Janos Starker in Memoriam (5.07.1924-28.4.2013)

http://youtu.be/Iy4mzt_CgaU


Janos Starker will be missed by those who have listened to his great contributions to the cello literature/performances .

Please, listen to the YouTube video.


http://mno.hu/grund/elhunyt-starker-janos-vilaghiru-gordonkamuvesz-1157640

Spring is here....

Finally!  After the cold and rainy months now everything is blooming in my garden. It is such a beautiful uplifting sight but I still have tears in my eyes at the Memorial for the victims of the recent Boston Marathon.

Sir Colin Davis

Conductor Sir Colin Davis has died at the age of 85, the London Symphony Orchestra has announced.

Surrey-born Sir Colin made his debut with the orchestra in 1959 and was its longest serving principal conductor.
He worked with the Royal Opera House, the BBC Symphony and English Chamber orchestras and was internationally renowned for his interpretations of Mozart, Sibelius and Berlioz.

Roger Wright - controller BBC Radio 3 and director of BBC Proms - said Sir Colin's "death is an enormous loss to music".

"His last performance at the BBC Proms two years ago, a towering interpretation of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, was a reminder of the special qualities of his conducting and his big-hearted and deep musicianship," he added.

Happy Easter!

Wishing your Easter is decorated with love, peace, joys of Spring and the season's Blessing!

THE CRUCIFIXION

This painting is from the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts (New York), Master of the Codex of Saint George (Italian, active Florence second quarter 14th century ca. 1340-45).

Cute babies....

To lift our moods and hearts in these troubled times I would like to share these top photos with you from the National Geographic ongoing gallery called Your Shot. Hope you like them as much as I do.

A place in the Sun

My contribution this year to Valentine Day's celebration is a romantic scene of  Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift from this tragic 1951 movie.