Tag Archives: Something For Thursday

Sometimes one wants a bit of musical perfection; when I’m in such a mood, I generally turn to one of two sources: Mozart or Bach. Here is Hilary Hahn playing the Gavotte from Bach’s Partita No. 3 in E for … Continue reading →

Gerald Finzi was a twentieth century English composer who wrote mostly meditative, pastoral works in the tradition of Ralph Vaughan Williams. Finzi’s output was small, but full of vital warmth. Here is his Eclogue for Piano and Strings.

I’ve had marches on the brain for a while, but I think it’s time to change the pace a bit. All marches — funeral marches, circus marches, military marches, grand marches — are, at heart, processionals; but there are other … Continue reading →

Well, sticking with my “Grand Marches from Operas” theme from the last two weeks, after the high opulence of Verdi and the portentious gravity of Wagner, here’s a Grand March that keeps its tongue firmly planted in cheek. From The … Continue reading →

Last week we had a grand march from Verdi; this week, we’ll hear Richard Wagner’s approach to the grand march concept. Here’s the Entry of the Guests into the Wartburg, from Tannhauser. Wagner didn’t care for Verdi, but in our … Continue reading →

Decades before movies like Ben Hur, Spartacus, and Cleopatra, there was the opera Aida by Giuseppe Verdi. Here, in a concert presentation with ballet interlude, is the Triumphal March (it’s in two parts owing to length of YouTube video constraints, … Continue reading →

I found this by sheer serendipity. I looked about YouTube for a performance of one of my favorite classical music works, and sure enough, I found one…but with a difference. George Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody #1 has been a cherished work … Continue reading →

Time for something traditional, so here are The Corrs and The Chieftains joining forces to create a charming rendition of the traditional Irish song “I Know My Love”.

In honor of the security guard killed by a deranged lunatic yesterday at the Holocaust Museum in Washington…here is the theme from Schindler’s List. I tire of the violence, and cannot fathom how some people need hatred to live, as … Continue reading →