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Category Archives: On Music
Tone Poem Tuesday (and light posting ahead)
We are currently entertaining a visit from my brother-in-law, so posting will likely be light here until the weekend. That being the case, it’s time for Franz von Suppe! Here is the Poet and Peasant Overture.
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Something for Thursday
In honor of Monday’s eclipse….
Tone Poem Tuesday
A work today by composer Nina Shekhar. The work is called Lumina, and rather than me introducing it, I’ll let the composer herself do it: And here is Lumina. This is a fascinating listen! I found this piece suggested in … Continue reading
Sergei Rachmaninoff, 151
Born this date: Sergei Rachmaninoff, one of my very favorite musical voices in history. Last year was his 150th, and it seemed to me that we did not hear nearly enough about him back then. I wrote quite a lot … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
So, there’s a local radio station that every day at noon does what they call a “Beatle Block”. That’s four songs by the Beatles. Only…not really. The other day they played this, which is not a Beatles song. It’s a Wings … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
When in doubt, go with Berlioz. You can’t go wrong with Berlioz. Here is the Roman Carnival overture, for which Berlioz re-tooled a number of melodies from his first opera, Benvenuto Cellini, which–like many of Berlioz’s works during his lifetime, sadly–failed in its … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Whoops, it is Tuesday, isn’t it? Welp! Some Borodin, then: Well, before I get to that, background: the Polovtsian Dances are one of Borodin’s most famous works. It is, in fact, an excerpt from his opera Prince Igor. The opera itself hasn’t endured … Continue reading
Something for Thursday (St. Paddy’s Day on a Sunday edition)
Some Irish music, because…Irish music. And I have no idea if John Williams has any Irish ancestry in him at all, but his score to Far and Away is so good that I am officially declaring him a Temporary Honorary Irish … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Today, a rarity: or something that felt to me like a rarity many years ago, when I was still playing the trumpet (and, I might add, at a pretty high level!). The evolution of the trumpet as an instrument meant … Continue reading
Something for Roger (on Thursday!)
On the occasion of his 71st birthday, here are The Beatles as channeled through the instrument that was Joe Cocker: May Roger have another 71 trips around the sun in store, at least!