Tag Archives: Something For Thursday

I’ve featured this piece before, but it’s turned up a number of times recently in my life — a couple of times on the radio, and the other night two movements from it featured in The Daughter’s school concert. So … Continue reading →

When in doubt, go with Lerner and Loewe.

I heard this interestingly hypnotic work on the drive to work this morning. Composer Ludovico Einaudi is someone I’d never heard of before. He has apparently done a lot of different work in a lot of different genres. Primarily a … Continue reading →

Two minutes of soul perfection. Here’s Sam Cooke with “Touch the Hem of His Garment”.

Vera Lynn, singing “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square”.

Ye Gods, I’m getting worse and not better at posting stuff. Usual disclaimers: busy, two writing projects, lots of stuff going on at work right now (good stuff, but lots of it!), and I’m making a point to read more … Continue reading →

Music by Burton Lane, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. “Come Back to Me” from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.

Something tells me we’re all going to need shelter from the storm.

Sorry for the radio silence the last few days. The reason? The usual! Writing a novel, editing another one, and trying to do more reading after a depressingly slack 2016 in the reading department. Here’s some Wagner.

I heard this on my way to work this morning. It really needs no introduction, so here’s the Overture to The Barber of Seville by Rossini.