The 'last post' is universal among almost all the armed forces of the world, though it may vary among them in its execution. In this example the bugle call is played in its entirety, and it is a sad and beautiful thing to hear.
H/T Pete H
Monday 13 April 2009
Amazing: Andre Rieu and Melissa Venema-Il Silenzio
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Absolutely captivating! To have been in that audience listening to that must have been truly amazing.
Fantastic thank you Theo.
Il Silenzio is an Italian song most notable for its trumpet tune. It was written in 1965 by trumpet player Nini Rosso and Guglielmo Brezza and became a worldwide instrumental standard which has sold more than 10 million copies. It became a number one hit in Germany, Austria, Italy and in Switzerland in 1965.
The kid blows a bad horn.
I'm glad that the young folks are still getting some musical training--it is the first thing to get cut in most of the school systems I know anything about.
Just beautiful.
There is a famous trumpeter who blow out the side of his mouth like that, and I've been wracking my brain to come up with a name.
Not Al Hirt, but that is the right era. Not Armstrong, Gillespie, Marsalis, ... that's about all the names I can remember.
unreal..
Yea, I cried, so what.
Theo
Sincere thanks to you for the link. Haunting, beautiful, sad
doc
Did some Googling around and found:
The lady is not a one-trick pony--I found (and lost) an "Edelweiss" that is beautiful, and several others where the records are poor (cellphones?).
"Il Silencio" (or this arrangement of it) was written by Rossi asw Brian said above, but it is based (apparently) on the Neopolitan bugle call "Il Silencio" ("The Silence"?) or "last post".
Andre Rieu appears to be a strong proponent of child musicians.
I don't read (or speak) Dutch and I couldn't find anything in English.
But I am here to tell you with young people like this lady and like Piper Palin and others, the world is going to be OK in spite of our best efforts.
Larry, it was Dizzy Gillespie who was famous for the blown out cheeks when he played.
True, but I was talking about playing out of one side of his mouth, Like she does.
I think it was buddy Hackett or bobby hackett who blew out of the corner of his mouth.
Does anyone know where I can buy this exact arrangement performed back in 2008?
Thanks
Jerry
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