Okay today we’re doing more Indian sculpture from the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection. Today we have a representation of Vishnu‘s third incarnation, Varaha the Boar. This statue is done in sandstone from the 11th century.
Today’s Rhapsody is August’s Rhapsody from the 2007 movie August Rush by Mark Mancina.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plrDXfhcoa4
A very happy 91st birthday to Charlie Parker a talent silenced far too soon.
Today’s sketches are details from two paintings by George de Forest Brush which were on tour at the Seattle Art Museum three years ago featuring his idealized visions of Native American Artists. The first is of an Aztec Sculptor. The second is of a weaver.
A very happy 110th birthday to Mr. Louis Armstrong. And what better way to celebrate it with “What a Wonderful World”. For which version of this is a toss up between the end of the original Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and the the montage from Good Morning Vietnam. I find it quite a shame that this wonderful song of hope is mostly used ironically these days.
Because of that I decided to go with the man himself. Enjoy.
http://youtu.be/E2VCwBzGdPM
For today’s Rhapsody we have a Hungarian Rhapsody that has nothing to do with Liszt! (well more accurately wasn’t composed by Liszt. David Popper and Franz Liszt’s lives did entwine.
There’s two versions of this piece one for orchestra and Cello and the other just piano and cello. I decided to go with the piano version as I think I like it better as a duet.
So with out further ado Hungarian Rhapsody by David Popper.
http://youtu.be/l6qkzCrzrUI
