Playing on my iPod: Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)

Now that we are into winter I thought I would listen to this today. The Largo is perhaps my favourite movement of the "L'inverno" concerto. Calm and serene as a crisp winter day after a snowfall.

Playng on my iPod - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Nostalgia

In the early 60's, before the British Invasion. I had this thing about Bert Kaempfert's music. I owned a lot of his albums, which back then were about $6.00 or $7.00 at Woolco - April in Portugal, Afrikaan Beat And Other Favorites, A Swingin' Safari, That Happy Feeling among others and, of course, Wonderland by Night. I think I even continued to buy until I started university in 1964.

My days of Kaempfert's music are well past. I lean toward the Baroque/Classical/Romantic periods with a mix of 50's and 60's, Edith Piaf and now and then Anne Murray - after all she is Canada's Songbird(1). But occasionally I get nostalgic, particularly at this time of the year when the nights are early, the weather is cold and there's a hint of snow in the air. And nothing speaks to that nostalgia more than this song.

1: More on Piaf and Murray in later posts.

Playing on my ipod - Franz Ignaz Beck (1734 -1809)

Playing on my iPod: Christian Cannabich (1731 - 1798)