Tag Archives: Music

Scenes from amongst the lilacs (and a bit of Rachmaninoff!)

Posted on May 21, 2023 by ksedinger

The warm months of the year, for us, tend to be bookended by two specific festivals: the Rochester Lilac Festival in May, and the Ithaca Applefest in October. Lots of stuff happens in between, but those are the markers of … Continue reading →

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Behold the Ritual Clearing of the Tabs

Posted on May 13, 2023 by ksedinger

Yup, it’s that time again: When I look at Chrome and realize, “Wow, I have a lot of tabs open to stuff.” ::  On the oldest book in the world printed with movable type, and it’s not the Gutenberg Bible: The … Continue reading →

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A song

Posted on April 28, 2023 by ksedinger

I happened on this artist yesterday via social media. I liked this song a great deal, and I plan to explore her music more. Her name is Áine Deane (the first name is apparently pronounced “Onya”), and she is from … Continue reading →

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Rachmaninoff at 150: The First Symphony

Posted on April 15, 2023 by ksedinger

Rachmaninoff did not have a huge symphonic output, in terms of quantity: just three symphonies, written over the course of his lifetime. But in those three symphonies there are entire universes. Rachmaninoff’s ability to get so much varied musical life into … Continue reading →

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on April 4, 2023 by ksedinger

When Sergei Rachmaninoff was just 20, he wrote his first major orchestral work, a symphonic fantasy called The Rock, or sometimes The Crag. No lesser a musical luminary than Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was impressed with the piece–there was a brief relationship … Continue reading →

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Rachmaninoff at 150: A Month of Celebration

Posted on April 1, 2023 by ksedinger

I’ve been looking forward to this month for a while now! I actually started gathering ideas for an essay or two about Rachmaninoff a year ago, but then I looked up his dates and I realized that 2023 is his … Continue reading →

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Music from the Emerald Isle

Posted on March 17, 2023 by ksedinger

Three selections: one Romantic, one Modern, one Contemporary, all Irish:

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Mr. Ma answers all the cello questions you never knew you had!

Posted on February 27, 2023 by ksedinger

I watched this during lunch today and it’s great!

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Hey! Need some love music?

Posted on February 14, 2023 by ksedinger

I made a playlist of love songs! 50 songs, 3 hours of music! (Now, I originally conceived this little exercise as a playlist for our wedding reception if The Wife and I were getting married now, or renewing vows, or … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on February 9, 2023 by ksedinger

Burt Bacharach has died. He was one of those ultra-prolific songwriters (along with frequent partner Hal David) who, for every song you knew he wrote, there’s probably two songs you know well that you did not know he had a hand … Continue reading →

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