Tag Archives: Something For Thursday

At one point during my piano studies — mentioned the other day — I was working on this piece. I was never able to really get it ‘under my fingers’, so to speak, but that’s more a testament to some … Continue reading →

For ten years of blogging, I feel like some Berlioz. Here’s the “Hungarian March” from The Damnation of Faust: And here’s some Rachmaninov, in his celebrated Vocalise: And here’s some Gerald Finzi, his Eclogue for Piano and Strings: And finally…All … Continue reading →

I’m feeling like some Wagner, so here’s some Wagner. The Prelude from Lohengrin.

I’ve been watching Carl Sagan’s Cosmos series lately (one episode a week, usually on Sundays — I’m up to Episode 6, ‘Travelers’ Tales’), and as always, I’m enchanted by the music of the series. Here is one of my favorite … Continue reading →

I’m currently reading The Arabian Nights, so here is some music in that vein: a suite from Bernard Herrmann’s score to The 7th Voyage of Sinbad. Of course, the ultimate work in this vein is Rimsky-Korsakov’s stunning Scheherazade, of which … Continue reading →

After many years of watching New Year’s From Vienna every single January 1st, the most famous waltz of all time is firmly associated with January 1st. So here it is: Ricardo Muti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in On the Beautiful … Continue reading →

This speech was delivered seventy years ago today.