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Author Archives: Kelly Sedinger
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
One area of classical music I always tell myself I would like to explore, and yet never quite do, is the operas of Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov. NRK was a brilliant orchestrator, a musical colorist who also had a fine gift … Continue reading
Beethoven and the Outdoors
“Beethoven’s Walk in Nature”, Julius Schmid One thing that I have in common with Ludwig van Beethoven is that we both find creative rejuvenation in regular walks in the woods near our homes. I don’t know of any canine companionship … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
You know how sometimes a song will have a great tune and a great beat, but when you listen to the lyrics you’re kind of repulsed? For me one great example of this is the first of the 1980s pop … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
So far this year we’ve had about an inch of snow altogether at Casa Jaquandor, and at the moment the grass is green and the woods are brown and everything is wet and muddy. Meteorologically, we just aren’t in the … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
Songwriter Adam Schlesinger died earlier this year. He was one of the first high-profile deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic. He was also one of the brilliant creative geniuses behind the amazing show Crazy Ex Girlfriend, and many of that show’s … Continue reading
The other Beethoven piece that everybody knows
If you took piano lessons as a kid for any length of time, you probably played some Beethoven. And if that’s the case, then the odds are very good that the Beethoven you played included his Bagatelle No. 25 in … Continue reading
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Something for Thursday
So I was curious: Did Judy Garland ever record the song “It’s Been a Long, Long Time”? I did a very quick search and didn’t find anything…but I did find this rendition, by an apparently very young Frank Sinatra. Apparently Sinatra never … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
British composer Gerald Finzi was not prolific, which can be seen one of two ways: either the world was denied further work of fine quality by his slow process, or his slow process was essential to his work as a … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
So far, this Christmas season doesn’t seem to be off to the most joyful start, does it? I remember hearing this song quite frequently during the Christmas season, but it doesn’t seem to show up all that often anymore. And … Continue reading
A Fourth of Beethoven
I often feel a bit sorry for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major. It just doesn’t get talked about that much. Symphonies 1 and 2? Those get discussed as the early works they are, when Beethoven was just starting … Continue reading