When my son Jonah was four years old, his Montessori daycare teacher asked me if I could create a classical music CD for the class to listen to during playtime. This music had to be accessible for the young ones. ..
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When my son Jonah was four years old, his Montessori daycare teacher asked me if I could create a classical music CD for the class to listen to during playtime. This music had to be accessible for the young ones. ..
We are exploring timeless arias from Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme. “Addio dolce svegliare alla mattina!” (“Farewell, sweet awakening in the morning!”) This is another great example of ensemble duet. ..
We are exploring timeless arias from Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme. #TimelessArias “Quando m’en vo” (“Musetta’s waltz”) Here’s some context for this aria: It takes place at the bustling Café ..
We are exploring timeless arias from Giacomo Puccini La Boheme. Here’s “O soave fanciulla” (“Oh lovely girl”) Let me give you some context for this aria: Immediately after Mimì’s aria “Sì, ..
We are exploring timeless arias from Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme. Here’s “Sì, mi chiamano Mimì” (“Yes, they call me Mimì”) Mimì’s gentle self-portrait here is utterly endearing. She shares ..
I am very excited. You and I are about to embark on a wonderful journey of arias from my favorite operas. An aria is a vocal piece; it is that moment when the action in the opera pauses (I’d argue time stops) ..
I have a confession to make: I am not big into going to classical music concerts. I still keep attending a few performances a year, harboring hope that I’ll enjoy them, but my hit rate is one out of fifteen ..
Today I want to share with you a special performance of the aria “Song to the Moon” from the opera Rusalka, composed by Antonin Dvorak.
What makes one gifted performer touch you, and another leave no impression? I don’t know. Music, just like any art, is highly personal. Also, I have realized that art – be it a book, a painting, or a piece ..
Today in our exploration of music by Clara and Robert Schumann, we are going to explore Robert’s Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish.” He composed it between November 2th and December 9th of 1850, in a bit more than ..