music time

Few musical pieces are capable of sending me back through time to another era; one of them is Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances, which easily takes me to the Renaissance courts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_DlXAJ7zpM&t=60s

https://youtu.be/nkumhBVPGdg

Not to everyone's taste, I realize, but I like listening to opera as background music, especially on a lazy Sunday such as today.  Whether I'm on the computer here at DFS, slicing and dicing food in preparation for dinner, soaking in the tub, or just relaxing with a good book I find the music relaxing.

A very happy birthday to two favorites (albeit very different):  Micky Dolenz and Gary Numan!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTf3zPcmWJk

Rush today..

https://youtu.be/YhZkqiEfPWg
I enjoy listening to classical music, opera, easy listening rock, movie sountracks but sometimes I just need a country fix.

Today I had one of those memories that makes me cringe: I remembered an Easter in 1971 when I was working as an assistant to the youth minister of a church, and somehow I - who cannot sing to save my life, even in the shower - got roped into singing in a church service, from the balcony, all by myself except for a guitar accompanying me, the hymn 'He is Risen.' I don't know how, but I got through to the end of it, completely mortified. 

Here's how it should sound:
He Is Risen (2019) | The Tabernacle Choir w/ Bells & Gabriel Trumpeters - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aqGxFQZnDQ

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