Tag: Classical Connections

Now I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not much good at dancing.  Not much good at all.  To be honest, I am...

The other night, I was having dinner with some friends at a local Indian place when one of them asked who could name some...

In case you had forgotten, or possibly never knew, the title is taken from one of the most famous medieval songs ever composed.  It...

Some of the most rewarding music can often be found in the byways of musical history rather than on the historical super-highway.  Even as...

“Recently there was given a performance of the (new) overture…and all impartial musicians and music lovers were in perfect agreement that never was anything...

Sometime during the 1970s – I am not quite sure exactly when – the Turnabout record label released a pair of vinyl LPs entitled...

Mention the words “night music” and I suppose the first classical piece that springs to mind is Mozart’s Serenade No. 13 in G Major,...

A well-established joke among musicians is that harps are like old people; they’re unforgiving and difficult to get in and out of cars.  Harps...

George Gershwin had a modest start to his musical career.  After leaving school at the age of fifteen his first job was a song-plugger...

One of the most satisfying things about playing in an orchestra is that you experience the music from a different perspective.  It’s difficult to...