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https://youtu.be/zeoT66v4EHg

Very cleverly done - and extremely cute.

Some gorgeous artwork to go with this beautifully sung song.

https://youtu.be/sQRuNNfgjOM?si=dZi-F-qEg9zXRrWQ

Reviving this thread with Camille Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre. 👍

https://youtu.be/TLRTS28bhMg?si=BPMJrtACW_TzBrCT

An early and quite spectacular performance of the “Mira, o Norma” duet from Bellini’s Norma, sung by Joan Sutherland and Margreta Elkins in glorious voice:

 https://youtu.be/iVtcFJbmAUk?si=ghRNLGlMgMNT7ALL

I took mum (and a neighbour of ours who also loves Bach) to see the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra performing the complete Bach Orchestral Suites a couple of weeks ago. It was outstanding.

Here’s a link to the first Orchestral Suite joyously and beautifully performed by the Netherlands Bach Society:

https://youtu.be/DquhZcSwrrI?si=WwGRmsOnwPo46ZJa

Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2, also played by Netherlands Bach Society:

https://youtu.be/x8Rv9ppP6A8?si=LSv3olvt4wSUQ1Po

… Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3, ditto:

https://youtu.be/oqU4rF_ysQo?si=hXI9MP3KGKpXCPMc

… and Orchestral Suite No. 4, ditto:

https://youtu.be/uTUEvfdHyL0?si=W01l8i-1cSSURFFi

Bach’s genius pleases my soul and my mind so deeply that it’s like hearing E = mc² in musical form.

Bach cello suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009

- played by Reinier Wink

https://youtu.be/tFtZ9tQiFxM?si=aZmZaerJPB-oQSFf

It’s so full of joy. I cannot help thinking how my father would have loved this performance. Joy and grief mingled …