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I lived in your chess game but you changed the rules every day

Posted in music, you tube, tagged , , on 01/04/2011 | Leave a Comment »

You paint me a blue sky and go back and turn it to rain, and I lived in your chess game but you changed the rules every day.

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Love remains the light

Posted in General, music, Poetry, South African artists, tagged , , , , , , on 08/10/2009 | 6 Comments »

It was National Poetry Day today in the ukay and I want to share this song by Steve Hofmeyr to celebrate poetry, not just in the ukay, but everywhere. Do listen to the words of this song – beautiful!  Poetry, love and music…touching the strings of my heart.[and of course...chess!] If you like this song, click [...]

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Wind beneath my wings

Posted in Audio music mp3, Bette Midler, Mp3 music files, music, South Africa, Wind beneath my wings mp3, tagged , , , , , , , on 23/05/2009 | 17 Comments »

I’ve come across this fantastic image. I love thunder/lightning and I do miss it here in London. You don’t get it here and if you do, you would think it was just another plane to touch down at Heathrow. I’ve taken the quote from this travelblog too. Also, enjoy the music of Bette Midler – The wind [...]

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Joan of Arc

Posted in History, Joan of Arc, music, tagged , , , on 16/05/2009 | 4 Comments »

This song by OMD is one of my favourite songs. Coincidentally, it was also today Joan of Arc’s info which I’ve found on “this day in history”. Enjoy this song on this Saturday night! Joan’s birthplace is now a museum Joan of Arc, or Jeanne d’Arc in French,(c. 1412 – May 30, 1431)was a 15th [...]

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Blog Movie-game

Posted in Do they know it's Christmas?, General, movie, music, tagged , , , , , , , on 16/12/2008 | 4 Comments »

This movie is sort of a game I’ve devised for you. If you watch this movie, see if you can take any image and relate it to a blog entry or a topic I’ve written about.  If you’re a regular reader, you might recognise immediately the topics. Even for non-regulars, it will be pretty obvious too. One clue [...]

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Chess, poetry art and music

Posted in art, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, classical music, Dresden games 2008, gedigte, Grandmaster chess games, klassieke musiek, Magnus Carlsen, music, music MP3 files, Poetry, skaak, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 28/11/2008 | 2 Comments »

Image: Chesscentral.com I believe this is a good combination: chess, poetry, art and music! I’ve started recently reading Dean’s poetry blog and glad that I’ve discovered his blog. This poem in this post, is today’s entry on his blog and I’ve really enjoyed it and thought to share it with you. If you’re a lover [...]

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Make a joyful sound

Posted in classical music, Elizabeth Serenade, For a Dancer, gedigte, Jackson Browne, klassieke musiek, Laurika Rauch, music, music audio files, music files, music MP3 files, Night Mail, Poetry, Song of the trains, songs, The mouth organ boy, trains, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 08/11/2008 | 14 Comments »

The Dancer: Image: noise.net/featured-work.asp?artist_id=8618&category_id=4 This entry is quite an odd entry. I have a few snippets of music files which I truly enjoy and they are some of the about 2GB music files on my MP3-player. The first file is the Elizabeth Serenade, then you can listen to “The mouth organ boy” – by Vicky [...]

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Pure Nature

Posted in audio files, classical music, Jim Brickman, klassieke musiek, klavier musiek, music, music audio files, musiek, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 26/10/2008 | 8 Comments »

  wikimusicguide.com/images I got this cd of Jim Brickman from an American chess player-friend about a year ago. I’ve rediscovered the music and want to share a few tracks (some tasters) with you. The music is beautiful, relaxing, soothing…. Enjoy! Amazing Grace You never know  All I ever wanted  Please click here to visit his site…the [...]

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Sea of Dreams

Posted in Afrikaans, audio files, Autism, classical music, classical music files, DF Malherbe, dreams, gedigte, Hennie Bekker, John William Waterhouse, Kelly King, klassieke musiek, mp3 music, Mp3 music files, music, music and your brain, music audio files, music files, musiek, musiek en jou brein, musiek vir slaap, poems, Poetry, Sea of Dreams, Slaap, sleep, sleep stages, Sleepy time, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 08/10/2008 | 17 Comments »

Sleep and His Half Brother Death John William Waterhouse www.illusionsgallery.com/sleep.html Image: dreams.co.uk  How do you feel about sleep? Sometimes I can go a whole night without sleep, but I will surely feel knackered two days later! I love being in bed at night when the rain is tapping on the roof. Weekends I like to lie in…and then get [...]

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If music be the food of love, play on

Posted in audio music files, classical music files, Josef Strauss, klassieke musiek, Mantovani and his orchestra, mp3 music, Mp3 music files, music, music audio files, music files, musiek, Poetry, quotes, Shakespeare, Strauss music, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 27/09/2008 | 17 Comments »

Image: allposters.com From Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, 1601: DUKE ORSINO: If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again! it had a dying fall: O, it came o’er my ear like the sweet sound, That breathes upon a bank [...]

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Villa Rides

Posted in American History, audio files, classical music, classical music files, Gypsy Soul, Hongaarse Rapsodie no2, klassieke musiek, Mantovani and his orchestra, Mexican history, Mexican Revolution, mp3 music, music, music audio files, music files, musiek, Pancho Villa, Rodolfo Fierro, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 25/09/2008 | 24 Comments »

It was Monday when the music of Villa Rides suddenly – without a warning! – entered my thoughts and managed to settle there and it hasn’t left me since! When I got home, I couldn’t wait to search the internet to see if there’s somewhere a downloadable file, but to no avail! All I could do, was [...]

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Dance of the Knights

Posted in audio files, ballet, Chess, classical music, composers, downloadable music files, drama, Knight's tour, knights, music, music audio files, music videos, Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet, Sanskrit, Shakespeare drama, skaak, The Apprentice, Theme music of the Apprentice, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 20/09/2008 | 8 Comments »

  I’ve seen Romeo and Juliet ages ago, I can only recall certain parts of it, think I need to go and see it again. The Dance of the Knights is quite fresh in my mind…I’ve found the music for you to download too if you want to! Take a listen and enjoy the youtube movie. [...]

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Classic you rock!!

Posted in audio files, Beethoven, classical music, Haydn, klassieke musiek, mood music, Mozart, Mp3 music files, music, Music and personality, music audio files, music files, musiek, news article, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 07/09/2008 | 8 Comments »

I found this newspaper article on yahoo…very interersting what they say about people’s personality. I myself is a great lover of classical music in particular and I’ve blogged some classical music before…here’s two entries to follow and I have 3 tracks for you to enjoy.Please click HERE to read my entry about Waldo de los [...]

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Waldo de los Rios

Posted in Beethoven, classical music, composers, Haydn, komponiste, Mozart, music, music files, musiek, Speelgoed Simfonie, Toy Symphony, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 31/07/2008 | 9 Comments »

Some of you will remember the post entry about the Symphony of Toys by Mozart — and not Haydn, as many people think. I’ve also blogged the Toy Symphony music, but in the same breath I said I’ve ordered THIS CD that morning. Well, this morning it has arrived!!  Waldo de los Ríos (7 September [...]

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I’ll swim the Seven Seas!

Posted in For a Kiss, music, music videos, tagged , , , on 26/07/2008 | 3 Comments »

Venice: For a Kiss!

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Symphony of Toys

Posted in art, audio files, classical music, klassieke musiek, Leopold Mozart, line and patterns in music, moods, moods in music, Mozart, music, music and toys, music audio files, music files, musical instruments, patterns in music, Symphonies, Symponies, Toy Symphony, Toy Symphony Allegro, Toy Symphony Finale, Toy Symphony Menuetto, toys, toys and music, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 25/07/2008 | 24 Comments »

Image: http://www.hbf.lv/index.php?&366&view=concert&concert_id=94 Please click here to enjoy the music of Waldo de los Rios and his interpretation of the Toy Symphony! The link is on my blog and will open in a new window. You surely don’t want to miss out on his fantastic music! Wow! This entry took me really hours to put together! [...]

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Suid-Afrika my skaduwee

Posted in Afrikaans, audio music files, classical music, classical music files, gedigte, harp music, Hilary Stagg, Juanita du Plessis, mood music, Mp3 music files, music, music files, musiek video, South Africa, Suid-Afrika, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 17/06/2008 | 5 Comments »

I’ve got this CD of Hilary Stagg…beautiful music…enjoy this track and do get yourself this CD!! This is an Afrikaans poem, just my thoughts about life as a child… Indien jy ooit by die Opelug Museum in Pretoria ‘n draai maak, maak gerus ‘n draai by die Watermeule. Hierdie watermeule het op ons plaas gestaan [...]

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Remembrance

Posted in music, music file, music videos, Piano, piano music, piano music video, Remembrance, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 02/06/2008 | 12 Comments »

Image:icecreamjournal.turkeyhill.com  My blog is this month…ONE year old!! The actual “birthday” is the 9th….I’ve decided to link this “celebration” to some “memories”…after a year, you always think back/reflect on things that happened throughout the year..and you try to improve the next year…so: I’ve decided to “reflect” a bit…not really…hehehe…it’s just a blog! but to “refresh” [...]

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Loch Lomond

Posted in folk songs, Loch Lomond, Loch Lomond images, Lyrics, Molly Malone, music, music videos, Nanci Griffiths, pictures Loch Lomond, Red is the Rose, Scotland, Scottish folk songs, songs, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 16/05/2008 | 5 Comments »

  Image: …highlandexperience.com Image: visit-loch-lomond.co.uk/i/LLomond.jpg I think I had a fantastic music teacher during my Primary school years…we used to love her lessons — even the boys! — and she always taught us great songs…also folk songs from different countries. I’ve blogged earlier the Irish Folk song… Cockles and Mussels –the balad of Molly Malone [...]

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Al die veld is vrolik

Posted in music, poems, Poetry, South Africa, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 23/04/2008 | 2 Comments »

For English readers… this is a short Afrikaans song about Spring and the second song/poem is about the little mini-beasts, birds, children and even the small plants are happy…they all want to dance and sing and play… DIS HEERLIKE LENTE Woorde: THEO W. JANDRELL en G.G. CILLIÉ Musiek: Wysie uit die Alpe; verwerk: G.G. CILLIÉ [...]

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I won’t give up!

Posted in Inno, Italian, Italian song, Mia Martini, music, music videos, musiek, musiek videos, Steve Hofmeyr, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 11/04/2008 | 28 Comments »

This is Steve Hofmeyr’s version: Update: 22/04/2012 Listen to Bruce’s version: Update October 2011 If you are interested in emailing/contacting Bruce Millar – see his message in the comments box. Here is also an email that was left by ‘Natasha Millar’ – assume it is his wife? – or relative – see the comments box. [...]

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This is until…Chess!

Posted in Chess, music, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 10/04/2008 | 1 Comment »

I don’t know the band…“Wonderboom” but it seems to me that they are doing great from what I’ve read on the internet about them. Cito is part of the band…and you can read more about him…he’s also starring in the musical “Chess”… in South Africa. If you click HERE you can visit his “My Space” [...]

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It’s time to go!

Posted in music, tagged , , , , , , on 08/04/2008 | 2 Comments »

    Please click HERE to listen to Mugabe’s song…go Mugabe go! walk out the door!! You’re not welcome anymore…!! It’s time to …go! BYE!!!

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Child of Africa

Posted in Africa, Afrikaans, Afrikaans music, Dr HF Verwoerd, Dr Verwoerd, music, musiek, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 07/04/2008 | 8 Comments »

I’m not in a good mood… so, don’t expect me to be goodie-goodie today…I’m furious when it comes to people like the Montys of this world…and I know there are many of them…please, don’t be a Monty! Last night…or should I rather say…early this morning…1:35am… I turned the tele on…and was just in time to [...]

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James Blunt

Posted in James Blunt, music, music video, Tears and rain, tagged , , , , , on 04/04/2008 | 6 Comments »

One of my favourites… James Blunt… I’ve got this cd…and there are a couple of beautiful songs on this cd… my favourites in this order…1. You’re beautiful 2. Tears and rain 3. Goodbye my lover – a bit mushy…lol! 4. Cry 5. High 6. Out of my mind… the others… not really something to get [...]

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Music man

Posted in Jannie Moolman, music, musiek, South Africa, Suid-Afrika, tagged , , , , , on 02/04/2008 | 2 Comments »

 I’ve discovered this South African singer on the web… Jannie Moolman. I don’t know him….and was quite surprised by what I’ve found…opera singer too….he got rewarded third place in an international competition…the well-known Belvedere International song competition in Wenen.  Follow this LINK  to read about him – in English – and to listen to some of his [...]

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Lied van die lewe…song of life!

Posted in Afrikaans, Cape Town, Ge Korsten, Lied van die lewe, Liefling, Mp3 music files, music, music audio fiels, music files, music videos, musiek, song about young and old, Song of life, South African tenor, Tenors, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 31/03/2008 | 11 Comments »

  You can listen to a snippet from his song…”Liefling”. This song was a big hit for many, many years in South Africa and I do believe that many South Africans still love this song! It’s a love song.   My old time favourite…Ge Korsten…. opera tenor singer… …enjoy the video!! Singing Afrikaans, but worth [...]

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Dans van die reen/Dance of the rain

Posted in Afrikaans, Afrikaans poems, books, Dance of the rain, Dickenson Thompson, digkuns, digters, Eugene Marais, gedigte, Julee Dickenson Thompson, Laurinda Hofmeyr, music, Poetry, poets, Rain Gods, reading, Soul of the Ant, South African Poets, South African writers, Suid-Afrikaanse digters, Suid-Afrikaanse skrywers, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 22/03/2008 | 10 Comments »

Image…Wikipedia Click HERE on this post to read my translation of his poem “Dans van die reën” in English…The link will open in a new window. “The Dance of the rain”…and you can read about this book on the link too. “EUGÈNE Marais was a South African poet, a story-teller, a journalist, a lawyer, a [...]

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Electric band

Posted in Free electric band, It never rains in Southern California, music, music videos, tagged , , , , , on 03/02/2008 | 2 Comments »

On the chess site I was sent this link with a goodie when I finished a game against a player and I like these two songs on this video! Enjoy it with me!  While we are on the word “electric”… South Africans will know why I’m posting the next line…. IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNMENT: [...]

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Friday’s song and Political speech

Posted in humour, music, Paul McCartney, tagged , , , on 31/01/2008 | 2 Comments »

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Simon and Garfunkel

Posted in music, Simon and Garfunkel, Sound of silence, tagged , , , on 14/01/2008 | 3 Comments »

Claude, a blogger friend, has sent me this video-link. So, here it is for everyone to enjoy with  me!

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Baby Queen….

Posted in humour, music, tagged , , , on 09/01/2008 | Leave a Comment »

Click here: for Baby Queen and enjoy the bit of fun! http:// users. telenet. be / leukelinks / flash / queen . htm

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Happy New Year!

Posted in Happy New Year, movie, music, New Year, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on 27/12/2007 | 3 Comments »

Enjoy the movie . This entry is an updated entry. I wish you all a wonderful New Year for 2009. May it be the best year in your life. The first image is actually an animated image, click on the image to see the “animation”. This next video is last year’s video.    

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St Elmo’s Fire

Posted in music, music videos, tagged , on 26/12/2007 | 4 Comments »

Enjoy!

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Suncatcher! – song

Posted in Afrikaans, artists, Helmut Lotti, Laurika Rauch, music, music videos, musiekvideos, Poetry, Sarie Marais, Song translated, Sonvanger, South Africa, Suncatcher, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 21/12/2007 | 14 Comments »

This is the most beautiful song by Laurika Rauch and Valiant Swart.  They sing about the sun….”Suncatcher” - ….Laurika Rauch is really one of our best artists in South Africa… she’s a beloved singer, well, I do love her music and I think most other South Africans too as you will notice the reaction of the audience when she [...]

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Hilary Stagg

Posted in audio music files, classical music, classical music files, harp music, Hilary Stagg, Mp3 music files, music, music videos, tagged , , , , , , , , on 08/12/2007 | 26 Comments »

Hilary Stagg’s music is really beautiful….harp music! Clickhere to see more of his albums. There are 30 sec bits of tracks to listen to! Enjoy! but, I would suggest you get yours as it is really worth it!  I have The edge of Forever….beautiful!   Although you might not understand the words here on the [...]

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Love-light Bitterbessie

Posted in Afrikaans poems, gedigte, Ingrid Jonker, Kyk hoe glinster die maan, Laurika Rauch, music, music videos, musiek videos, poems, Poetry, South African artists, South African Poets, Suid-Afrikaanse digters, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 07/12/2007 | 12 Comments »

7 December-poem This poem comes from a “poetic calendar”. There’s a poem for every day and it’s actually a book used by Teachers and I want to share a poem for today from this book! Fridays always feel to me like a special day for poetry! A day to relax! So…relax and enjoy! As student, Ingrid [...]

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Josh Groban

Posted in Josh Groban, music, music video, tagged , , on 23/11/2007 | 2 Comments »

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Walk in the clouds

Posted in music, music videos, tagged , , , on 03/11/2007 | 2 Comments »

A WALK IN THE CLOUDS SOUNDTRACK lyrics http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

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Flying Pickets – Only You

Posted in chess movies, Flying Pickets, music, music videos, Steve McQueen, tagged , , , , , on 02/11/2007 | 8 Comments »

Boer-in-Ballingskap het my op die skaakwebsite….gese van die liedjie….en hy is een van my gunstelinge…ek moes hom net gou blog! ………..ja ons twee speel nou deesdae gereeld skaak…en hy het my vandag gewen! -ek het hom die ander gewen…maar ek dink hy steek bietjie weg…hy gaan seker nou sy ware kleure begin toon!!! Hy het [...]

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Meet in the middle

Posted in Diamond Rio, music, music videos, tagged , , , , on 01/11/2007 | 2 Comments »

I was introduced to this song by one chess player and I really like this song! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

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The Word

Posted in Bible, Daily Bible, God, Joahnn Sebastian Bach, Kevin Macleod, music, music videos, Sheep may safely graze, tagged , , , , , , , on 28/10/2007 | Leave a Comment »

Daily Bible …. Enjoy this music by Kevin Macleod…it’s beautiful! ….you can find the music file  HERE….by Kevin Macleod Enjoy this video …music composed by Bach…The sheep may safely graze http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

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Bee Gees

Posted in artists, music, musiek on 05/10/2007 | Leave a Comment »

Die Bee Gees was nog altyd een van my groot gunstelinge. Hulle bly darem ‘n wenneer. Jy kan in enige bui wees en na hulle luister en hulle sit jou sommer in die regte bui! Fluweel-musiek!   http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

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James Blunt, music movie

Posted in artists, James Blunt, music, music video, tagged , , on 05/10/2007 | Leave a Comment »

Ek het James se CD….”Back to bedlam” en daarop verskyn die liedjie wat op die video is, “You’re beautiful”. Ander wat ook mooi is, is “Goodbye my lover”, “Tears and rain” en “High”…   http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

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Sweet People

Posted in artists, music, Sweet people, tagged , , , , on 30/09/2007 | 3 Comments »

This is the music of Sweet People, one of my many favourites!! Enjoy! http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

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Peer Gynt

Posted in Animation, classical music, Eduard Grieg, education, Grieg, Hall of Mountain King, Hendrik Ibsen, Mountain King, music, music videos, Norwegian composers, Peer Gynt, Peer Gynt animation, Peer Gynt for children, Radio3, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 21/09/2007 | 5 Comments »

Chris from My kop op ‘n blok inspired me to write about Peer Gynt. I read his post about Peer Gynt and that took me back to my secondary school when I was 14. Our music teacher discussed the story about the music/play of Peer Gynt, composed by Edvard Grieg. I loved it, and “Anitra’s [...]

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Mango Groove

Posted in artists, Mango Groove, music, South Africa, tagged , , , , , , , on 19/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »

Read about Claire Johnston, born in the UK, but has lived in South Africa most of her life, on this link. In the following music movie, Claire sings the Australian as well as the South African national anthems before a rugby match….in South Africa. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

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Sarah Vaughan

Posted in music, music video, Sarah Vaughan, tagged , , on 16/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »

One chess player has told me about Sarah’s music and I found this movie on Youtube. I immediately liked it! “A Lover’s Concerto” is a pop song written by American songwriters, Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, and recorded in 1965 by The Toys. Their version of the song was a major hit in both the [...]

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Enya

Posted in artists, Enya, music on 15/09/2007 | 3 Comments »

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Water organ

Posted in music on 13/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »

This water organ makes me wonder if the water organ at Lake Centurion still operates! We  spent many a night there listening and watching! And Jo’burg’s? A little while ago, I was saying on my blog that I want to lose weight! Well, I haven’t started with a diet…I never can…the moment when I say I [...]

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