Tag: Classical Connections
Classical Connections: Sweet dances
Now I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not much good at dancing. Not much good at all. To be honest, I am...
Classical Connections: Canada Dry
The other night, I was having dinner with some friends at a local Indian place when one of them asked who could name some...
Classical Connections: Sumer is Icumen In
In case you had forgotten, or possibly never knew, the title is taken from one of the most famous medieval songs ever composed. It...
Classical Connections: Off the beaten track
Some of the most rewarding music can often be found in the byways of musical history rather than on the historical super-highway. Even as...
Classical Connections: Kicking up a storm
“Recently there was given a performance of the (new) overture…and all impartial musicians and music lovers were in perfect agreement that never was anything...
Classical Connections: Visions of America
Sometime during the 1970s – I am not quite sure exactly when – the Turnabout record label released a pair of vinyl LPs entitled...
Classical Connections: The Twilight Zone
Mention the words “night music” and I suppose the first classical piece that springs to mind is Mozart’s Serenade No. 13 in G Major,...
Classical Connections: Harping on
A well-established joke among musicians is that harps are like old people; they’re unforgiving and difficult to get in and out of cars. Harps...
Classical Connections: From song-plugger to star
George Gershwin had a modest start to his musical career. After leaving school at the age of fifteen his first job was a song-plugger...
Classical Connections: Seconds apart
One of the most satisfying things about playing in an orchestra is that you experience the music from a different perspective. It’s difficult to...
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