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Wow 840 times, no way I have stamina for that!

Very cool find Rossy!

An explanation for my post would have been helpful wouldn't it Rossy, what am I like. Wouldnt mind watching the film now lol.

AimeeO, you up for Gnossienne 2? Just need to confirm

Dont you just hate it when an old ex celebrity dies, say one that you never liked at all?

Music to watch the girls go by,

I have never needed any music to watch the girls go by to, I enjoy them going by just as they are. Anyways its probably sexist now.

"cant get used to losing you?" well get over it dude.

"where do I begin?" well obviously, at the begining, unless you really want to confuse folk.

"moon river?" EVERY river has the moon in it, IF there is a clear sky and a moon that night.


"white christmas" DUDE, do you know how upsetting that song was to thousands of kids in the UK that waited every year for it to snow at christmas?

It never did, the only way your christmasses will be white here in the Uk is if you hide under freshly laundered linen.

It has the added benefit of muting the ears to that song as well.

I really dislike folk like Andy williams dying because now they will play millions of his songs for ages and I dont like any of them.

I have given a commitment to do the Sunday Classical postings. I will honour that commitment. It will be a pleasure to spread a little joy and happiness, as we do in this thread, amongst all the trials and tribulations of life.

This thread is a comfort. It's a source of solace when we're besieged by life's constant sorrows. It's a place where we can come to share our music; songs and sounds that please us and we want others to experience the joys they bring.

Here is a gentle place where everyone is convivial, where we can relax in the warm glow of friendship. When the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune spoil our sojourn in this world of worries and woes, here we have a safe haven to smooth over the sharpness of stress and console the spirit.

Hush! Listen.

Here's a place we can turn to at the end of the day and smile.

Here's a place where music silences the noise of anguish and anxiety that vex us as we make our wearied way through this world.

Music, be it easy, light or passionate and full of emotion, music chosen by others that we might not otherwise have heard or listened to and that gives us variety, an infusion of energy.

A sunny, desert island in the stormy seas of life.

Vita brevis. There isn't time to spread anything but humour, peace and joy. Few complain that there's too much of them in the world.

Well in a few hours I'm off to go back home and won't have a chance to come visit here till I'm back. You all have a good weekend!

I hope to read more of Wayne's zany surealism and more Rossy Ranting! Enjoy your Sunday Classical postings!

I'll be thinking of you guys.

Beautiful post, Richard, thanks for sharing your thoughts.


Have a nice trip Becca!

Richard, I also appreciate your post about this thread. It represents many of things I feel. No matter how busy things are for me, I take comfort in being able to at least check in throughout the day. Yes, there are some good friendships are here. Also, a wealth of wonderful sharing of our music and ourselves. Also, I can't thank you enough for taking on the Sunday classical postings.

Becca, you and your family are in my thoughts. I look forward to hearing from you when you return from your uncle's funeral.

Recaredo, I'm glad you checked in today. You've had an influence on my music learning journey, as does everyone else who contributes to this thread. My post today is a performance of the Chicago Flamenco Company Ensemble Español celebrating its 35-year anniversary. Enjoy!

Perhaps a fitting "punishment" for those with a less than compassionate outlook on Andy's life and times and music...too bad he didn't play jazz also...
And I imagine that poor old Andy wasn't too awfully happy about this event either...

Glad you’re enjoying flamenco, Griffin. I didn’t know there was a flamenco ensemble in Chicago. Great!

Have a good trip Becca, and be safe especially if on your kwak and feeling down or distracted.. take it easy and get back here when you can.

When I die, yes , I know I know it will be seen as a sad event by the , arthritically crippled old lady down the road for whom I did some gardening once ( because she pays well)

But, for most of my family and three out of my four friends, it will be a happy magical and mystically spiritually uplifting time for them.

They will dance and sing good songs (not out of Mr williams repertoire)and drink alcoholic beverages and take stuff and eat pills and pour amaretto on my grave for me to drink in the afterlife and have a party round my grave that lasts for about 3 or 4 days and nights and have a good fire. Dogs will be welcome, ( but not kids because they whine and get in the way of fun and shout and argue with each other ) also human mutoids will be most welcome as will be any social outcast or outsider.

Anyways , when I do dying, I will hopefully do it in some sort of style and in a totally disgracefull way, like with a ciggie in one hand and an amaretto or girl in the other and something in my mouth ( either the amaretto or girl, depending on the quickness of death)

I will probably go in a very noisy fashion and complain loads to get as much attention as possible as men are oft fond of doing with things like "man-flu" but much more intense, because I will see my death as more worthy of being waited on hand and foot than manflu commands.

hopefully before my demise happens I will have loads of money to buy servants and have a bell that I can ring for when I want things bringing to me immediately.

Me for the worms, thats what I call a fair exchange...
which reminds me..

Purty words, Richard!

And yes, Wayne, I'm in!

Rossy, I understand where you're coming from, in a slightly different way. I had a similar issue when Whitney Houston died. The difference was that it didn't bother me to hear her music played constantly, because I like her music. What bothered me is that many people around me where I work suddenly decided they had immense singing talent, and screeched their way through many of poor Whitney's songs. Repeatedly. There are just some notes that the average person can't hit, and they should stop trying. For me.

Yoko's knitting in this video is fascinating.

Sorry to hear about your uncle Becca. x





Let's hope Barry Manilow has many years left in him.
I once was "treated" to a full colour, full sound dream of Manilow playing Mandy close up..like I was at one of his concerts. I woke up shuddering. To make matters worse the following night I dreamt I was at a Cliff Richard concert.

LOL! Very stylish, especially the blue rubber gloves. The music was rather good as well¬!

Hi everyone!

Coming back to soviet composers, but this time to post about a well known musician: Dmitri Kabalevsky.

His suite “The comedians” has plenty of nice melodies, probably you'll recognize some of them, since they've been used in some films, and there are piano transcriptions from this music.

\excellent choice recaredo, I hope your not suggesting dimitri for after mendelssohn??

wayne is practicing, I just feel it in my old bones.

Hi Rossy!

No, I’m not suggesting that, now I can just focus on Satie.There's still a lot of work to do with my Gnossienne!

Phew! and relax again.lol

I'm so Sorry for being quite irregular in RST Though it's become my daily habit to check for new posts on RST at least once a day, still I get quite a few chances to be active here. Anyway, after a long time I've got a mood for posting some ICM today.:) This time it'll a bit different, it's ICM on Piano! I've recently come across this amazing young Indian talent who successfully achieved wonderful renditions of the moods of raga on piano. His name is Utsav Lal. I've recently purchased one of his albums and I really liked it. I've just made a video of one track of this album. It's on Raga Hansadhwani. Let's enjoy:
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There are several other beautiful performances of him on youtube. The following one is really interesting. It's on a new kind of piano, viz, the fluid piano. I've first heard of this piano. You can change the tuning of each note in this piano while performing, thus it allows a smooth transition between notes which is one of the most important ornament in ICM. It sometimes sounds like a Sitar or Sarod.
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Here is another of his performance on Raga Yaman:
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Richard, your thoughts for us and your engagements with RST really touched me. We are so lucky to get such a wise and knowledgeable musician like you. Thank you so much for your commitment, your beautiful posts and sharing your versatile knowledge with us.

And thanks to all Rostoskians for spending their valuable time to maintain such a wonderful friendly and musical environment at RST!