I wouldn’t class myself a connoisseur of Salsa music, even less an aficionado of Salsa dancing, but I prefer the more traditional and distinguished Salsa over the modern material. Las Caleñas Son Como La Flores (The Caleñas are like Flowers)…
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The AnkiDroid Collection (Part 32) – Beethoven, Assyrian Army & LUCA
Ankidroid additions related to Science, History and Philosophy. More information about Anki can be found in this article. My Favourite Beethoven Piece Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 Adagio Un Poco Mosso I was finding it frustrating…
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Posted in Music, Reading, Science
Largo from Xerxes (1738) – George Frideric Handel
This exquisite opening aria from Handel’s 1738 opera Serse is known as Ombra mai fu and Largo from Xerxes or Handel’s Largo. The opera was a commercial failure, lasting only five performances in London after its premiere. In the 19th century,…
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Posted in Music
As it Seems (2013) – Lily Kershaw
I accidentally stumbled upon this song when I was looking for another song on You Tube. Some accidents pay dividends and that was the case when I heard As It Seems by Lily Kershaw. Apart from the gentle cadence and…
Arms (2011) – Christina Perri
All aboard the Christina Perri train! Choo Choo! I spent yesterday updating songs to my music library project and trying to get back into blogger-mode. I realised as I was adding the new additions that about half of all the…
Lagrimas Negras (Black Tears) – Miguel Matamoros
I delved into watching street music called ‘Son Cubanos‘ (They are Cubans) in Havana, Cuba and this song as presented below in the documentary film ‘Feliz Cuba‘ (Happy Cuba). It was ‘Chevere‘ to watch the musicians being jocular and enticing…
La Venia Bendita (1997) – Marco Antonio Solis
I was awestruck by ‘this song ‘La Venia Bendita‘ the first time I heard it and it continues to captivate me. Marco Antonio Solís sings this with such vigour, but the delicateness and passion are manifest. It also makes me…
2/1 – 8/1/23 – Alex and Jo Music & A Life of Service
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Back in Time – Christina Perri ft. Ben Rector (cover)Video presentation at alexandjomusic I recently wrote about this song Back in Time by Christina…
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Posted in Music, News, Reflections
Posted in Music, News, Reflections
O Soave Fanciulla – Act 1 (La Bohème) 1896 – Giacomo Puccini
This is the second musical piece to feature here from Italian composer Giacomo Puccini. I first heard this in the movie Moonstruck which I reviewed here. O soave fanciulla (O gentle maiden) is a romantic duet from the first act of Giacomo Puccini’s 1896 opera La…
La Basurita (1976) – Flor Silvestre
La Basurita (Little Garbage) was recommended to me here in Colombia and I was always fond of it. It is a type of ‘Ranchera‘ music which is traditional Mexican music that often features a Mariachi band. It originated in northern…
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