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- Aurora and Orion October 11, 2024
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Something for Thursday
OUR SCENE: A large suburban grocery store, where Your Humble Narrator is working to hang decorative string-lights above one of the departments. Along comes a HAPPY COWORKER WHO LIKES TO MAKE HAPPY JOKES. HAPPY COWORKER: [grinning widely] Hey! You light up … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
I still feel like we’re trying to come up for air…which means, how about some more Rossini.
Tone Poem Tuesday
Oof, things are busy right now. Here’s some Rossini.
Something for Thursday
Another item that makes me think of Mom.
Tone Poem Tuesday
I have many associations with this piece, and one of them is my mother. When I was a teenager and getting into classical music in a big way, I discovered the New Year’s From Vienna concerts, and she made them a … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday (Wednesday edition)
Yesterday was really busy, hence nothing but a short post about voting (by the way, nice work, America!). Today we have a piece by Aaron Copland, but the occasion is the passing of Donald Hunsberger. Hunsberger was, for many years, … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
From The Muppet Show. This is one of my very favorite songs from that show; there’s just something about this that’s so pleasing…maybe it’s the simplicity of the song, combined with its lovely backing vocal, that gets me. The song was … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
It’s late, I know, but it’s still Tuesday and it’s still Halloween! Here is the Original Soundtrack album presentation–on vinyl!–of one of my favorite horror film scores of all time, Dracula by John Williams. Enjoy, and don’t eat too much candy! … Continue reading
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Netflix released a trailer for the upcoming movie Maestro today, and let me tell you…I am well-and-truly excited to see this movie. It will be on Netflix in late December, right in time for my Christmastime vacation. I’ve watched this trailer … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Here’s a suite from one of the more effective horror film scores I’ve heard. I never saw the movie, which was not well-received, but the music is superb, and in an especially nice touch, the composer, Christopher Young, arranged the … Continue reading