Son #5, the youngest of the lot, had developed quite a little musical ear. Fairly regularly nowadays, he will request (mostly wordlessly) that I go to my laptop, head on over to Naxos Music Library, and put on some suitably peppy music. Toddler head-banging to classical music invariably ensues.
Bugler’s Holiday, from Leroy Anderson, is a popular favorite, striking just the right blend of brass and breathless tempo. And so it was that, scanning through YouTube one evening, I happened across this:
Mind-blowing. And major bonus points for the beard. (It’s called hand-whistling, apparently. Reminds me a bit of the pan-pipe sound.)
Orthodox. Faithful. Free.
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