Today's goodbye and "wish I'd be there" moment is with Itzhak Perlman playing the third movement of Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77, with The Philarmonia Orchestra of London and conducted by Lawrence Foster. (1978) 👏👏👏 And here is the YouTube link for the full concert.

For the Jazz lovers, an excerpt from John Coltrane Quartet's “My Favourite Things”, Comblain-La-Tour, 1965.

Good morning with Yuja Wang and Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2! ☕

Another Jazz moment: the John Coltrane Quartet playing "Impressions".

Wishing you a wonderful 3rd Advent Sunday with ”Es wird schon glei dumpa“ (It will soon be dark), an Austrian carol from 1884, performed by the Philharmonic of Vienna together with the Vienna Girls Choir.

A group of actors from Ludovica Rambelli Teatro of Naples, Italy, recreated on stage pictures of Caravaggio. The paintings in order: The Entombment of Christ Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy Crucifixion of Saint Peter The Beheading of St John the Baptist Judith Beheading Holofernes Flagellation of Christ The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew Annunciation Rest on the Flight into Egypt Narcissus, The Raising of Lazarus Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy Bacchus

Your infrequent moment of jazz is here with Thelonious Monk's Crepuscule with Nellie. (1969)

Your infrequent moment of jazz is here with Thelonious Monk's Crepuscule with Nellie. (1969)

Vienna State Opera from the Albertina Museum

Sometimes I think about making a new npub for jazz. Until then, I'll bother you here with occasional detours. Nina Simone, I Loves You Porgy, 1960

This morning, I took a detour from the usual path with "Je vous salue Marie" by Erga. Have a great day!

Tonight, I will say goodbye with the final part from Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Resurrection, directed by Claudio Abbado, with Eteri Gvazava, Soprano, and Anna Larsson, Alto. So beautiful!

One of the first pieces of classical music that I remember from my childhood, Herbert von Karajan and a 17-year-old Evgeny Kissin performing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1. 1988, Salzburg, Austria

For this lunch break, I chose Arthur Rubinstein playing Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22. This video is from 1975, when he was 88 years old, and while almost blind, this might have been one of his best performances. As a side note, he played this Concerto since 1904, when it was in front of Saint-Saëns. I added the YouTube link for the longer version.

I want to close the day with Yunchan Lim playing Chopin's Variations on “Là ci darem la mano”, Op. 2. And with this, I wish you all a beautiful evening!

My street is quiet right now, with dense fog, and Daniel Barenboim playing Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata feels just right. It still amazes me that it has over 200 years.

Lunch break with Narciso Yepes and Concierto de Aranjuez.

A good morning starts with joy from the Philharmonic of Munich. Anastasia Kobekina plays Schubert‘s Arpeggione Sonata arranged for Violoncello. Have a wonderful day!

For this lunch break, we have the first movement from Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, conducted by the legendary Gustavo Dudamel. Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar, Barcelona, 2017

Today I will say goodbye with Mariella Devia singing "Com’è bello!" from Donizetti's "Lucrezia Borgia".