Conte's Music

Another CD found for a quid in Faversham was this compilation of the music of Paolo Conte simply called "The Collection". It spans his career up to 1991 and the track i have chosen is La Ricostruzione del Mocambo.

I call him the Italian Tom Waits. Enjoy.

Asha

The police once again are being heavy headed over the very ill Asha  King who needs quality medical care which, apparently, Southampton hospital were unable to offer and that there was such complex brai surgery in Europe. This is  my opinion, but i do feel for these parents who just want the best for their child.

More info here -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29007975

And So Folks ...

Today i am off to the Office for awhile. Back on the computer course for the third module , the penultimate one that is, and that's all today, as i am still awaiting payment from Lodge ,despite receiving the remittance from them, and also one in to my Pay Pal account from the Russian company , although remittance is online , but not transferred.

Well maybe tomorrow then in which case it will be a big yippee. 

Quartet Music

Having replied to a post by minnesattva here is part five of Olivier Messiaen's "Quartet For The End Of Time"  titled as "Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus" for cello and piano

5th movement of the Quartet for the end of time.

Jesus is considered here as the Word. A broad phrase, "infinitely slow", on the cello, magnifies with love and reverence the eternity of the Word, powerful and gentle, "whose time never runs out". The melody stretches majestically into a kind of gentle, regal distance. "In the beginning was the Word, and Word was with God, and the Word was God."

Enjoy.

Rothko Chapel

The Messiaen piece i loaded has pictures by abstract expressionist Mark Rothko, and thus this has lead me to another modern composer whose music over the years i have enjoyed, ad that composer is Morton Feldman. The Wire magazine introduced me to is music, and the piece i have chosen is part one of Rothko Chapel.

I also love the paintings of Mark Rothko and often contemplated them at the Tate Modern.I first saw his work in the specially darkened room at the Tate Modern. When you entered, you saw nothing. Then gradually the colours emerged from the darkness with lives of their own. It was a very moving experience, and helped me to appreciate the connection with Feldman, whose music also emerges from silence.

Enjoy.