What music are you listening to?

One Love-Bob Marley

 
I don't know about you, but I need cheering up...fun and funny holiday music:

From the "rock" era:

Jingle Bell Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpxNNalLTB

Rockin' around the Christmas Tree with Brenda Lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6xNuUEnh2g

Run, run, Rudolph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l849CulLhGQ

For the naughty adults, the original "Santa Baby":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7T0IK99ELs

Baby, It's cold outside
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9cgacWjYqo

For the really innocent

I'm Gettin' Nuttin' for Christmas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMJT3-Hbny8

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI02_UJ1C6I
 
One of my favorite singers, Placido Domingo, singing one of my favorite songs at this time of year:

 
Andre Rieu, violinist and conductor from Netherlands, founder of Johan Strauss Orchestra

 
Garrick said:
Andre Rieu, violinist and conductor from Netherlands, founder of Johan Strauss Orchestra

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I was lucky enough to be there...a magical night in Toscana. It's also a great and fun song, one of the first I ever learned to sing.
 
More in keeping with the season:


And now, "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night."
 
David Garrett performing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor. It's a fresh approach to one of my favorite pieces of music of any type. The definitive version for me personally, however, is that of Issac Stern, which I've linked to below. I'll see what Joshua Bell does with it at the Philharmonic.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwW4oruwyJU
 
Angela said:
David Garrett performing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor. It's a fresh approach to one of my favorite pieces of music of any type. The definitive version for me personally, however, is that of Issac Stern, which I've linked to below. I'll see what Joshua Bell does with it at the Philharmonic.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwW4oruwyJU
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A resounding success!
"Like the Violin Concerto itself, Bell offered no surprises. But his popularity, and that of the piece, is due to his excellence as a musician. He played with a singing tone, a light, almost vocalized, dynamic, and with a fluid agility that he pushed to some delightful extremes of tempo. The concerto speaks naturally to him, with it’s soulfulness, humor, and moments of stirring sadness. The standing ovation that followed was almost de rigeur, but not undeserved. - See more at: http://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2015/12/gilbert-philharmonic-wrap-year-with-dark-sibelius-popular-mendelssohn-and-unexpected-encore/#sthash.nJ4UK5u1.dpuf"

Still not Isaac Stern, however, in my opinion.

Sibellius' 4th Symphony was also on the bill of fare. It was beautifully done, but not my cup of tea at all: if you're going through a dark time, or even if you're not, this could push you over the edge. :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EyAQw42cW4

 
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I was lucky enough to be there...a magical night in Toscana. It's also a great and fun song, one of the first I ever learned to sing.
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Perfectly, how it feels to be on such concerts and in Toscana, which is by Forbes one of the prettiest places on the world. I was in Italy many times but never in Toscana, need to fix it. Another beautiful Italian song. Al Bano & Romina Power:

 
Garrick said:
Perfectly, how it feels to be on such concerts and in Toscana, which is by Forbes one of the prettiest places on the world. I was in Italy many times but never in Toscana, need to fix it. Another beautiful Italian song. Al Bano & Romina Power:
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For some reason, in thinking of the past, this also came to mind, from an even earlier time. Ever since I heard it again in the film La meglio gioventù, which I've watched numerous times, it's always near the surface of my mind.

Fausto Leali: A Chi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI4P3TIx_cE

If you do go to Toscana, this is my own little guide. :) Perhaps it could prove helpful.
http://www.eupedia.com/forum/threads/30590-Tuscan-Holidays

My ancestry is only partly Tuscan, but Firenze is, along with Genova and Parma, and perhaps even more than they, the city of my mind, my heart, and my soul.

To put you in the mood:

Here is "Firenze Sogna", or Florentine Dreams. This was still dance music in the time of my parents; they absolutely loved it. I can even remember learning to dance to it (and songs like it), with my stocking feet on top of my father's shoes. Sometimes nostalgia has such a piercing sweetness it seems you could die of it...Well, enough of that. Here it is, and if you click on cc the English subtitles appear on screen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-8b3AmBnbQ

If you do go, " Will you bring a kiss to Florence?" :)


"I was leaving one morning by steamship,
there was a gentleman of some age.
Seeing him I say: Excuse me, sir!
Forgive me, you're from Florence, yes I know.
You're going back home happily, well I see it,
and a small favor I ask of you.

Will you bring a kiss to Florence,
that is my city
and in my heart I always have it.
Will you bring a kiss to Florence,
I work only to see it again one day.

I'm a daughter of an immigrant,
for this I am faraway,
I work because one day I will return home.
Will you bring a kiss to Florence,
if I see you again, I'll give it back.

And that gentleman replied to me then,
I will bring your kiss home.
And for peace of mind since this time,
traveling I will keep it locked up.
But as soon as I get home I swear to you,
the kiss toward the sky will surely go.

I'll bring your kiss to Florence
that is your city
but also it's mine.
I'll bring your kiss to Florence
I am looking forward to when you'll be back.

You are the daughter of an immigrant,
for this you are far away,
but be sure one day you'll come back home.
I'll bring your kiss to Florence
and from Florence many kisses you'll get."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT9Pv_Fu2nQ
 
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