone had written his magnificent score. The music came first.