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Author Archives: Kelly Sedinger
Tone Poem Tuesday
So this week we conclude our trip through Dvorak’s trio of tone poems that he called “Nature, Life, and Love” with the Othello Overture. There was some definite Shakespearean inspiration for Dvorak here, but it’s not wise to try to … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas!
Here are some selections from the album The Bells of Dublin, a Christmas album by The Chieftains and various other artists. Enjoy! (The third selection is a bit of Christmas-themed gallows humor, if you thought that such a thing could … Continue reading
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Your Daily Dose of Christmas
One of the great sopranos left us just a couple of months ago: Jessye Norman, who died September 30 at 74 years of age. Norman was not only an amazing singer with the kind of voice that could fill a … Continue reading
Memories of a Map
When I was a kid we had a map on the wall of the United States. I haven’t thought of that map in years, until…well, I’ll get to that. The Wife and I just got back from a one-night trip … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
Wow, it’s December already! I remember when I was a kid having adults tell me how much quicker the years go by when you’re older, and like every other kid I suppose, I pretty much blew off that wisdom at … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
This week we have the second part of Dvorak’s trilogy of tone poems that he called “Nature, Life, and Love”: the “Carnival” overture. This overture launches into a dance-like rhythm from the very opening bars, and its energy almost never … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
How about some Star Trek music! Specifically, the incidental music from an episode of The Original Series. More specifically, the episode Metamorphosis. If you’ve never seen this particular episode, I can’t recommend it highly enough; I consider it Star Trek … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Let’s check in on Antonin Dvorak, shall we? He’s always good for a solid listen, and today’s work is no exception. It’s the concert overture In Nature’s Realm, which Dvorak composed as part of a trilogy of concert overtures. The … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Oddly, given my love of Sergei Rachmaninov, it’s odd that I’ve heard this particular work of his only a couple of times, and not at all in the last five or six years. “The Rock” is a tone poem Rachmaninov … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
I just read a short while ago that Valerie Heywood, a violist with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, recently passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. Harper served with the orchestra as principal violist from 1991 to 2017, and she remained with the … Continue reading