Category Archives: On Music

Something for Thursday

In honor of the 40th anniversary the other day of the great rock album 1984 by Van Halen, here is…Van Halen! This song was my intro to the group.

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Something for Thursday

And now, Creedence Clearwater Revival.  

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Let’s get right into 2024 with something familiar, and yet…not! Rodion Shchedrin is a Soviet/Russian composer, born in 1932. He is still alive as of this writing, and he has apparently been a very productive and prolific composer over his … Continue reading

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Coverage!

I didn’t really plan to skip Tone Poem Tuesday or Something For Thursday this week, it just kinda happened. There’s this meme that I see go around social media every year around this time, referring how the time between Christmas and New … Continue reading

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Your Daily Dose of Christmas!

The day is here! Merry Christmas, and may the day be full of joy and warmth in whatever form is best for you!  

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Your Daily Dose of Christmas

Today it’s a Grab Bag of Christmas Music! In other words, stuff I usually feature and didn’t get to yet, and stuff I want to feature but don’t have a ton to say about it for now. This next is … Continue reading

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Your Daily Dose of Christmas

I used to feature Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite here yearly, but a few years ago I added the entire ballet. And here it is, featuring the ballet and orchestra of the National Opera of the Ukraine. This is an utterly gorgeous performance. This … Continue reading

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Your Daily Dose of Christmas!

Today, some Christmas-based classical music! We’ll start with an older favorite, the “Carol Symphony” by Victor Hely-Hutchinson: Next is Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s “Christmas Overture”. This is one of those “performances while distancing” that abounded in the high days of the COVID … Continue reading

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Your Daily Dose of Christmas

It’s always interesting to see what loves we carry forward that our parents gave us, and which we don’t share with them. My mother loved musicals; she grew up with the great musicals of 1950s and 1960s Hollywood (my father … Continue reading

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Your Daily Dose of Christmas

It’s time for some Christmas humor! Funny takes on Christmas songs abound (though it’s interesting to note which songs lend themselves to humor more than others): (I would have posted the official video, but Mr. Yankovic has disabled the video … Continue reading

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