Tag Archives: Something For Thursday

I’ve come to like this band a great deal. Here are Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, in a lovely song about unrequited love: “Someday”.

Ralph Vaughan Williams is one of those composers who seems to exist in his own world, related to but not quite part of everything that was going on around him at the time. I often find in him a dreamy, … Continue reading →

Sometimes one needs a little sheer perfection. In that spirit, here is Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A Major. This work is, in my view, one of the supreme achievements in all … Continue reading →

“There But For You Go I”.

I suddenly thought of this piece the other day, after quite literally not having thought of it in nearly twenty years. I listened to it a lot in college, and then it dropped off my radar completely, for some reason. … Continue reading →

I’m on a bit of a Leonard Bernstein kick of late, so here’s Lenny conducting his own Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. Pay attention at about the 12:30 mark. The ensuing section is pure magic.

A violin concerto today, and one of my favorites! I love the way this concerto eschews any introductory stuff in favor of jumping right into the melody, and I love the way the Romantic lyricism is tempered with a Classical … Continue reading →

Oh crap, it’s Thursday! And in my time zone, it still is, for another 19 minutes. Ha! Sorry to drop the ball so completely, but I’m in “Vacation Mode” at work and in my head and I’m still trying to … Continue reading →

A repeat, this — maybe more than a few times even — but it’s a work I come back to at least once a year. Here is one of the finest choral pieces I know, “Shenandoah”. It’s lovely enough, until … Continue reading →