Olivier: “Le réveil-matin” means the alarm-clock nowadays, but in the XVIIth century, it was more along the lines of a military morning wake-up call, with drums and trumpets.
Category / music
Agnes
Kilby sent this one. I’m not sure it fits the criteria for blood-pumping wake-up music — but it can be interpreted as appropriate for these Days of Pandemic, so we’ll make an exception.
And one for Mahler!
jajizi: Before the lockdown started in earnest, I had a ticket to hear the Baltimore Symphony. The day of the concert, it appeared to be going on as scheduled, so I was cautiously intending to go. A few hours before I needed to leave, I got a robocall informing me that the concert was canceled.
They were going to play Mahler’s 3rd Symphony. Instead, they produced this virtual performance of the last few minutes of the piece. (For those not familiar with Mahler 3, these five or so minutes come at the end of a symphony that usually lasts more than an hour and a half.)
It’s Been Many Weeks
(and then there was this; but there’s some political content here, so no comments please)
Good Morning!
Olivier’s selection:
Tuesday Wake-Up Music
Thanks to Bill H!
Please note that we’re developing a nice-sized queue; but please keep the music coming, because this mess might go on for a while.
9 to 5
Singapore Bill: Here’s an ironic one, since nobody is going anywhere.
Dance Your Way Into Sunday
Thanks to Mitch
For a lively wake-up music, I like the Lezhginka from Khachaturian’s ballet score “Gayaneh”. It is just as energetic as its probably more famous selection, the Saber Dance (which follows it in this clip).
BTW, the lezhginka or lezginka is the name not of just this particular piece but a music and dance style widespread in the Caucsus and Southeastern Europe. If you search the term, you can find many examples of both professional dance groups and informal parties dancing a lezhginka, to various music. Often these seem to be wedding parties, with a competitive tag-in aspect to the dancing among the guests. Here are two examples:
Shiny Happy Saturday!
[OT] Let’s Go to the Movies
Just curious… What’s everybody’s thoughts about the post-pandemic future of movie theatres? Will the local multiplex just pick up where it left off in early March (or whenever things shut down where you live)?
(Oh, and this question comes with its own soundtrack, because why not?)
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