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August 31

Week 851: “Adagio for Strings” by Samuel Barber

Samuel Barber’s most famous piece likely holds the title of “Saddest Piece of Music Ever Written”. It has…

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August 24

Week 850: “Ave Maria” by Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky is remembered mostly for his innovation, dissonance, and modernism. If you were forced to summarize…

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July 20

Week 845: “Notturno in G Minor” by Fanny Mendelssohn

Fanny Mendelssohn’s musical talent was obvious from a very young age. Privileged by her wealthy…

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February 23

Week 824: “Adagio” from “Concerto Grosso in D Major” by Arcangelo Corelli

Arcangelo Corelli was a massive figure in the development of baroque music. Not only did…

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September 29

Week 803: “Blessed is the Garden of the Lord” by Harry Somers

Because my musical upbringing was equal parts Bach, Beatles, and Michael Jackson, I often find…

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June 16

Week 788: “Fantasie” by Paul Hindemith

When I think of music between the two World Wars my mind immediately goes to…

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April 7

Week 778: “Jeunes Filles au Jardin” by Federico Mompou

One of my favourite memories from my kids’ early childhood is watching from the kitchen…

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March 10

Week 774: “Après la Pluie” by Jean-Louis Matinier and Kevin Seddiki

Looking at an accordion, it’s hard to imagine how anyone came up with the idea…

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June 24

Week 737: “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” arr. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Like many spirituals with roots in the era of slavery in the United States, this…

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March 4

Week 721: “Intermezzo” by Giacomo Puccini

No, it’s not a glitch with your device and you’re not having some kind of…

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February 26

Week 720: “Intermezzo Sinfonico” by Pietro Mascagni

Generally speaking, I’m not really into opera. The last time I featured anything from an…

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December 5

Week 656: “A Spotless Rose” by Herbert Howells

December is the shortest month. Okay, technically, February is the shortest month. It’s just that…

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July 18

Week 636: “Sicut Cervus” by Giovanni da Palestrina

I sang in a church choir as a kid, and this was one of the…

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October 4

Week 595: “Weep, O Mine Eyes” by John Bennet (performed by Attacca Quartet)

Like most things humans do, crying is really weird when you think about it. Why…

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August 9

Week 587: “O Virtus Sapientie Alio Modo” by Stevie Wishart

I’m not too familiar with famous people from the Middle Ages (perhaps you’re not either)…

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April 19

Week 571: “Salve Regina” by Francis Poulenc

We’ve all got our contradictions. I, for example, will diligently rinse out food cans before…

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December 21

Week 554: “In the Bleak Midwinter” by Gustav Holst (arr. Gjeilo)

Up here in the northern half of the world, today is the winter solstice. And…

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November 30

Week 551: “Elegy” by Edward Elgar

It’s pretty unlikely that anyone will build a statue of me when I die, but…

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July 27

Week 533: “Lullaby for String Orchestra” by George Gershwin

George Gershwin was a musical turning point. He was born in 1898, a year after…

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March 9

Week 513: “The Swan” by Camille Saint-Saens

One of Camille Saint-Saens’ best-loved works is his 1886 suite, The Carnival of the Animals.…

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