We Interrupt This Bruckner Series

I know I am in the middle of a series of posts on Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8, but today is Valentine’s Day.  So much music has been written, played and inspired by the emotions of love and love lost, I couldn’t let February 14th go by without some acknowledgment. One of the best albums... Continue Reading →

The Mood of Autumn

The colors of the leaves are changing quickly now.  A few are starting to fall into my lawn.  All of those stupid trees seemed like a good idea in the spring and summer when they gave me some shade from the heat of the sun.  Now I’m beginning to regret the arrangement, as I work... Continue Reading →

College Albums 2 : Sketches of Spain

The second album I am imagining an early 60’s college student would have would be the 1960 collaboration between Miles Davis and Gil Evans, Sketches of Spain.  If the Goldberg Variations was to show our student to be intellectual and enraptured by music, Sketches of Spain was to give a sense of the exotic and... Continue Reading →

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