According to a friend of mine who has spent most of his time around classical… Read the postWeek 204: “Sarah’s Song” by David Downing
I made a snowman when I was about 11 years old that I was very… Read the postWeek 198: Serenade from “The Snowman” by Erich Korngold
Of all the composers who wrote nocturnes, the most overlooked is probably John Field. Which… Read the postWeek 192: “Nocturne no. 10” by John Field
As well as looking strikingly similar to the cover art of an Iron & Wine… Read the postWeek 172: “Symphony #1 in E flat major, Op. 28 – 3. Quasi Fantasia (Grave)” by Max Bruch
Most of the time, procrastination is a bad thing. But I’d like to suggest that… Read the postWeek 162: “The Death Of Ase” by Edvard Grieg
Polyphony used to be considered offensive. It’s hard to imagine how two people singing different… Read the postWeek 150: “O Vos Omnes” by Tomas Luis De Victoria
Mozart’s death has spawned more theories than probably any other event in the history of… Read the postWeek 142: “Lacrimosa” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I would love to tell you that I discovered this piece because I was researching… Read the postWeek 125: “Symphony #5, Third Movement” by Dmitry Shostakovich
This is one of those pieces of music that everybody knows. If you’ve ever been… Read the postWeek 114: “Orchestral Suite #3 in D, Air” by Johann Sebastian Bach
At some point, as the 1800s became the 1900s, the lion’s share of the world’s… Read the postWeek 103: “Symphony No. 9, II: Largo” by Antonin Dvorak
Along with years of piano lessons, the experience that really fixed music as an important… Read the postWeek 99: “Miserere Mei” by Gregorio Allegri
A lot of people find baroque music to be a bit showy, a bit too… Read the postWeek 83: “Sonata VII” by Johann Rosenmuller
One of the best things about the internet is its ability to help you find… Read the postWeek 75: “Chopin Prelude” by Jim Perkins
Erik Satie was a tragically romantic figure. For starters, he lived in Paris in the… Read the postWeek 67: “Gymnopédie #1” by Erik Satie
I think that some instruments were created for a specific purpose. The electric guitar, for… Read the postWeek 37: “Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 49” by Dmitry Kabalevsky
I took piano lessons for almost a decade as a child, but by mid-high school… Read the postWeek 29: “Clair De Lune” by Claude Debussy
Family road trips have changed over the years. Today, things like iPods, PSP’s, and TV… Read the postWeek 23: “Vocalise” by Rachmaninov (as performed by Bobby McFerrin and Yo-Yo Ma)