Classical

Classical
This blog is dedicated to Russell – years of friendship and educating our ears.

Handel:
From the movie Farinelli that tells the story of a passionate castrata. The real voice behind the ever so hot actor is actually Ewa Małas-Godlewska. This is a great clip of the movie cause it shows his power over audiences, beautiful sets, and the story of his castration. See below for more clips.
- Lascia ch'io Pianga (Let me weep)


http://youtube.com/watch?v=649sfBRF9lo (starts in at 1:00)


Raymond Briggs
The full length version of a classic Holiday cartoon with the famous “walking in the air” by Howard Blake and sung by Peter Auty that has a modern Frosty the snow man feel (starts at 16:30).
- The Snowman


Olivier Messiaen
Messiaen found birdsong fascinating; he believed birds to be the greatest musicians and considered himself as much an ornithologist as a composer. He notated birdsongs worldwide, and he incorporated birdsong transcriptions into a majority of his music. His innovative use of color, his personal conception of the relationship between time and music, his use of birdsong, and his intent to express profound religious ideas, all combine to make it almost impossible to mistake a composition by Messiaen for the work of any other western composer.
-Le Merle Noir (black Bird)



Giovanni Sollima
The most impressive solo performance I’ve ever seen!!!!
- Terra Aria from Sogno ad Occhi Aperti






Jennifer Lin (2004)
Jennifer Lin is an extraordinary young concert pianist at 14 years old. Humbling and beautiful is the truest definition of awesome!