Tag Archives: Something For Thursday

It’s still Thursday for another four minutes! Here’s Glenn Miller!

Sometimes you just want to hear something that’s full of infectious optimism and elegant energy. Such is the case with the overture to the operetta Die Fledermaus, by Johann Strauss. I heard it on the radio yesterday and it reinforced … Continue reading →

I heard part of this on the radio yesterday, in honor of all the fireworks going on for the 4th of July, and it’s a work I don’t hear often enough, so here it is! I’m developing a better appreciation … Continue reading →

Berlioz. Le Corsaire overture. This music is what swashbuckling adventure sounds like.

I heard this on the radio yesterday, and I can’t believe I haven’t heard it before. It’s achingly beautiful. It’s a single song for soprano and orchestra, called “Bailero”, by Marie-Joseph Canteloube. It’s part of a longer song cycle that … Continue reading →

I assume that this is a pretty good performance of Ravel’s Bolero. As seems to always be the case with this work, I check out about eight minutes in because that’s about all I can stand of it.

One hundred ninety-nine years ago, the great poet Walt Whitman was born. Here is a setting of some of work by Frederick Delius, a piece called “Sea Drift”.

This was a favorite of mine in college, especially in my freshman year. I haven’t listened to it in a very long time, though. Here is Enya with “On Your Shore.”

American treasure and icon (and one of my favorite musicians ever) Willie Nelson turned 85 years old the other day. This enchanting duet he did with Ray Charles years ago is, to this day, my favorite thing he’s ever done. … Continue reading →