Last night, Katka asked the name of the oh-so-familiar piece of orchestral music Pandora was playing for us. I'm ashamed to admit I couldn't think of it and had to check: "O mio babbino caro." I decided to regale the family with the vocal rendition on my iPhone, only to discover that it had disappeared -- a victim, no doubt, of my having pruned my music selections a couple weeks ago when I realized that I had almost no memory available.
Undeterred, I picked up my laptop, googled "Callas mio babbino," and found this image:
A striking picture no? So striking that it sidetracked me. I was struck by how similar this picture is to one that Abby did on her iPad a couple weeks ago:
By the way, Abby's is better.
This comparison of my granddaughter's art with that of a professional reminds me of
another comparison from years ago.
Footnote: The Pandora "radio station" I was listening to last night is "classical piano." A full-orchestra version of anything, least of all "O mio babbino caro," had no business on that station, but I'll take my serendipity where I find it (heh, heh).
A treat:
Callas sings it
Extra treat:
A newcomer sings it
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