What Are You Listening To?

[Ruby]

It's the anniversary of Yehudi Menuhin's death which I discovered while posting on MH's 'Died on this day' thread. I've put this here as it seems to fit better, and he really was in a league of his own. His contract with EMI lasted for 70 years and holds the record in the industry for that (pun intended)! One of the most brilliant violinists/conductors of our times, he was also a very humble man, and a philanthropic one. He found it difficult to venture out of his 'classical' confines, but he actually DID - he played with Ravi Shankar, after plucking up 15 years worth of improvisational courage, and the great jazz violinist Stephane Grapelli, amongst others. I am so amazed at the discipline exhibited in this clip - he had to have been physically very strong as well as being absolutely focused.

[video=youtube;pvZeHHER4tg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvZeHHER4tg[/video]