Tag: "Classical Music"
Share my Christmas Tradition: Handel’s Messiah on Christmas Night
One of my personal Christmas traditions (and I have a few) involves a little quiet, a pair of headphones, and a superlative recording of Messiah by Georg Frederich Handel. I do not believe a greater work of exultation and worship has ever been written and Christmas would simply not be the same without it. I [...]
A Little Bach to Extend the Christmas Spirit
I think this evening I’m going to post a couple videos, just to keep the Christmas spirit around for a few extra hours. There’s no need to rush into the end of the year, is there?
Happy Belated, Franz Liszt (Or, You Know More Classical Music Than You Think)
While I was on my blogging break, I missed the 200th anniversary of the birth of Hungarian composer Franz Liszt. You may not think you know who Liszt is, but you know his music.
A Little Monday Music, Russian-Style
Once upon a time, I did a occasional post on Monday nights called, appropriately enough, Monday Night Music. I never made a regular feature of it (though I did consider doing so, briefly) but I do like to return to it once in a while. And so I shall today! Over the weekend, while looking [...]
Let There Be Drums!
I’m a music geek, so this post from the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s blog was pretty much guaranteed to catch my attention. I guarantee you won’t read something like it on just any blog: Monday, March 16 we held twelve hours of Timpani / Percussion auditions and I am happy to say that I survived. [...]
Happy Birthday Ludwig!
Today is Beethoven’s birthday and I would bid you hasten to Ron Coleman’s blog for an appropriately thought-provoking tribute. To celebrate, how about his Egmont Overture, conducted by the peerless Herbert von Karajan? And more. The scintillating first movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, also directed by Karajan. This is, to my thinking, the finest opening [...]
Less Beethoven and More Holst, Please.
Apparently, I disagree a lot with my fellow DC area classical music lovers. WETA ran a poll to pick the 90 favorite pieces, which the station then ran all this week. This is the listeners’ top ten choices: Dvorak: Symphony #9 “From the New World” Beethoven: Symphony #9 “Choral” Beethoven: Symphony #7 Beethoven: Symphony #6 [...]
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