Author Archives: Kelly Sedinger

Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

I could do some historical research on this piece, but…nah. Just enjoy the theatrics. Here’s Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, with chorus! You don’t hear the choral version all that often.

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Beethoven: the “Hunt” Sonata

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 18 (Op. 31, No. 3) has been a favorite piece of mine for years…and for years I didn’t know what it was. I first heard part of it–not the whole work, but a single movement–at my … Continue reading →

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From the Books: A MAN ON THE MOON (Apollo 13 at 50)

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

Fifty years ago today, a Saturn V rocket blasted off from Cape Kennedy Spaceport. The destination of the three-man crew–astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert–in the command module perched atop the rocket was the Fra Mauro Highlands on … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

If you’ve ever been around piano students or piano teachers, you’ve heard this work of Beethoven’s. The Sonata No. 8 in C minor, also known as the Pathetique, is often a young pianist’s first entrance into the world of the … Continue reading →

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A Poetical Excursion: “Love Has Seven Names” by Hadewijch

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

I read this poem–translated from the original Dutch–in my copy of World Poetry. I had never heard of Hadewijch before, so I did a little digging. It turns out that’s about all one can do. Very little is known about … Continue reading →

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

How about some film music today? And some John Williams? Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can is one of his more underrated movies, it seems to me; it doesn’t come up in conversation all that much, but I think … Continue reading →

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Poetical Excursion: A poem about overalls!

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

So, something cheerful…I’m going to try to post more of that sort of thing over the next few weeks, I think. The world has darkness a-plenty and I’ll be occasionally writing about that, too. But here’s a poem I found … Continue reading →

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The Era of the Virus, one month in

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

First off: thus far, everyone at Casa Jaquandor is fine. So, as of this writing, we’re roughly one month or so (however you choose to measure such things) into Covid-19’s grip on American life. This is roughly about when, in … Continue reading →

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Poetical Excursion: Edna St. Vincent Millay and Beethoven

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

I won’t post a poem each day of this National Poetry Month, but I’ll try to do so as often as I can! Here’s one I found in a collection of music poetry I have, which fits right in with … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday (Thank you, Adam Schlesinger)

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Kelly Sedinger

Singer and songwriter Adam Schlesinger has died of complications from Covid-19. He was an amazingly prolific singer and songwriter who worked on his own material with his own bands, as well as songwriting for movies and teevee. I’ve heard a … Continue reading →

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