It’s raining again here in Bogotá and by golly did I need this tune on New Years Day to lift the spirits! Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. The Eugene Onegin Overture is the second featured Tchaikovsky…
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Etud Op 10 No. 3 (1832) – Frédéric Chopin
Étude Op. 10, No. 3, in E major, is the first piece to appear here from Polish composer Frédéric Chopin. He was a virtuoso pianist from the Romantic period who wrote primarily for piano. Today’s piece was first published in…
Estrellitas y Duendes (1990) – Juan Luis Guerra
This latina song I could hear over and over and never grow tired listening to. Juan Luis Guerra has featured here many times, but if I had to pick just one song of his which I could have on repeat…
20/12 – 26/12/21 Happy XMAS (War is Over), The Mirror & Robin Williams.
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. John Lennon – Happy XMAS (War is Over)Music article at PowerPop Here is another article from a good friend in virtual world, Max at…
Tagged with: Intellectual Shaman, john lennon, Robin Wiliims
Posted in Movies and TV, Music, News, Reading
Posted in Movies and TV, Music, News, Reading
Change (2021) – The War on Drugs
I don’t do these impromptu posts often, but when I hear a good thing it makes me just want to expose it, like the David Hobson version of song – Jerusalem a few days ago. I just finished writing a…
Eres Tu (1973) – Mocedades
Eres Tu (It’s You) is one of my favourite Spanish songs. It was written by Juan Carlos Calderón and performed by the Spanish band Mocedades, with Amaya Uranga performing the lead vocal. We are not just talking about any song…
Piano Concerto No 20 in D Minor K466 2nd Movement (1785) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Above any other piece, this Mozart concerto is why I chose to write about music. My grandmother Dorothy Walton (pictured above) who I adored so much and miss beyond belief played this Mozart concerto to us. Dot as she was…
Tagged with: Piano Concerto No 20 in D Minor K466 2nd Movement, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Posted in Music
13/12 – 19/12/21 Hidden Treasures, Amadeus Making & Christmas
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Hidden TreasuresShort Story at Weave a Web Bruce Goodman is not only a good friend in virtual world, but my favourite story-teller or cuentero.…
Tagged with: Amadeus, Bruce Goodman, Christmas, Weave a Web
Posted in Movies and TV, Music, News, Reading, Reflections
Posted in Movies and TV, Music, News, Reading, Reflections
End of the Line (1988) – Traveling Wilburys
End of the Line is from one of the most accessible country and folk – rock records I have ever heard – Traveling Wilburys Volume 1. If I had to choose just one album to introduce someone to this genre…
The Holy City (Jerusalem) – David Hobson
It’s Christmas time. I don’t know how David Hobson did it, but he did. There are fewer songs more difficult than this one to sing, but Hobson in Melbourne Christmas Eve 2012 sung this song and absolutely killed it. I…
