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Category Archives: music
Tone Poem Tuesday
Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg wrote a concert overture, inspired by the familiar landscapes he knew around this time of year, and he titled it simply, In Autumn. That’s pretty straightforward, isn’t it? The piece is melodic and brooding in precisely the … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
I did not realize, until late in the day yesterday, that it was the 150th anniversary of the birth of British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. I’m going to have do some feature work on him in the coming months, I … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Continuing a series of autumnal or autumnally-inspired works, we have quite an avant-garde work today. It’s amazing how new and striking this piece sounds in my ears, given that it is over 55 years old, having been commissioned by the … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
I’m sentimental, if you know what I meanI love the country but I can’t stand the sceneAnd I’m neither left or rightI’m just staying home tonightGetting lost in that hopeless little screen…. “Democracy” is my favorite Leonard Cohen song, and … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
I suppose we’ll just go ahead and make “Autumnal Classical Music” the theme of the month here, since I’ve already done “Spooky or Scary Classical Music” in previous years. There will probably be a little overlap, but I’ll try to … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons is one of the great stalwart works of all classical music. It’s also a work that…I just don’t like very much. At all. I’ve never warmed to it. It honestly does nothing for me. For years … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
Nope, not back to Leonard Cohen yet either. That should happen next week! Meanwhile, here’s ELO, one of my newest Favorite Bands. (I’ve always liked ELO from afar but I didn’t know their stuff very well. I’ve been catching up … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
I think that Franz von Suppe is to this blog as cream of mushroom soup is to Mark Evanier’s. Whenever Evanier is really busy, he posts a picture of a can of cream of mushroom soup. I tend to do … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
I know I said that we were doing Leonard Cohen month, but…I’m really not feeling like trying to write insightful stuff about anything right now. I’m still in “Let the world wash over me” mode. Here, instead, is “Spiegel im … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
I’m sure there will be something else on my mind eventually, but for now…no.