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Handel: Messiah (For Unto us a Child is Born)
George Frideric Handel’s Messiah is an English oratorio composed in 1741 and is his most famous creation. Handel was a German-born, Italian trained and a resident of London at the time of writing Messiah (he would become a naturalized Englishman). He chose to premier Messiah in Dublin, Ireland on 13 April 1742. [...]
Trepak (Russian Dance) – Tchaikovsky
Trepak, or, the Russian Dance, is part of the Nutcracker ballet, which was composed by Tchaikovsky in 1891-1892. This particular scene, The Russian Dance (or Trepak) is full of traditional Russian and Ukrainian folk music. It appears in the second act of the ballet, when the Sugar Plum Fairy takes Clara [...]
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Wizards in Winter
You can’t have a Rockin’ Christmas without The Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Their unique blend of classical music intertwined with modern rock, and their eye-popping live concerts complete with laser shows and fireworks sends them to the top of everyone’s must-listen to list in the Christmas season. I know I will have explored their [...]
Ólafur Arnalds – Ljósið
Check out this ultra-cool musical visual, created by Esteban Diácono using 3D particle software for a piece of music written and composed by Icelandic musician Ólafur Arnalds. The effect of powder dancing in water compliments the simplicity and gentleness of the music, which is written for just piano and strings. According to Diácono’s [...]
Remembrance Day – Last Post
Remembrance Day, Poppy Day, Armistice Day, Veterans Day – the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, a day and time that commemorates the end of World War I in 1918.
“Last Post” was originally a bugle call used in British Army camps to signal the end of the day. It is [...]
Ludwig Van Beethoven: 5th Symphony
One of my friends tweeted aboout this video the other week, which is a graphical representation of Beethoven’s famous 5th Symphony. It is, for me, a very occasional listener of Classical music fascinating to watch how the different instruments within the orchestra interact with each other, sometimes playing jointly, sometimes in answer to another note, sometimes in [...]
Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D
It is the start of a new month folks – September is here! Think cooler nights, foliage changing to their Fall color and splendor, the last breath of Summer floating on the breeze. Drift away along the notes of this classical and easily recognizable piece of music composed by Johann Pachelbel, from [...]
