Hi MarsGal.  Ready and waiting also.

Jackie I was unaware there was a vocal version. Very nice.

Oh, I do love the bagpipes. It's the highlight on any parade for me.

I have seen that pageant on tv and it's truly spectacular. We missed it when we were in Scotland.

So did I, Don. When we were there, they were giving a special performance for orphans so it was closed to the general public the day we were free. Got lots of shopping done, walked through the park, saw an art exhibit, visited some monuments, so we kept busy with alternatives.

Love the Hebrides Overture. The natives (my cats) are getting restless. Guess it is time to think about supper.Have a wonderful evening/night.

Today I must miss my own concert because I'm going to a Live concert here in Netanya. I'll just have to read the reviews.   

Hope that you both enjoyed the concert.  Nice to see a live one on Stage. Bubble must be feeling better now.

This is Mozart's birthday (Jan 27,1756). There are some great clips on this link so try and listen to them all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8_LpX5TgW0

And Mozart was only 35 when he died 1791.

Mary Ann

Greetings from Israel! It is sunny but cool in Netanya, having survived two days of heavy rain and gale force winds. Bubble has recovered to the extent that we were able to venture out and do a major grocery shopping this morning which took almost 3 hours to complete. But it was great getting out together. I'm still adjusting to the time difference: it's 2pm here and 7am in eastern North America. That means I listen to Reid's Records at 8pm

Don, you're going to be very confused when you get back to Canada.

Mary Ann

Mary Ann I'm already confused. I thought last Wednesday was Sunday.

All set.

Hi MarsGal

Speaking of time, we are four hours behind the East Coast and eleven hours behind Netanya! 8:00 PM Sunday, in Netanya, Israel is 9:00 AM Sunday, in Fairbanks, AK.

Lovely  Mozart music just now...

Hi Angelface. Or should I say good morning.  I always marveled when Sato joined us; it was the middle of the night for him.
Hi Bubble.

My speakers have decided to sound scratchy. Not at your end, I checked by trying a YouTube selection. Still scratchy. Guess I will have to check the wiring when I have a minute. Don't want to stop working on my Latin just yet.

Don. I don't think it is our speaker. It is your voice that is coming through wrong. It sounds like you are stuttering. saying things twice . Voice on Voice. Funny.

It sounds like you're getting some feed back Jeanne.

We are listening to it here and it's coming through just fine

I turned it off and signed on again. Waiting for you to say something. A message keeps going along the bottom for a second. To fast for me to read. Just flashes.

You say you spent 3 hours in the Grocery Store yesterday. Bubble must be planning on some good cooking for you. Glad she got to go out.

Sounding okay now. Don't know what caused the line noise, but the scratchy (I should probably call it static noise) is gone now. Might have been something at the railyard, but I doubt it. I get the scratchiness when I move the volume control so I think it is something internal to the speaker controls.

Don.  O.K now. Got to hear your charming voice again. Perfect.  Can't tell it was recorded.  Now to you, does you voice sound the same as when you hear yourself talking normal.  Mine sure doesn't. specially my message on answer machine of phone.

Voices sound different because we hear ourselves from the inside of our heads, filtered and bounced against the bones in our ear canals. What we hear from tape recordings or phone answering machines is how others hear us.

I dislike the sound of my own voice, although I am assured that it sounds just fine.

Happy Birthday to Franz Schubert born on 31st January 1797, in Vienna.
He has so many beautiful melodies to his credit, one of which is the almost hackneyed Ave Maria.
The Schubert "Ave Maria" is the last of three songs based on Sir Walter Scott's "Lady of the Lake", all of which are sung by the heroine Ellen. The other two are "Jager, Ruhe von der Jagd" ("Hunter, rest from thy hunt") and "Raste, Krieger, Krieg ist Aus" ("Rest, warrior, the war is done"). The "Ave Maria" is a prayer to the Virgin sung by Ellen when she and her father are on a deserted island together (the accompaniment is meant to suggest waves lapping at the shore). Although each of the three verses begins with the words "Ave Maria", the subsequent text is in German and has nothing to do with the traditional Latin prayer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCucnn-95nY

Don - Thanks for posting that gorgeous rendition of "Ave Maria".  Watching those hands moving across the keyboard, was a real treat this morning.  I'll be listening to KDFC San Francisco, today, and will be looking forward to hearing their selections in honor of Shubert.  They always have an all day tribute on the birthday of any composer or well known musician.

 Marilyne it almost mesmerising to watch those hands in motion.  I frequently listen to KDFC ever since you provided me with the link so many years ago.

Don. Enjoyed that. I don't believe I have every listened to it played on piano before. Why didn't I stay with my teacher. Looking at her fingers. I can see why she is so good.