Tag: Sunday morning music

  I’d never heard of “Bardcore” until, quite by chance, I came across the Youtube channel of a lady calling herself Hildegard von Blingin’ (an obvious play on the medieval abbess, musician and composer, Hildegard von Bingen).  She has this to say: Bardcore for the discerning clergyman, noble, or muck-gathering peasant. I am a Canadian… Continue reading Sunday morning music

  This one’s for the British version of “flower children”.  How many of you remember Lindisfarne?  They’re a British group that started strong (some called them the “1970’s Beatles”), but fell out of the limelight quickly.  Allmusic comments: Lindisfarne barely command more than a footnote in most rock reference books. During the early ’70s, however,… Continue reading Sunday morning music

  This morning we remember a singer who wasn’t quite a one-hit wonder, but was forever defined by his first big hit.  Subsequent songs (of which there were many) never rose to the same height of popularity, which I think is a pity, because they’re all enjoyable in their own way. Peter Sarsted was born… Continue reading Sunday morning music

  This morning’s music is a bit of a wandering train of thought.  It began when I heard a song from a Yogscast video dating back to 2011. On February 3rd, 2011, YouTubers[1] Yogscast Simon and Lewis posted a video titled, “Minecraft – ‘Shadow of Israphel’ Part 8: Diggy Diggy Hole,” the eighth part of… Continue reading Sunday morning music

  Here’s a treat for Pink Floyd fans, and for David Gilmour‘s fans in particular. On 26th August 2006, Gilmour performed the final concert of his “On An Island” tour at the Gdansk Shipyard in Poland, in honor of the 26th anniversary of the founding of the Solidarity trade union, one of the driving forces behind… Continue reading Sunday morning music

  Here’s a different sort of music video.  Classical guitarist Brandon Acker, whom we’ve met in these pages before, samples four different guitars:  one costing $200, one $2,000, one $20,000 and one a mere (!) $200,000.  It’s an interesting experiment with price versus sound versus “playability” (to coin a phrase). You may not be able… Continue reading Sunday morning music

  Last week we heard one of my favorite recordings of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture”.  To continue the martial theme, here’s Beethoven’s “Wellington’s Victory“, Op. 91.  He wrote it to commemorate the victory of the Marquess (later Duke) of Wellington over Joseph Bonaparte’s forces at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813. I’ll put up two versions… Continue reading Sunday morning music

  Last week I once again came across Eugene Ormandy’s splendid rendition of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture”.  In this 1970 recording, he conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra, accompanied by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, with cannon fire provided by the Valley Forge Military Academy Band.  It’s long been one of my favorite recordings of this piece.  I think… Continue reading Sunday morning music

  I’m sure many of my readers know the Hu – a modern folk-metal group (they call their style “Hunnu rock”) out of Mongolia.  Here’s their “Wolf Totem”, perhaps their signature song. However, there’s another group performing Mongolian music of an entirely different variety.  It’s the HAYA band, fronted by soloist Daichin Tana.  They offer… Continue reading Sunday morning music