Tag Archives: Something For Thursday

My alma mater, Wartburg College, was noted for the very high quality of its vocal music groups — still is, I suppose. Chief among these was the Wartburg Choir. I had the privilege of going on tour with the Choir … Continue reading →

Something offbeat, but which I kind of like, since the movie is a recent favorite of mine. Here’s a medley of numbers from Saturday Night Fever. This video contains one of my favorite tiny moments from the movie, a “blink … Continue reading →

Going all “Showtunes” for a moment, this is one of my favorite of all Lerner-and-Loewe songs. It’s from Brigadoon, and it comes toward the end, as our hero, the American hunter Tommy, realizes his dilemma: he is in love with … Continue reading →

Wow, I cannot get into a blogging rhythm this week to save my life. So here’s some Mozart. If this piece sounds a bit familiar, remember the scene from Amadeus: Wow, I need to watch that movie again….

Blame it on the bossa nova!

One of my favorite bands. Here’s Blackmore’s Night, with “Under a Violet Moon”.

Not my favorite piece in the world — I always find it a bit repetitive on the way to its unquestionably thrilling climax — but I’ve had it on the brain a bit since linking part of it in my … Continue reading →

Time for a break from all the classical of late and for something Celtic. Here is the band Great Big Sea, joining in with the Chieftains for a raucous rendition of the song “Lukey”. (Lyrics here, for reference.)

Emanuel Chabrier was a French composer at the end of the nineteenth century. He was active at the time when Debussy and Ravel were coming into their own, and Chabrier’s voice is a more minor one in the annals of … Continue reading →