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Tone Poem Tuesday
A suite of film music today! We watched Avatar the other night, our first time watching it since we first saw it when the DVD came out after the movie’s initial release, way back in 2009 or 2010 or so. The … Continue reading
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Tone Poem Tuesday
I got nothin’, folks. Today was complete shit. Here, as is my practice in such situations, is Franz von Suppe. Our conductor here (leading the Vienna Philharmonic in their 1990 (!) New Year’s Day Concert) is Zubin Mehta, who just … Continue reading
National Poetry Month AND Tone Poem Tuesday: Messrs Meredith and Vaughan Williams
Back in my high school years, I was able to attend a performance of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra at Kleinhans Music Hall in Buffalo. There were three works on the program. I don’t recall the first, sadly, and I … Continue reading
National Poetry Month, day 19, and Tone Poem Tuesday: Mr. Poe and Maestro Schmitt
Edgar Allan Poe is one of my favorite poets and always has been. In fact, his work partially provides inspiration for my John Lazarus novels; the plan is that each book in this series alludes to Poe or makes reference … Continue reading
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Tone Poem Tuesday
It’s Spring! Has been for several weeks! But actual signs of spring have been slow in coming, as they always are here in The 716. But we’ve had a few sunny and warm days of late–today is one of them!–and … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
As noted in today’s poetry selection, Edward Elgar–once viewed as the United Kingdom’s greatest composer–has suffered mightily for almost a century after his passing, though there has been some more recent reappraisal. Elgar was seen for much of the 20th … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
William Grant Still wrote a suite for solo piano called Three Visions, consisting of three short movements. A program of sorts exists for the work, according to Still’s daughter: “Three segments of the suite, Dark Horsemen, Summerland and Radiant Pinnacle, tell … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Returning to the Ukrainian composer Aleksandr Shymko, I’ll bet you didn’t think an accordion would be a natural instrument to pair with a string orchestra, did you? Why, no, you didn’t. Luckily, Mr. Shymko did.
Tone Poem Tuesday
I’ve never been a big fan of composer Reinhold Gliere. I don’t know how fair that is, given my small sample size of his work with which I’m familiar, but he usually doesn’t really do a whole lot for me. … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Svitlana Azarova is a composer of Ukrainian and Dutch descent, born in 1976. She has written an impressive body of work, and she currently resides in The Hague. This modernistic piece is deeply expressive and makes impressive use of orchestral … Continue reading