Il Silenzio...

Il Silenzio... This song (Il Silenzio) is often mistaken as a version of Taps, but it's actually not related.  Here the trumpet part is performed by Melissa Venema (just 13 years old at the time of this 2008 performance!); the violin part is performed by André Rieu.  Via my mom...

At 13 years old, to have the ability to play music worthy of the gods – can you even imagine it?  I cannot...