Tag Archives: Tone Poem Tuesday

In hopes that tonight begins a rekindling of the possibility of America.

I’m not sure what’s in the water over at WNED, the local classical music station, but they seem to be on a kick with this piece. I’ve heard it three times in the last two weeks whilst driving to various … Continue reading →

I post this one every year around this time, because it’s spooky and amazing: “The Isle of the Dead” by Sergei Rachmaninov.

Giacchino Rossini’s overture to his opera William Tell is an interesting piece. First, the opera itself is almost never heard anymore, due to its very long performance time and its awkward libretto (from what I’ve read–I’ve never actually heard or … Continue reading →

Mr. Gershwin:

Oh wow, you have to listen to this. I’d never heard of it, or its composer, until it popped up on a YouTube sidebar a bit ago. It’s a suite from a ballet called Estancia, by a composer named Alberto … Continue reading →

For September 11, Elegy by Mark Camphouse, played by the United States Marine Band.

I’m in crunch-time on drafting Forgotten Stars IV, which means that I’ve been focusing almost all of my energy there of late. But I don’t mean to leave this space completely fallow as I did this week! So, here’s a … Continue reading →

I still owe him a much longer post, but meantime, this past Saturday marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Leonard Bernstein, one of the greatest musicians this country has ever produced. Here he is conducting the music of … Continue reading →

Remember how in the movie Amadeus Antonion Salieri is presented as a basically competent composer whose music might have been nice at the time but deserved its fade from memory? Well…no, Salieri was no Mozart. But he wasn’t a boob, … Continue reading →