Poconopundit, before I retired, I had my iPod set up to play this lovely ditty sung by your Three Tenors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIST80jPQig
Amorphous, thanks for the thread. My late father loved Andre Rieu. We were told by the hospice nurses to play his favorite music at the end. He loved the songs below. My mom and I shed a few tears today. RIP, Dad. We miss you.
Glennb51 and CyberAnt you may enjoy this as well. It's beautiful and so calming. The second song and how it is staged will make you laugh. So very typical Andre Rieu.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkGqIBBDzEc
FYI Amorphous, starting yesterday, my nephew began his three year stint at the University of Maastricht studying International Business. He lives two streets away from the Square. The lucky ducky!
Bless you Chgogal, and thank you for sharing your feelings! And to you and all, thanks for the great links! Much listening pleasure in those.
I've never seen a musician, or any other artist, draw such heartfelt emotion out of an audience as does Andre Rieu.
His talents are phenomenal, one of the greatest violinist ever, IMO, not even mentioning his conducting abilities and epic performances. Plus, he just seems to be a great person - he doesn't seem to limit posts of his music on Youtube, and his fellow performers have been with him for years. I think that says a lot about a person.
I truly envy your nephew. ;)