5 on Friday -- Set 247 -- The Halloween Edition

Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...

For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at Golch Central's Rambling Stuff.

"A gypsy fire is on the hearth

Sign of the carnival of mirth

Through the dun fields and from the glade

Flash merry folk in masquerade

For this is Halloween!"

-- Author Unknown

Happy Haunting, Everyone!

1 - The Rite of Spring opening movements -- San Francisco Symphony, directed by Michael Tilson Thomas -- composed by Igor Stravinsky

The spooky theme starts at the 3:30 mark.

2 - Cinderella's Waltz from the ballet Cinderella -- composed by Sergei Prokofiev

3 - Olim lacus colueram (Once in Lakes I Made My Home) from Carmina Burana -- composed by Carl Orff

4 - Don Giovanni, a cenar teco m'invitasti (Don Giovanni, you have invited me to dinner)  -- Carlos Alvarez as Don Giovanni and Ildebrando D'Arcangelo as the Commendatore (Knight Commander) -- composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

5 - Danse Macabre -- composed by Camille Saint-Saens

5 on Friday - Set 170

Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.

As I keep my head down and work hard on finishing the first round of revisions for the second book in my Dragonsfyre series, here are five pieces of music that could belong to a soundtrack for this story.

For a sneak peek at a scene from this story, click HERE.

1 - Wardruna - Sowelu

This piece is sung in a mix of Norwegian and Old Norse, and features scenes from the History Channel's Vikings.

2 - River of Collections from the Everything is Illuminated soundtrack - composed by Paul Cantelon 

3 - In Trutina from Carmina Burana - composed by Carl Orff

4 -Lento E Largo from Symphony No. 3, Opus 36 - composed by Henryk Gorecki

5 - Mars: Bringer of War from The Planets - composed by Gustav Holst

5 on Friday - Set 117

Travis at Trav's Thoughts invites everyone to lay down a short set of music that takes their fancies for his 5 on Friday meme.





It's all Scorpius, all the time with me this month. Just receiving my critiques from readers, for a next-to-last polish from me before I send it to the print editor. After which will come THE final revision, and then it will be released.


YAY!


And in the meantime, working with Andy Miller, my designer on the book cover, and Caroline Ruyle, my online editor on the book trailer.


And working two overtime shifts a week at my day job.


Definitely not sleeping. Who has time for that...LOL...zzz...


So here's some Scorpius music. I have two You Tube playlists which get a lot of use when I'm writing about this character: my Vivaldi playlist, and my Renaissance playlist.


I previously posted a set of Scorpius music, which you can find HERE.

1 - La spagna quarta recercada - composed by Diego Ortiz - performed by Ernst Stoltz


This is the musical heart of my Scorpius character.



2 - Vedro con mio diletto (I will see with delight) - composed by Vivaldi - performed by Sonia Prina with Il Guardino Armonico



3 - Italian Song with Variations - composed by Diego Fernandez de Huete - performed by Nicanor Zabaleta



4 - Gypsy Baroque, Uhrovska collection - performed by Ensemble Caprice



5 - In Trutina (In the balance) from Carmina Burana - composed by Carl Orff - performed by Sylvia Greenberg with Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra