At night I listen to a mockingbird and a brown thrasher try to out sing each other. The mockingbird uses the huge black tupelo in my backyard as his territory perch - the tree is 50ft from my bedroom. The brown thrasher resides in a nearby Formosa azalea. These two birds compete all night long. Both have mastered the blue jay's "weedle-eedle" and "rusty pump" calls, and if I knew it was not in their nature I would be convinced these birds were singing a duet.
Here is the "rusty pump" call. Try imagine what it sounds like at 3am.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oaaBt1 ... e=youtu.be
When I am not listening to the songbirds, I have a couple of playlists that have been in permanent rotation since Stay At Home.
I listen to the best “live” rock recordings in my collection when I am working indoors.
Little Feat,
Waiting for Columbus
The Allman Brothers Band,
At Fillmore East
The Band,
Rock of Ages
The Who,
Live at Leeds
The Who,
Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
Jimi Hendrix,
Jimi Plays Monterey
Otis Redding,
Historic Performances Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival
I have two playlists for when I am working indoors. The first is
9 Symphonien, with Herbert von Karajan conducting all nine Beethoven symphonies with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
The other is an album of some of my favorite short orchestral works:
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites, Holberg Suite / Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste, also Karajan with the BPO.
Here is
Finlandia. It is my most favorite patriotic tune, with
Land of Hope and Glory and
Stars and Stripes Forever coming in a very close second and third, and special consideration to
Garryowen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vd4D_qVlrw
And always that damned mockingbird.
Good choices.
