I like this piece. Going to start working it up.
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wmtc: tom morello on the iww and the soundtrack to the good good fight
In October, The New York Times published this piece by musician and activist Tom Morello. I’ve read it several times, and shared it on social media, and still I can’t stop re-reading and listening. When something moves me like that, you know I have to preserve it on this blog. I
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Bach – Concerto in C minor BWV 981
There was great excitement in Weimar, when Prince Johann Ernst returned in 1713 from the Netherlands, where he spent a great deal of money getting lots of music copied and bound, including a collection of music by Benedetto Marcello. Bach arranged the string concerto no. 2 from this collection for
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – J.S.Bach Concerto no.1 in D Minor BWV 1052
Did you want a stressful job? Try ‘Page Turner’ at a classical concert.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No.1 in D Minor BWV 1052
A great set of comments from Bach’s contemporaries. Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars” — FREDERIC CHOPIN “Now there is music from which a man can learn something” — W.A. MOZART (on hearing Bach motets in Leipzig) “Not Brook but
Continue readingwmtc: goodbye charlie watts
Charlie Watts was the greatest rock and roll drummer of all time. He’s the reason the Stones’ music has so much swing, why it skips and chugs and rolls and flies, where so much rock merely clumps and plods. His playing was always described as propulsive. And of course Charlie
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Interlude – First Arabesque – Debussy
Claude Debussy was a French composer. In the years between 1888 and 1891, he composed Deux arabesques, the first of which was Arabesque No.1 in E Major. It was one of his earliest pieces – published when Debussy was still in his twenties.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Choral Interlude – Chan Chan – Compay Segundo, Maritza Gutierrez
Why do you sing in choir? This is why you sing in a choir. 🙂
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Williams – The Drums of War
Not actually the Drums of War, but rather the Battle over Courscant by John Williams.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Interlude – Edmonton Symphony Orchestra | John Estacio’s King Arthur and Merlin
Music from the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. 🙂
Continue readingwmtc: "at your library" in the north island eagle: more favourite e-resources, always free with your library card
More Favourite E-Resources, Always FREE With Your Library Card The Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) offers so many “e-resources,” it can be difficult to remember them all! That’s why I’m always reminding you about the treasures hidden in your library card. Everyone with a VIRL library card has access to
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