This marks the third year running that the Classics a Day team made Christmas music the December theme. I guess that makes it a tradition. When it comes to the music of the season, there’s plenty to choose from. Since the 1100s composers have written sacred music for Advent and Christmas — and plenty of […]
Claude Debussy
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#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalWinter Week 5
For January 2019, #ClassicsaDay went with a winter theme. December’s theme, #ClassicalChristmas centered around sacred works of the season. #ClassicalWinter is about sharing secular compositions. that have a snow or winter theme. Here are my Classical Winter posts for the last week of January. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – The Snow Maiden The transition from winter to […]
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#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalWinter Week 1
For January 2019, #ClassicsaDay went with a winter theme. December’s theme, #ClassicalChristmas centered around sacred works of the season. #ClassicalWinter is about sharing secular compositions. that have a snow or winter theme. Here are my Classical Winter posts for the first week of January. Giacomo Puccini – “Che gelida manina” (What a cold little hand) […]
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#ClassicsaDay #PoetryMonth Week 1
What’s the connection between classical music and classic poetry? That was theme some of us decided to explore with #ClassicsaDay. For April 2018 we posted examples of settings of poetry in classical music, works inspired by poetry, and more. Here’s an annotated list of the works I posted for the first week of #PoetryMonth. […]
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Dionne Jackson’s Love Letter
Parisian Inspirations is the kind of recital recording I like — one where the artist has a personal connection with every work. In the liner notes Dionne Jackson writes, “I feel a direct lineage to every composer chosen for this CD, many of my Professors at the Conservatoire had either known or studied with these […]