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  • #ClassicsaDay #PoetryMonth 2022 Week 2

    Apr 15th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicsaDay, #PoetryMonth, Benjamin Britten, Classical music, Hubert Parry, John Tavener, Roger Quilter, Sergei Prokofiev, Twitter

    What’s the connection between classical music and poetry? To celebrate Poetry Month, the Classics a Day team encouraged folks to find out. For the month of April, the challenge is to post poetry used in classical music or works inspired by poetry.   Here are my posts for the second week of #PoetryMonth 4/11/22 Sergei […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #SymYesNo Week 2

    Sep 17th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicsaDay, #SymYesNo, Benjamin Britten, Ernest Bloch, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Roy Harris, Twitter

    For the month of September, the Classics a Day team chose a controversial theme. There is a small subset of symphonic works within the classical repertoire that appear misnamed. Most composers choose their titles carefully. But when the title runs counter to expectations, disagreements arise. What does the title “symphony” mean? Can a composition be […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #ClassicalTimeMachine Week 4

    Oct 30th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicalTimeMachine, #ClassicsaDay, Alexander Scriabin, Benjamin Britten, Classical music, Edvard Grieg, Franz Schubert, Twitter, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    For the month of October, the Classics a Day team turned nostalgic. Classical musicians have been making recordings since the 1890s. So we all have over 130 years of documented performance practices. And we can judge first-hand the artistry of legendary performers. The challenge is to post classical recordings made before 1949 (pre-LP era). Here […]

  • Charlottesville Symphony warms to British Riches

    Feb 17th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Benjamin Britten, benjamin rous, charlottesville symphony, Classical music, Concert Review, George Butterworth, Grace Williams, Malcolm Arnold, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Zachary Wilder

    The Charlottesville Symphony directed by Benjamin Rous performed “British Riches” on February 15-16, 2020. The program included a variety of 20th Century UK composers. The relative rarity of the works (at least on this side of the Atlantic) made this a refreshing and engaging concert. George Butterworth’s “A Shropshire Lad” opened the program. This symphonic […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #ClassicalFilmScore Week 2

    Feb 14th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicalFilmScore, #ClassicsaDay, Benjamin Britten, Classical music, Elisabeth Lutyens:, George Antheil, Hugo Alfven, Pierre Boulez, Twitter

    For February 2020, the #ClassicsaDay team chose film music as its theme. What exactly is the intersection of classical and film music? Share your answers with a post on Twitter or Facebook, with a link to musical examples. Some film composers began in the classical world. And some film composers have transitioned to classical music. For […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #ClassicalSchool Weeks 4 and 5

    Sep 27th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicalSchool, #ClassicsaDay, Alexander Scriabin, Benjamin Britten, Clifton Williams, Einojuhani Rautavaara, John Philip Sousa, Sigmund Romberg, Twitter

    Traditionally, September is the back-to-school month. The Classics a Day team decided to mark the occasion. Classical School is the theme for September 2019. To participate, just post a piece of classical music that’s somehow related to education with the appropriate hashtags. What would count? Any classical work about school, or using themes from schools; […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #ClassicalSchool Week 3

    Sep 20th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicalSchool, #ClassicsaDay, Benjamin Britten, Classical music, George Frideric Handel, Gustav Holst, Ignaz Moscheles, Twitter

    Traditionally, September is the back-to-school month. The Classics a Day team decided to mark the occasion. Classical School is the theme for September 2019. To participate, just post a piece of classical music that’s somehow related to education with the appropriate hashtags. What would count? Any classical work about school, or using themes from schools; […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #ClassicalSummer Week 3

    Aug 16th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicalSummer, #ClassicsaDay, Benjamin Britten, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Robert Schumann, Samuel Barber, Thomas Campion, Twitter

    It was a busy summer for the Classics a Day team. In June, we marked African-American Music Appreciation Month. In July we celebrated national holidays in the U.S. and  Canada. So that just left August to have a summer theme. For my part, I chose to choose anything except Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons.” In the process, […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #ArmisticeClassics Week 4

    Nov 30th, 2018 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ArmisticeClassics, #ClassicsaDay, Arthur Benjamin, Benjamin Britten, Charles Ives, Classical music, John Foulds, Rudi Stephan, Twitter

    November 19, 2018, is the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that ended the First World War. The #ClassicaDay team asked participants to post classical works related to the conflict.   For my part, I tried to find examples from both sides of the war, and from as many different countries as possible. Here are my posts […]

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