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Elizabeth Fais, Extreme, IZ, Joshua Bell, Love, Magic, Miracles, More Than Words, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D Major
The holiday season is one of my favorite times of year. A beautiful mystical quality shines through everything, tempting us to peer beyond the veil. There’s a reason why so many faiths have major celebrations at this time of year…
Music has the miraculous power to lift our spirits and transport us into higher realms of consciousness. Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and of course, Tchaikovsky. I hold a special place in my heart for Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D.
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, Joshua Bell, Violin
The energy Joshua Bell brings to his all performances is amazing, but in this piece he lifts the music to a transcendent level.
In the following video, Joshua Bell plays with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at the Gala concert of the Nobel Prize 2010, with Sakari Oramo, conducting. This is the First Movement, of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D, Allegro Moderato (2:47).
To hear Joshua Bell play this piece in its entirety (36:29) with the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America with Valery Gergiev conductoing at the London, Proms 2013, go here.
Elizabeth Fais 
Lovely selections and a good reminder to stay focused on the important things, this time of year and year-round. I can see why you love the Tchaikovsky piece. Simply gorgeous.
Thank you, Tami. They are all favorites of mine. The Tchaikovsky piece is particularly special to me, because it opened the door to falling in love with classical music.
There are many classical musical pieces I love. And ‘more than words’ is one of my favorite songs. Love it.
“More Than Words” is the only song I ever liked by Extreme. It resonates as deeply now as it did when it was first released. I agree with you about classical music…so many wonderful composers and pieces rich in beauty.