Tag Archives: Something For Thursday

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.

From Kismet, here’s “Stranger in Paradise” (which is based, in turn, on a melody by Borodin).

It suddenly turned cold overnight and there may be snow, so here’s a bit of Debussy. “Maiden with the Flaxen Hair”.

Hey, who’s up for some light orchestral music, melodic and exciting, from the Romantic era? Here’s Franz von Suppe’s overture to Poet and Peasant. Von Suppe’s overtures were staples in concert band repertoire when I was in school; they tend … Continue reading →

(Ugh — would you believe I wrote this post but forgot to schedule it to publish at the right time? For those two of you who have all day been thinking, “Geesh, I wonder what happened to Something for Thursday, … Continue reading →

I’m almost positive that I’ve used this before, but the windy and brusque weather outside today has me in the mood for something like this. Here is Joe Hisaishi performing “Ashitaka and San” from Princess Mononoke.

I’ve written before about my kinda-sorta-hate-love relationship with Phantom of the Opera, but I really do like the 2004 film version, which I think is very well made and which actually improves the story of the original stage version somewhat … Continue reading →