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Day 25. A song that makes you laugh
Sep. 4th, 2010 11:16 pmHaydn - String Quartet movement played on the accordion
Laugh - no, but smile - yes! Please allow yourself to get past the few seconds.
This is someone I have followed on YouTube. He is an amateur who posts a variety of things, all quite serious, played on the accordion and also on a pedal harpsichord. He sometimes combines the instruments. His playing of this movement from Haydn is full of warmth and charm. He explains on his YouTube profile that he had a hand accident several years ago, and his music making is, in part, because of that. He ends his profile with dankbarer und bewußter (grateful and conscious). I really love that - I think it's quite a motto.
I would be curious if anyone actually gives this fellow 5 minutes of time (or my guy from yesterday reading Rilke.) The thought depresses me a little. This week, I have given precious time of my own to follow Housewives of New Jersey and Project Runway. I guess it's hard to compete with those truly horrid harpies Danielle and Theresa of Housewives, and Gretchen of PR. I guess they're harmless, but I sometimes wonder. The hateful scowl on Gretchen's face as she witnessed someone else winning the challenge, and the heartbreaking tour the camera gives of the faces of Danielle's young daughters are lingering images.
Listening to my YouTube artist today, with his gentle touch of civility, brings me a welcome smile.
Laugh - no, but smile - yes! Please allow yourself to get past the few seconds.
This is someone I have followed on YouTube. He is an amateur who posts a variety of things, all quite serious, played on the accordion and also on a pedal harpsichord. He sometimes combines the instruments. His playing of this movement from Haydn is full of warmth and charm. He explains on his YouTube profile that he had a hand accident several years ago, and his music making is, in part, because of that. He ends his profile with dankbarer und bewußter (grateful and conscious). I really love that - I think it's quite a motto.
I would be curious if anyone actually gives this fellow 5 minutes of time (or my guy from yesterday reading Rilke.) The thought depresses me a little. This week, I have given precious time of my own to follow Housewives of New Jersey and Project Runway. I guess it's hard to compete with those truly horrid harpies Danielle and Theresa of Housewives, and Gretchen of PR. I guess they're harmless, but I sometimes wonder. The hateful scowl on Gretchen's face as she witnessed someone else winning the challenge, and the heartbreaking tour the camera gives of the faces of Danielle's young daughters are lingering images.
Listening to my YouTube artist today, with his gentle touch of civility, brings me a welcome smile.
