- My Inheritance Track 1
Richard Armitage was on BBC Radio 4 on December 12 and shared his Inheritance Tracks (See link below):
What are Inheritance Tracks?
"Inheritance Tracks Podcast. Celebrating the music that special guests cherish and would like to bestow to future generations." BBC Radio 4
So it made me think. If I had to select two pieces of music that I cherish and would like to bestow on future generations, what would they be?
I've chosen two:
La Comparsa by Ernesto Lecuona
My Cuban side
My mother played the piano quite well after studying for many years, and until we emigrated to the US we always had a piano at home. My favorite piece of the ones she would play most frequently was La Comparsa by Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona.
Comparsa: a masked company of street dancers in Cuban carnival processions. Merriam-Webster
I feel the melancholy of a time lost forever when I listen to it now.
(see video at the top of the page and below)
Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin
My second choice reflects my US-American side.
The energy, vitality, heart, and promise of the US is what I feel whenever I hear it.
I also think of New York City. A city I lived in for a bit when I was a child and still one of my favorite cities today.
What are your inheritance tracks?
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