Strangely enough, that makes me think of another Vietnam movie other than"Platoon". It reminds me of the Matthew Modine characters quote in "Full Metal Jacket" about the duality of man.

 Of course, that probably comes from Charlie Sheen's closing monologue in "Platoon" about Barnes and Elias.

Good Sunday morning!

Perfect for a lovely, Spring Saturday morning.

JS Bach's 329th birthday is red letter day for scholars and numerologists
Composer's playful interest in mathematics gets its own exhibition at museum in his home town of Eisenach

The 329th birthday of the composer Johann Sebastian Bach may not strike most people as a very significant anniversary, but for Bach scholars, 21 March this year will be a very special day. Some researchers claim that the Baroque composer had an obsession with the number 14, the sum of the numeric value of the letters in his surname (B+A+C+H = 2+1+3+8 = 14). The numbers 3, 2 and 9 also add up to 14 – and all this 14 years into the 21st century. Coincidence? (...)

 Monkeysdad wrote: 
My pleasure. And thank you for getting my curiosity piqued about "this masterpiece" which consequently turned out to be a great (new to me) piece of music, as well as a serious earworm!

 RichardPrins wrote: 
That's the one!!!! Loved the Sochi site too...Thanks a million Richard!

After listening to it here I was thinking "shades of 'Spartacus' by Khatchaturian"...and sure enough! Wonderful.

 RichardPrins wrote: 
Many years ago (pre-CD days), I would listen to Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite from a pre-recorded cassette while reading or drawing.

 Monkeysdad wrote:

via (if that is the correct event. Music is listed for all the athletes in their profiles)

Does anyone know what (master)piece the Russian couple figure skated/danced to tonight in the team short routine???

This is exquisitely beautiful.
 
Never ceases to amaze me that any guitarist can play two vastly different parts (arpeggio/tremolo) at the same time, as if there are two guitarists instead of one.
 
 

Shaker Loops by John Adams: I. Shaking and Trembling, II. Hymning Slews, III. Loops and Verses, and IV. A Final Shaking.
Live performance of the Ruth Asawa San Francisco School Of The Arts Chamber Orchestra directed by Matthew Cmiel.

Violinist Nigel Kennedy Joins Young Palestinian Musicians for an Exotic Version of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons | Open Culture

Once one gets past the title, this is one beautiful piece of music. And... OMG! I found the "perfect" version of it!



OMG OMG! I found the "best" version of Pachelbel's Canon! I'm on a roll! OMG! 



Well... this might not be "perfect" or "the best" but it'll do. The first piece of classical music I fell in love with.
If you play this under candlelight in a calm and quiet place you can almost feel Beethoven's ghost reaching out across the ages.