Monday Fun. Jon Baptiste – I Need You (3:50)
Tuesday How About You? – Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney (3:16)
Wednesday Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
I arise today, through
The strength of heaven,
The light of the sun,
The radiance of the moon,
The splendor of fire,
The speed of lightning,
The swiftness of wind,
The depth of the sea,
The stability of the earth,
The firmness of rock.
The Chieftains – O’Sullivan’s March (4:04)
The Chieftains – The Morning Dew (3:33)
Kate Bush – My Lagan Love (2:32)
The Chieftains & Alison Krauss – Molly Ban (4:37)
Halleluyah – Moya Brennan with Irish Women In Harmony (3:07)
Thursday This Rachmaninoff song is so beautiful, also short enough, that I’ve given you two versions.
Eglise Gutierrez sings Rachmaninov Zdes/khorosho (2:02)
How peaceful it is here Look! far away the river blazes like fire The meadows are carpets of color The clouds are radiant white There's no one here Silence reigns I am alone with the Lord, the flowers, the old pine tree And you, my dream of delight!
And here is Russian soprano Anna Netrebko – Zdes’ khorosho, Op.21, No.7 (Rachmaninov)
Friday Remember, if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all. I Heard it Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye in Concert (6:13)
Saturday One of my favorite songs for a sunny day. Overjoyed – Salsa Version by Pacific Mambo Orchestra in Concert – Director’s Cut (6:40)
But it’s hard to beat the original… Overjoyed – Stevie Wonder (3:40)
Sunday I wish you a peaceful Sunday. Mozart : Horn Quintet in E Flat, K. 407 : 2. Andante (7:27)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble