Beautiful Music for Your Day (12/07/24)

The pandemic years robbed many of us of our ability to listen to and enjoy beautiful music, old music, music that isn’t overly fiddled with (get the pun?), music that uplifts the spirit and touches the heart. We must listen again to the beautiful things humans have created, and again enjoy making music ourselves, by ourselves or with others.

Raise your baton and open your ears to…

• These are Our Children, World! Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika. By Switter’s World (12/07/24): Three beautiful selections from African childrens’ choirs: switters.substack.com/p…

  • aba Yetu - Gospel Choir in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (02/17/22, video 03:31)

  • Ndlovu Youth Choir - Shosholoza Feat. Kaunda Ntunja (08/23/21, video 02:01)

  • Ndlovu Youth Choir - Anthem Project (12/10/18, video 02:15)

• Traditional Irish Folksong - If I Were a Blackbird (09/27/22, video 06:07, Angela Hicks and Sam Brown): youtube.com/watch?v=Dwl…

• John Dowland - Flow My Tears (01/25/23, video 04:42, Angela Hicks and Sam Brown): youtube.com/watch?v=fm9…

• John Dowland - Can She Excuse My Wrongs｜Vivid Consort & David Bergmüller (11/22/20, video 04:35):