Category Archives: music

Something for Thursday

Posted on October 14, 2021 by ksedinger

I watched the Blue Origin flight yesterday, in which William Shatner joined three others in the very short up-and-back-again space shot yesterday in Jeff Bezos’s interestingly-shaped spacecraft. I have to admit to a certain amount of cynicism as I’ve watched … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, music | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on October 12, 2021 by ksedinger

A few weeks ago we finally introduced Richard Strauss to this ongoing feature, and now we continue! When I wrote about Eine Alpensinfonie, I noted that I came to Strauss at the end of his tone-poem career: though he composed a … Continue reading →

Posted in music | Tagged | 1 Comment

Something for Thursday

Posted on October 7, 2021 by ksedinger

Compilation-arrangements that gather selections from Broadway musicals are a long-time staple of “pops” concerts everywhere, and for good reason: when they are done well, there’s a certain kind of charm to these compilations in their own right. Robert Russell Bennett … Continue reading →

Posted in music | Tagged | Comments Off on Something for Thursday

Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on October 5, 2021 by ksedinger

I used this piece as part of my 2020 exploration of Beethoven over on Byzantium’s Shores, but it’s a cracking good piece and it even feels appropriate, given my shift to this space as my primary blogging home now. Beethoven wrote … Continue reading →

Posted in music | Tagged , | Comments Off on Tone Poem Tuesday

Something for Thursday: Farewell, James Horner

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Kelly Sedinger

Composer James Horner died the other day when the airplane he was piloting crashed. He was the sole passenger. This is, quite simply, the worst news to hit the film music world since Michael Kamen, Jerry Goldsmith, and Elmer Bernstein … Continue reading →

Posted in music | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment