Tag Archives: Something For Thursday

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 →

You know what? You look like you could use a half hour of Mozart. So here. (And if you don’t think you could use a half hour of Mozart? Shut up and listen to a half hour of Mozart.)

Today is National Holocaust Remembrance Day. It’s not enough to remember that it happened. We must remember why.

I really love the movie Catch Me If You Can. One reason is John Williams’s wonderful score, with its mix of caper-jazz and its wistful tone depicting Frank Abagnale’s (Leonardo DiCaprio) unspoken wish for some kind of normal life. Williams … Continue reading →

A very young Judy Garland–even before she would travel over that rainbow–sings to a photograph of Clark Gable.