Unfortunately I couldn't join in with yesterday's theme posts as Mothering Sunday in the UK was a couple of months back. If not, Carl Carlton's "Bad Mama Jamma" and Fountains Of Wayne's "Tracy's Mom" probably would both have made the cut.
After hearing this track on the eponymous Deodato album, I realised it was the piece I played for my Grade III violin exam I needed to get into the local youth orchestra. I had no idea what it was called or what I was doing and I was so nervous my bow hand was shaking up and down by a few inches. Fortunately, however, the lovely old lady examiner mistook my trembling for expressiveness and astonishingly awarded me a pass with distinction.
Years later, I decided to get the violin out of its dusty case for a nostalgic look-over but, tragically, I'd forgotten to destring it and the contracted catgut had tightened over the decades causing the neck to snap in two. Oh, well.
Welsh National Opera Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras - Delius: On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring
