The Journey Is Over
He is Risen! Let the Alleluias ring! Haec dies quam fecit Dominus: exultemus et laetemur in ea, Alleluia. This is the day the Lord has made: let us rejoice and be glad in it, Alleluia. Attribution(s):...
View ArticleA Lenten Musical Journey, Coda
Looking back on my recently-completed musical adventure, I’m pleased. I feel like it did exactly what I wanted it to do: made my Lent both more meditative and more musical. I’m a bit surprised, though,...
View ArticleParked by the Jukebox with Hollow Coves’“The Woods”
A few weeks ago, quite by accident, I stumbled across the musical stylin’s of an “acoustic duo” from Australia named Hollow Coves. I’m not kidding. It was a genuine accident. I was listening to...
View ArticleThose Baroque Jesuits
OK, so that title’s a) click-baity (because The Pope), and b) not accurate. It should say “Jesuit,” not “Jesuits.” Because I’m talking about one. Namely, Domenico Zipoli: …an Italian Baroque composer...
View ArticleExperiencing Pop-Culture Through A Four-Year-Old Filter
A few months back, I recounted a hilarious and/or horrifying episode involving David (The Fourth Son), James (The Fifth Son), the Just Dance 2 game on our Wii, and The Jackson 5′s “I Want You Back.”...
View ArticleParked By the Jukebox with Arianna Savall’s “El Mariner”
Today’s jam? A lilting Catalonian folk song, courtesy of Arianna Savall’s “Bella Terra.” The whole album’s really wonderful, but this is the one that keeps grabbing me as it floats past. (Also, if the...
View ArticleJammin’ Keith Jarrett and Suite, Suite Händel
View image | gettyimages.com Today’s an All-Day Editing Day — in other words, I’m hip-deep in InDesign and shall shortly run mad – so music is an absolute must. For me, that means (almost always)...
View ArticleMorten Lauridsen’s “Sure On This Shining Night” Needs No Season
View image | gettyimages.com I stumbled across this piece a few months ago as I was researching my post on Morten Lauridsen and his love for Mary. I think it’s part of his “Mid-Winter” song cycle (or...
View Article“Share this freely with others to promote the love of Bach.”
I love this entire idea, brought to my attention by the folks at OpenCulture and (more directly) by the website of classical pianist Kimiko Ishizaka: This is the Open Well-Tempered Clavier – RECORDING...
View ArticleWeathering Some Typical Wyoming Weather, Thanks to The Master Singers
“If you don’t like the weather we’re having right now,” we Wyomingites say, “wait five minutes. It’ll change.” As someone who’s a) hoping to play baseball tonight, and b) watching scattered raindrops...
View ArticleEnnio Morricone Wrote a Mass for Pope Francis
View image | gettyimages.com On a day when I’ve spent almost all morning with the works of Ennio Morricone ringing in my ears, I find some of my greatest interests (movies, music, and my Catholicity)...
View ArticleWhen Don Quixote Meets Crazy Italian Violinists, We All Win
For some reason, I really wanted to listen to Georg Philipp Telemann’s Don Quixote Suite (Burlesque de Don Quixotte) today. Not quite sure why, to be honest. I don’t see any windmills (or giants) on...
View Article“Jurassic’s” Michael Giacchino Comes Musically Home
View image | gettyimages.com I stumbled across this great NPR piece last night. It details the fantastic, coincident-laden journey that led film composer Michael Giacchino from a computer game meeting...
View ArticleMy Most Powerful Memory of Mr. James Horner
And then, as the words faded from the screen, I heard this — eulogistic, yes, but a eulogy filled with peace, with pride, and with hope. Mr. Horner had penned something as essential to my ability to...
View ArticleMusic For When It’s All Just A Bit Too Much
For me, "escape" usually means movies. But sometimes, I just need a quick fix. And then, it's music that does the trick. If you're in the "Today's Just Too Much" camp with me, here's a little something...
View ArticleGearing Up For The 4th With America’s March King
There are few names as inextricably linked with the Fourth of July as that of John Philip Sousa. Even those for whom the name means nothing will almost certainly recognize his “Stars and Stripes...
View ArticleWhat The 4th Of July Always Sounds Like (To Me)
Earlier this week, I mentioned John Philip Sousa’s unmatched compositional contributions to the sounds of the Fourth of July. So I suppose now’s the ideal time for me to admit that despite the...
View ArticleHeinrich von Herzogenberg Is My Latest Musical Discovery
Let’s be precise. We’re not talking about just any von Herzogenberg; we’re talking about “Heinrich Picot de Peccaduc, Freiherr von Herzogenberg,” “an Austrian composer and conductor descended from a...
View ArticleDjembe Therapy. It’s Good For What Ails You. I Promise.
I’ve been saving this one for a while, but I decided to bust it out today for no particular reason except that I love it and it makes me smile every time I see it and I’m all about the smiles right...
View ArticleDancing Along To Grainger Playing Grainger
Another example of one of my favorite pet categories: Artist(s) Performing Their Own Work(s). Only in this case, it’s not words (like most of the things I’ve found). It’s music. Percy Grainger’s,...
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