Thursday, 29 August 2013

Olympic Highlights - London 2012

 
Olympic Highlights - London 2012
 


 
Unusually for me it was events on the national and international stage that made 2012 particularly memorable. The 2012 London Olympics were a great triumph and proved to the world that we can run major events spectacularly well. The doom-and-gloom merchants plus those family members of mine who exhibited total indifference to the whole event must be fuming! Later in the year the defeat of Mitt Romney in the US presidential election was a relief but the thought he was even considered to be a viable candidate by mainstream Americans fills me with horror.
 
 
The Opening Ceremony
 

Thursday, 22 August 2013

My favourite background music (Part 2)

Musical Rapture from Joao Cota-Robles
 
 
 
Rain and Thunderstorm
 


 
Rain and Thunder Sounds 10 Hours
 

Thursday, 15 August 2013

My favourite background music (Part 1)

 
Night Mist - Adrian von Ziegler
 
I discovered him by accident and found that I liked almost everything he has written.
Such is the value of YouTube!
 


 
 
Almost as good - Nights Amore
 
 
 
 
 
Now if I could have either of these on a repeating loop!
 
 

 

Wednesday, 7 August 2013

Some more on Gregorian

With or Without You
Probably the best version of my favourite Gregorian song -
 
 
 
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Two of my friends sing this as a duet: then their babies are brought on stage and audience suddenly realises that they are singing it to the babies.
 
 
 
In the Air Tonight
 
 
 
Forever Young
 

Saturday, 3 August 2013

An eclectic mixture of music - all of which I enjoy (Part 2)

Best Music from a Group you have never heard of
 
 
 
Fields of Gold
 
 
 
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
 
 
 
Amethystium
 
 
With the bonus of a fantastic digital art slide show