Classic ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAyj0Lr78mU

Noticed this was missing from youtube, so here it is again. Tags: turn off the television / let's close those eyes and ears / environmentalism / deep ecology / interview / Finnish TV / YLE / English subtitles / Finland ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St91Xe5ftYg

Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751). All paintings are of Dresden by Bernardo Bellotto, except 3:07 by Antonio Giovanni Canal, the following by Knud Baade and the last two by Johan Christian (J. C.) Dahl -- two Italians and two Norwegians. 18th and 19th century. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmVvgLtnt9g

The Royal Theme, given to Johann Sebastian Bach by King Frederick the Great of Prussia (1712-1786) as a sort of challenge three years before Bach's death in 1750, followed by two of Bach's variations on that theme. It's possible or even likely that the Thema Regium was in fact composed by Bach's son, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, as he was the person at the king's court with the most knowledge about counterpoint -- the theme was intentionally composed so as to be difficult to write contrapuntal variations over. Taken from the collection Bach titled "Musikalisches Opfer", or Musical Offering. All of the pieces contain variations on the Royal Theme -- this is intended as a sort of introductory selection focusing on the violin, and I think these go particularly well together (as if the whole thing doesn't...) These recordings were directed by Jordi Savall, with the ensemble Le Concert des Nations, in 1999 and/or 2000. Released 2001. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfwkZabIqmM