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All Of Me

first half; very slow still working on getting the notes right, no small feat on this piece ;-)

Cappricio Partita No 2 C minor BWV 826 JS Bach take 1

St. John Passion - Aria & Chorus: "Eilt, ihr angefochtnen Seelen" - Johann Sebastian Bach
live performance at Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, March 26 2011
conducted by Don Franklin
Mischa Bouvier, bass

St. John Passion, Aria con Coro: "Eilt, ihr angefochtnen Seelen", J. S. Bach

St. John Passion - Aria: "Mein teurer Heiland, laß dich fragen" - Johann Sebastian Bach
live performance at Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, PA, March 26, 2011
conducted by Don Franklin
Mischa Bouvier, Bass

St. John Passion, Aria: "Mein teurer Heiland, laß dich fragen", J. S. Bach

Rondeaux Partita c minor BWV 826 JS Bach

my inspiration my soundcloud friend john heinen's performance of this piece!

Sarabande French Suite B minor BWV 814 JS Bach take one

ornamented i feel the ornaments are more in character with the sarabande, not as overly 'active' as before.  i like these the best so far

Sarabande Partita c minor BWV 826 JS Bach take 29

Benedict Cumberbatch narrates the conclusion to ‘Flat Of Angles’, the story by Simon Cleary that has spanned the previous three editions of Late Night Tales (Friendly Fires, Royksopp, Bonobo). 

Late Night Tales: Django Django is released 12th May.

iTunes: goo.gl/oCfZrk
Late Night Tales Webshop: goo.gl/HyYIZ.

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Django Django is the latest band invited to curate a prestigious Late Night Tales collection. Like many of the best British groups, the Djangos met at art school, specifically Edinburgh College Of Art, before reconnecting in London. Django Django released their self-titled debut album on UK independent label Because Music in early 2012 to some acclaim, winding up in many critics’ end of year lists (Top Ten in the NME and Top 30 in Rolling Stone, among them) and a Mercury Prize nomination.

Their oddball approach to music, which sounds like the rich harmonies of the Mamas & Papas beamed through a refracting prism pointing towards Bo Diddley, Chicago house and outer-space (it’s no surprise to learn that Django producer/drummer Dave Maclean’s brother John was in the Beta Band, who also shared the same cinemascopic view of the pop landscape). 

“Rollicking sing-alongs, galloping into disco sunsets like whisky-addled and leather-saddled bandits on the stolen backs of prairie wild mustangs,” is how Django Django describe themselves. Which is another way of saying they’re pop adventurists, as at home with Mad Mike’s Underground Resistance as they are the blues rumble of Canned Heat. A bit like this delightful mix, then, which darts about like a gurgle of guppies after two too many espressos.

Check out mixes that rock between two-step delights like Roy Davis Jr’s ‘Gabrielle’ to Nilsson’s lyrically winsome ‘Coconut’. At one end of the Django spectrum there’s James Last, the terminally unhip Teuton, whose ‘Inner City Blues’ shows you can never underestimate the Germans, while at the far reaches of the mix, they manage to sneak in Ramadanman (‘Bass Drums’) and Hudson Mohawke and Lunice collaboration TNGHT’s ‘Bugg’n’. You can hear the echoes of influences in some of the selections, like The Beach Boys whose peerless ‘Surf’s Up’ makes a welcome appearance halfway through, while Seals & Crofts’ ‘Get Closer’ show what sun-drenched pop can sound like when it’s done well. 

And because it’s Late Night Tales there’s a sparkling cover version of ‘Porpoise Song’, the theme from The Monkees daffily brilliant ‘Head’, an admirably lysergic termination to this waltz through pop’s nooks and cranberries. “You should never be afraid to make a fool of yourself for art,” Dave Maclean once said. Let’s raise a dram to Scotland’s favourite fools on the hill. 

“We wanted to produce a mix that represented the band. It’s what we’re all into, so everyone put forward suggestions. It’s what we are as a band; and we’re kids that have grown up with an obsession about our mum and dad’s record collections, like ‘50s and 60s stuff and then got into hip hop and dance music as we grew up. At the heart of it all is our parents’ collections, with our tastes mixed in. Our Late Night Tales pays homage to that.” - Dave Maclean (Django Django)

Follow Late Night Tales:

Web: http://latenighttales.co.uk
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/latenighttales1
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Spotify: http://goo.gl/Q98T7d
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/curator/late-night-tales/1233898093
Bandcamp: https://latenighttales.bandcamp.com/

Benedict Cumberbatch reads Flat Of Angles (Part 4)

Cappricio Partita No 2 c minor BWV 826 JS Bach take 1 a tempo

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8Dio Claire Piccolo: "Legato Strong" by Colin O'Malley

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An extract from the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Thursday's Children by Nicci French, the fourth novel in the bestselling Frieda Klein series, following Blue Monday, Tuesday's Gone and Waiting for Wednesday. read by the actress Beth Chalmers.

When psychotherapist Frieda Klein left the sleepy Suffolk coastal town in which she grew up she never intended to return. Left behind were friends, family, lives and loves but alongside them, painful memories; a past she wouldn't allow to destroy her.

Then, years later, an old classmate appears in London asking Frieda to help her teenage daughter and long buried memories resurface. Death soon follows, leaving Frieda no choice but to return home to confront her past. And the monsters no one else believed were real . . .

Through a fog of conflicting accounts, hidden agendas and questionable alibis, Frieda can trust no one as she tries to piece together the shocking truth, past and present. Before another innocent dies.

When it comes to psychological suspense, there's none better than Nicci French. And Thursday's Children is Nicci French at her very best. 
There are three previous novels in the Frieda Klein series; look out for Blue Monday, Tuesday's Gone and Waiting for Wednesday.

Praise for the Frieda Klein series:

'Brilliantly crafted . . . masterly control of suspense' Daily Mirror

'Tense, frightening, gripping' Easy Living

'Nerve-tingling and addictive' Daily Express

Nicci French is the pseudonym for the writing partnership of journalists Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. The couple are married and live in Suffolk. There are fourteen other bestselling novels by Nicci French, all published by Penguin. Blue Monday was the first thrilling instalment in the Frieda Klein series, followed by Tuesday's Gone and Waiting for Wednesday.

Nicci French: Thursday's Children (Audiobook extract) Read by Beth Chalmers

St. John Passion - Coro: Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine - Johann Sebastian Bach

live performance at Calvary Episcopal Church March 26, 2011 

conducted by Don Franklin 

St. John Passion, Coro: Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine, J.S. Bach

take three first half at quarter = 104 or thereabouts

BWV 807 English Suite A minor Prelude JS Bach take 3 first half

take three with Merlin singing along (Duet)Glen Gould, step aside, Merlin's in the building!  ;-)

Francois Couperin L'art de toucher Allemande take 3 avec Merlin (Duet)

take 4 tempo 140/eighth note (quarter = 70) or so probably faster and too rushed; gould's tempo is about 226 )113/quarter; perahias tempo is 105ish/quarter (210/eighth)

BWV 807 English Suite A minor Prelude JS Bach take 4

The Color Morale - Prey For Me

Do you like Bach? I simply love this piece!

Bach Präludium Fis-moll WTKII

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041

Thomas Gould, violin
Senesino Players

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor: 3. Allegro assai

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Scarlatti Sonata F major K 107
Ingfrid Breie Nyhus, piano

Sonata in F (Domenico Scarlatti) - Ingfrid Breie Nyhus, piano

Scarlatti Keyboard Sonata A major K 322 First Section take two

Bach, Jazz, Blues and a little bit of whatever I can get my hands on! Harpsichord Baroque and contemporary......

BWV 807 English Suite A minor Prelude JS Bach take 4

Johann Bach 1