*** “Art and music shine a light of meaning on ordinary life, and through them we are able to confront the things that trouble us
Category: Music
Saturday Jazz
“The best musicians know this music isn’t about “schools” at all. Like my father says, “There’s only one school, the school of ‘Can you play’?”
The Endless Struggle
*** “I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.” – Richard Strauss *** “It’s a funny thing, this is
Sunday Baroque
*** Bach – Sanctus in D major BWV 238 – Van Veldhoven | Netherlands Bach Society The unusual thing about the Sanctus in D major,
Saturday Jazz
*** Wynton at Harvard, Chapter 16: The Two-Beat Groove Wynton Marsalis’s six-part Harvard University lecture series, covering a range of topics including jazz, what it
A Bit of Mozart
*** “It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they
Dispatches from the Asylum 