Monday, March 28, 2011

Musical Monday

It's a thing around here now.

I'm listening to this:


I'm listening to a different version, but this one goes into blog easily.

I'm thankful for:
Rostropovich's giant hands
parents who took me to see him and Yo-yo Ma (not at the same time)
Bach
ears
discriminating taste, no small thanks to this guy:

5 comments:

  1. Listening to and watching Rosty makes me think of pickled eel. Isn't that a shame.

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  2. It really is a shame. Why is that?

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  3. John H. told us a story about being around him one time at a rehearsal and he pulled an aluminum foil package out of his pocket with pickled eel in it and started eating it. But the music is beautiful.

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  4. HA! I forgot about that. That's so funny, and disgusting.

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  5. He did have amazing fingers, evident even from a distance.

    Beautiful.

    Pickled eel?

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