Category Archives: music to love

i was debating between ballet – in celebration of SB’s ballet exam, or violin – in mourning for her giving up. SO i have chosen violin, in the hopes my spare strings will come soon, so that i get practicing!
of course, talent like this is extremely rare [perlman age 13!!!] though, to be fair, i prefer this version.
but that is starting near the end! lets have a bit of the beginning. its good isn’t it!

not the best recording quality, and a short clip, but my heart belongs to menuhin. she how he just flows with the violin, effortless!

a very old recording, i do prefer this more modern version though, the bowing suits me better! much more legato! but i think it doesn’t have the heart of menuhin. [hideous dress though hey!] this has been youtubed weirdly, so it starts with the rather fab first mvt cadenza. however, at about 5 mins is the start of the second mvt [the first and second mvts ‘run together’. this is prob my fav of the youtube offerings, a clear singing violin tone, rubato not overdone, but def emotional!
Enjoy!

i love the way the swirling water of the vltava river has been captured in this piece of music. this is just a snippet. i would recommend searching for a copy of the whole thing though!

well, after the previous desperate post i thought i should post a bit of ballet music. this comes with ballet video too!! enjoy!

i heard this whilst drving today. i prefer the slightly sprightlier versions rather than the dirges. amaxing what difference a bit of speed makes to the whole feeling and emotion of the music. this is a slower version for comparison. what do you think??

in honour of SB who has now played this both in her GBDF and ACE piano book, and tune a day violin book. i also played it in my GBDF book more years ago than i cared to remember! i have also played it ‘for real’ and like his named symphonies a lot. i chose this version as my sister was taught piano by richard hickox’ mother, and i like the collegium musicm and their period instruments. Although not credited, this sounds like modern instruments for comparison.

here is the clock bit of the clock – again much played and much loved, fantastic first violins bit!!

and i like the idea of the farewell as well. humour and politics in music!!

and here it is. this is the music that IS my mother to me. i knew it was mozart, and thought it had a country name in it as well so i just searched piano and youtube! [since there is no singing facility] isn’t it absolutely fab. you can imagine it played to show sheer joy and fun. Thankyou mum for my wonderful musical childhood. love you.

we were talking yesterday and led to as a child spotting my mothers mood by the music she played. she loved playing this whilst i was a child.  searching for her fav still

I wonder if my children will associate this and this with me? my mother also frequently played this suite, leading me to want to learn it.

i am sorry, i am feeling v stringy. nearly went for some ballet music, but… this time of year always reminds me of string residential courses, as the leaves turn and it starts to get nippy!

SO here it is, the piece of music we played on my fist residential string course, and loved ever since. the st paul’s suite. written for the similarly named girls school where holst was musical director. this is the second half