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  • #ClassicsaDay #ClassicalDistancing Week 1

    May 8th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicalDistancing, #ClassicsaDay, Carl Maria von Weber, Classical music, Dai Fijikura, David Bennet thomas, John Harbison, Max Reger, Samuel Barber, Twitter

    Normally the Classics a Day theme for May involved May Day (#SovietaDay). Having a theme centered around social distancing/self-quarantine seemed more appropriate. The challenge for May is post works for unusual solo instruments or works about solitude. Here are my selections for the first day of May, and the first full week of #ClassicalDistancing 05/01/20 […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #ClassicalEleven Week 2

    Nov 15th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicalEleven, #ClassicsaDay, Dag Wirén, Heinrich Schütz, Nikolai Medtner, Samuel Barber, Twitter, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Numbers have meaning. But meaning can depend on context. The Classics a Day team made “eleven” the theme for November, the eleventh month. The challenge is to post performances of classical music that involve the number. I chose a mix. Some pieces involve eleven players. Some are the eleventh type of piece by a composer. […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #ClassicalSchool Week 1

    Sep 6th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicsaDay, #ClasssicalSchool, Classical music, Franz Liszt, John Playford, Muzio Clementi, Samuel Barber, Twitter, William Billings

    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 5

    Aug 30th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicalSummer, #ClassicsaDay, Ferdinand Ries, Franz Schubert, Hector Berlioz, Ludwig van Beethoven, Samuel Barber, 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 #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, […]

  • Kondonassis in Rapturous Performance of Higdon Harp Concerto

    Jul 10th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Azica, CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, contemporary classical music, Jennifer Higdon, Orchestral music, Patrick Harlin, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Samuel Barber, Ward Stare, Yolanda Kondonassis

    Yolanda Kondonassis does not play pretty harp music. Her performances are marked with intensity and energy — and her choice of repertoire continually pushes the limits. Jennifer Higdon wrote her a concerto that gives Kondonassis free reign to express herself — and she does. The four-movement Harp Concerto has Kondonassis do just about everything with […]

  • Charlottesville Symphony – A triumph and a crowd-pleaser

    Nov 19th, 2018 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: charlottesville symphony, Damon Gupton, Daniel Sender, Gioacchino Rossini, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Samuel Barber

    The Charlottesville Symphony brought the audience to its feet twice Saturday evening. The first time was for an artistic triumph, the second time was for a crowd-pleaser. The orchestra, under the direction of guest conductor Damon Gupton, opened the program with Rossini’s Overture to “Semiramide.” At first, I was a little concerned.  The overture starts […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #ClassicalNine Week 3

    Sep 21st, 2018 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicalNine, #ClassicsaDay, Alexander Scriabin, Bohuslav Martinu, Classical music, Georg Frederich Handel, Samuel Barber, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Twitter

    September is the ninth month of the year. And so the #ClassicsaDay team decided to make the number the theme. For September 2018, the challenge is to post classical works that have to do with the number nine.  I chose to alternate between nonets, opus nine compositions and works with a catalog number of nine. […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #Bernsteinat100 Week 3

    Aug 17th, 2018 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #Bernsteinat100, #ClassicsaDay, Classical music, Leonard Bernstein, Richard Wagner, Samuel Barber, Twitter

    August 2018 is the centennial of Leonard Bernstein’s birth. Many classical radio stations, performance groups, and writers marked the occasion. And so did #ClassicsaDay. Bernstein was known as a composer, conductor, performer and an educator. Since #ClassicsaDay is primarily a music feed, I concentrated on the first two of those roles (and occasionally the third). […]

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