Here is a gorgeous video from YouTube combining the Celtic Woman song The Voice with scenes of Aragorn and Arwen. Thanks, Inez, for pointing this one out.
Category: Music
Inspiration – Night on Bald Mountain
Night on Bald Mountain is a tone-poem by Modest Mussorgsky. Leopold Stokowski orchestrated the famous version used in Walt Disney's 1940 film Fantasia. To listen to Night on Bald Mountain Click Here for Pop-out player. Photo: Julia Starr
Inspiration – Nessun Dorma
I heard a lovely version of this aria on the radio the other day. Nessun dorma (No one shall sleep) is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot. The performances by Domingo, Carreras and Pavarotti are classics, but here is a beautiful rendition by Michael Bolton. Calaf, the unknown prince, falls… Continue reading Inspiration – Nessun Dorma
Inspiration – Jupiter by Holst
While I was driving to work yesterday I heard Holst's Jupiter playing on the radio. The Planets is one of the albums I like to play while writing, but I particularly I love this piece. Of course, the tune stuck in my mind, so I played it at school during snacktime while I was working… Continue reading Inspiration – Jupiter by Holst
